The Journal
Field notes
Recent builds and the thinking behind them — pools we've poured across the greater Seattle area, one project at a time.
FeaturedA resort-style pool on a Snohomish acreage
A wide sun-shelf pool and raised spa set into a Snohomish hillside — engineered to sit level on sloping ground and open straight onto the Cascades.
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An Edmonds backyard that borrows the Sound
A tight Edmonds lot, a big view of Puget Sound, and a slimline pool designed to disappear into it — glass tile, dark interior, and a vanishing edge aimed at the water.
A modern family pool in Redmond
Clean geometry, an automatic cover, and an integrated spa — a low-maintenance modern pool built for a busy Redmond family that wanted it ready to use, not ready to babysit.
A twilight pool for a Bellevue modern
A dark-tile geometric pool built to disappear into a Bellevue modern — sheer-descent water wall, hidden lighting and a spa that glows after dark.
A wine-country pool in Woodinville
A warm, resort-style pool built for long summer evenings in Woodinville wine country — tanning shelf, spillover spa, cedar pergola and string lights.