Keys to Creating Swimming Pools For Southwestern Architecture

Swimming pools not only represent the perfect place to relax or cool off on a hot day—these features also add style to your property and increase the value of your home as well. Designing a swimming pool that complements your home’s architecture will tie your yard together for a more cohesive look. Keep reading to discover a few key elements that will help your pool fit with the exterior of your Southwestern home.

Freeform Design

Swimming pools are available in any shape and size imaginable. Rather than opting for a traditional geometric shape, consider designing your pool with a freeform, curving shape. This organic design will help your pool blend in with the landscape of your backyard, highlighting the natural beauty of the desert terrain. Adding a tile border to the interior of your pool or even along your coping can help to draw the eye to the appealing outline of your pool.

Water Features

Adding a water feature is another excellent way to tie your pool into the Southwestern design of your home. Both waterfalls and Spanish-style fountains create a soothing atmosphere for relaxation, while also adding visual texture to your pool area. Decorating fountain bases and waterfall backsplashes with hand-glazed tile can further highlight these features, drawing attention to them via pattern and color.

Pool Murals

Southwestern architecture often evokes the feel of historic Spanish and Mexican buildings, which typically feature colorful tile work set against a background of neutral colors to draw the eye. A tile pool mural containing bright colors and playful patterns is an excellent feature that brings light and life to your swimming pool area, drawing from the colors in your home or those of the landscape around it.

Carly Quinn Designs offers custom and limited edition specialty tiles for pools, bar tops, backsplashes, and more.