Project Gallery, North Okanagan

Project 01

Lakeview Pool & Outdoor Living

30 Photos

A full backyard above the lake, from the pool excavation to the finished deck: large format pavers, terraced retaining walls and stairs, sheet water features, frameless glass railing, turf and a covered outdoor kitchen patio.

Finished pool deck with wide paver steps, turf strips and water feature walls — IMG_6482

Pool with terraced retaining walls, stairs and three sheet water features behind it — IMG_6481

Sheer water feature spilling into a river rock channel beside the pool deck — IMG_6479

Raised block wall with three water features and planted cedars above — IMG_6478

Water feature wall pouring into a river rock basin next to turf — IMG_6477

Overhead view of the finished backyard, pool, turf and paver steps with a lake view — IMG_6449

Pool deck with frameless glass railing, artificial turf and a lake view — IMG_6433

Paver deck corner with a raised planter and black privacy fencing — IMG_6432

Stacked block planter with a young maple against black metal privacy fencing — IMG_6431

Wide paver pool deck beside a stone clad feature column — IMG_5938

Filled pool framed by large format pavers with the lake beyond — IMG_5936

Paver walkway running between the house and a new block retaining wall — IMG_5935

Covered pool beside the paver deck with the terraced hillside behind — IMG_5934

Pool with its safety cover on, coping and paver deck complete — IMG_5933

Pool deck in large format pavers with steps up to the upper terraces — IMG_5932

Pool, coping and paver deck with the retaining walls and stairs behind — IMG_5931

Frameless glass railing along the edge of the pool deck — IMG_5577

Glass railing, fire feature and pool deck laid in large format pavers — IMG_5555

Covered patio in large format pavers looking out to the pool — IMG_5447

Covered outdoor kitchen patio with the pool and glass railing beyond — IMG_5446

Outdoor kitchen under the covered patio with pavers running out to the pool — IMG_5445

Paver patio laid along the house while the pool coping goes in — IMG_5443

Block fire feature being built on the paver deck — IMG_5261

Pool walls set in the excavation with a mini excavator on site — IMG_5118

Pool excavation with the retaining walls and stairs above it — IMG_5102

Pool excavation dug out below the terraced hillside — IMG_5101

Finished paver inlay cut around a cleanout to match the pattern — IMG_5036

Paver pattern cut open around a cleanout before the inlay is set — IMG_5035

Cleanout box set in mortar inside a large format paver patio — IMG_5029

Large format pavers laid under a covered deck — IMG_4800

Project 02

Lit Water Feature Wall & Stairs

16 Photos

A terraced block wall with three sheet water features and a staircase, built through the winter, then lit with colour changing LEDs under the spillways and warm step lights on the treads.

Water feature wall lit red with warm lit stair treads at night — IMG_4566

Water feature wall lit green beside the lit staircase — IMG_4565

Blue lit water feature basin beside warm step lighting — IMG_4563

Three water features in teal light pouring into the basin — IMG_4562-1

Close view of the blue lit sheet water features and stone treads — IMG_4562

Three sheet waterfalls lit blue against a block wall at night — IMG_4559

Lit stairs and blue water features across the terraced wall at night — IMG_4555

Warm LED step lights running down beside the blue lit water feature — FullSizeRender.heic

Water feature running for the first time, blue lights under the spillways — IMG_4547

Water feature basin filling beside the cut stone steps — IMG_4546

Water feature tested in green light with the step lights on — IMG_4484

Terraced wall at dusk with the stair lights and water features on — IMG_4483

Block wall and stairs going in beside the house in winter — IMG_4387

Capped retaining wall with drain rock and filter fabric behind it on a slope — IMG_3878

Pipe laid in the trench along the house before backfill — IMG_3874

New block retaining wall with an excavator and track loader on site — IMG_3841

Project 03

Lakeview Patio, Fire Pit & Walls

24 Photos

Block retaining walls built up a lakeview slope with pipe and conduit run through the cores, then a large format paver patio with a built fire pit, lit steps and a stepping stone path through gravel beds.