If you’re inspired to transform your backyard pool area into a real showstopper that your family will love all summer long (and that will look like a beautiful part of the landscape even during winter), here are some great ideas for using masonry to spruce up the poolside in Southampton, NY.

Masonry infuses your poolside with the unique character of stone. Masonry marries beauty and function in endless ways. Perhaps no other building medium is as long-lasting, versatile, low-maintenance, and adds as much value to the home.

Water Features

A pool and a hot tub are water features in their own right, but they serve a particular purpose—they are generally static unless someone is in the water. Adding water features with movement, such as fountains or waterfalls, can add tremendous interest to your landscape as well as the tranquility-inducing sounds of running water.

Kids and adults alike will delight to swimming under sheer-descent waterfalls. A masonry grotto behind a waterfall is an opportunity to add drama and a bit of romance to your pool. Water walls are an artistic way to add privacy to your pool area. Roman-style fountains that spill into the pool bring a touch of elegance. Masonry water features often have integrated landscape lighting, which gives them incredible dramatic beauty after dark.

Fire Features

Playing around with the duality of fire and water works especially well at poolside. For a luxurious look, you could have masonry pillars topped with copper or rusted metal fire bowls. Look into installing a fire table for poolside snacks and cocktails with a flair. And see about adding a gas-fueled fire pit or outdoor fireplace that would give chilly swimmers a cozy place to warm up. As a bonus, fire features invite you to use the space even in the coldest months long after the pool has been drained!

Shelter Options

A pavilion set atop masonry pillars transforms your pool area into a year-round retreat, especially with the addition of a masonry fireplace and an outdoor kitchen where you can enjoy cooking and sharing meals—or at least heat up some cocoa—any time of year. Add some string lights for a festive atmosphere, and bring the holiday party to the pool deck for an unexpected twist on holiday entertaining. What’s better than relaxing by the fire under the stars? And of course, when the summer sun is blazing hot and you need shade, a pavilion becomes a wonderful place to relax with a good book while enjoying the fresh air.

Privacy

Privacy walls can be dull, or they can be works of art. A masonry privacy wall can be embellished with niches for artwork, built-in seating, outdoor lighting, climbing flowering vines, fire sconces, or even fountains. Such a wall can be linear or curve sensuously around the perimeter of the pool area and serve as a central feature that ties the various landscape areas together.

Expanded Space

Masonry retaining walls add usable space to your sloped backyard. Carve out a sitting area near the pool, or a tucked-away spot for a hot tub.

Planters

Add square masonry planters to the perimeter of your pool area for a sophisticated spa look and to showcase the beauty of annuals, ornamental grasses, perennials or evergreen shrubs.

Inspired to add masonry to enhance your pool area? Our masonry experts can help you choose the best solutions for your unique space, and build a dream poolscape your family will love for many years.

Using Masonry to Spruce Up the Poolside in Southampton, NY