The stamped concrete deck with composite wood decking provides the handsome framing for a pool that features interlocking natural stone veneer, stamped concrete coping and a stainless steel scupper. Plunge Pools & Mood LightingĪ private setting and a stylish design make this plunge pool the ideal choice for a midnight dip. Refresh yourself with an invigorating water spa treatment while enjoying the marvels of this architectural wonder. That’s the beauty of these small-area pools. No matter the size or shape of your outdoor space, a plunge pool can be made to fit. It’s obvious that plunge pools do not require as much maintenance as a larger unit does. A plunge pool can increase both the aesthetic and resale values of your home. Or, it can be designed to do double duty as a spa.Ī plunge pool is cost efficient: The compact size of the pool allows for quick, efficient heating – the running costs are comparably lower than for a large pool. Did You Know?Ī plunge pool can be heated just like a standard-size pool for use in winter. These small-diameter pools are of course not your answer if you seek a recreational area for high-impact exercise or playing larger scale pool games, but they it will provide a refreshing means of cooling down on a hot day or a place to gather with friends or family and a glass of something chilled. Something we all need after a long day at the office. The small pool re-balances the amenities within the space.Small Backyard? A Plunge Pool is your answer!Ī plunge pool may be all you can fit into a narrow slice of backyard or courtyard and plunge pools are ideal for taking a cooling relaxing dip. Physically it warms me, it cools me, it relaxes me, it heals me, and it connects me to the things I love, which gives me mental and physical better health. There is a relationship I have with my small pool. Balance will sustain the desire and reward. It can only be sacred if we have the time and energy to care for it. I don’t need to list the time robbing tasks of any outdoor space, in the elements of nature. The biggest reward of my small pool is the time I have to enjoy it with the one I built it for. There is always a connecting focal point in our lives. Boundaries bring focus and focus brings life’s reward.

Everything you want is there, only its closer, less distant, less separation. Refine the design, bring the thought to value a focal point, which could be a beautiful view, surrounding flowers, the sound of water, and the person we care most for. Will we struggle to connect thirty feet across the pool. Could a large swimming style pool be too expansive for today’s minds. Now move this concept of to your outdoor space where you want to connect with your surroundings. Watch them in a crowd, totally locked in on that cell phone. Millenials don’t need big spaces to focus. In a space, sometimes as small as a cubicle, not the big window office, focus is the bigger reward. Millennial thinking is just introducing us to new levels of refined thinking regarding space. As part of the USA, I do not need to remind of the bigger is better history of our country. Life changes, families change, and space tempts us to fill it, possibly because our hunter gatherer, historic mind is wired to think, “full space is better than empty”. I have learned to look at space and balance and its effect on focus, time, and relationship.įocus Relative To Space. Proximity, access, size, depth, shape, height, color, and activity, relative to the people and the properties. So, is there a new level of sacred health and happiness to be reached for many, in a simple small pool? As a 25 year veteran of pool design, I have studied the relativity of a swimming pool. Swimming Pools positively nourish us with health benefits and stimulate us with activity, but at a high price. We know the time commitment and expense of maintenance necessary to sustain our investment into our pool. Nature and science both teach us for every positive there is a negative. Swimming pools are large dominating structures for many homes.

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