We’ve been daydreaming about the swimming pool ever since our recent visit to SF-based landscape architect Scott Lewis’s award-winning project, A Napa Valley Garden That Belongs to the Land.
We’ve been daydreaming about the swimming pool ever since our recent visit to SF-based landscape architect Scott Lewis’s award-winning project, A Napa Valley Garden That Belongs to the Land.
Photography by Matthew Millman courtesy of Scott Lewis.
Photography by Matthew Millman courtesy of Scott Lewis.
Lewis won an American Society of Landscape Architects Honor Award for the transformation of a one-acre Napa Valley property.
Lewis won an American Society of Landscape Architects Honor Award for the transformation of a one-acre Napa Valley property.
In the process, an existing swimming pool got a facelift: it was re-plastered (with plaster that has a gray tint to make the color of the water more reflective) and the coping is limestone.
In the process, an existing swimming pool got a facelift: it was re-plastered (with plaster that has a gray tint to make the color of the water more reflective) and the coping is limestone.
The size and site of the pool remained the same.
The size and site of the pool remained the same.
Before
Before
After
After
A spa area is adjacent to the master bedroom and bath.
A spa area is adjacent to the master bedroom and bath.
At one end of the pool, limestone pavers lead to a widened ipe deck covered by a painted steel arbor.
At one end of the pool, limestone pavers lead to a widened ipe deck covered by a painted steel arbor.
An arbor shades the deck and dining area without blocking the view.
An arbor shades the deck and dining area without blocking the view.
Four olive trees are a focal point and have been underplanted with lavender.
Four olive trees are a focal point and have been underplanted with lavender.