Pools & Spas
Water World
Wade into the dreamscape offered by today’s most relaxing backyard amenity — a luxurious accessorized pool.

Imagine a serpentine swath of crystal blue water accented with dancing fountains, leaping fire bowls and cascading waterfalls. Could this possibly be Las Vegas' Bellagio? In reality, the ebb and flow of these highly aesthetic features seem to be the latest trends in pool design to make a splash right here in Kansas City.

Today, discriminating homeowners don't have to fly off to an exotic locale to find paradise. They are vacationing in their own backyards, where a slice of heaven beckons throughout three Midwest seasons.

No longer a simple liquid rectangle hemmed with concrete, there's a trend to design more naturalistic pools shaped to blend to the contour of the land, so the pool becomes the focal point for an all-encompassing 'resort-type' environment.

Fashioned with performance lighting and sound, vanishing edges, semi-submerged lounging platforms, eco-friendly sanitation/filtration systems and alluring spas, even those who shun the outdoors will yield to a pool's sybaritic pleasures.

As the trend to 'cocoon' in your own backyard continues in the $20-billion pool industry, comfort and beauty await in your own private Bali Ha'i.