Skip Phillips | Questar Pools and Spas + Gene Brown | Valley Pool & Spa

With complements

The vessels in this yard are striking on their own, but the designers also took great care to ensure they harmonized with the look of the house. The perimeter-overflow spa utilizes dark tile and clean lines to form a sort of visual conversation with the rectangular windows of the house and nearby grass-edged squares of patio.

The cream-colored porcelain decking material was used inside the home as well, while the standard black tile on the spa matches the roof and creates an ideal palette for the reflections the designers wanted to capture on the water.

When aiming for the extremely precise lines achieved on the spa, Brown had a few tricks up his sleeve. For example, to lay the tile perfectly, he hung a large piece of stainless steel over each flat surface, which every piece of tile was then pushed up against to create a precisely aligned border.