Transitional backyard with pool

This high-quality modern dream house in Westlake, Texas features a gorgeous backyard pool and patio area that takes your breath away.

Halfway through last Summer we got a pool put in. We have a very small space to work with and the shape of our yard was on an angle. I wrote about that process of deciding where to the put the pool here. We also had to put a small retaining wall around the pool.

PebbleTec Tahoe Blue features earthy golden and grey pebbles blended with dark brown stones producing a beautiful medium blue water color.

A white coffee table surrounded by white wicker chairs sits at a rectangular infinity pool finished with a spa.

I think we got more questions about our backyard underground pool and the installation process than we have gotten on anything else - ever. And that's ...

Gray Adirondack chairs around a round fire pit on gravel sit next to a rectangular in-ground pool.

Stone pillars accent a rustic wood pergola finished with canvas and positioned over a teak plank dining table surrounded by teak slatted back dining chairs placed in front of an in ground swimming pool.

After my visit to the Dominican Republic last week and two visits up to our house in Malibu this weekend, I have been thinking a lot about the importance of a very beautiful well manicured formal gard