How to Build the Pool of Your Dreams

There is a kind of luxury that doesn't announce itself. It waits in the backyard at dusk: a still sheet of water catching the last of the light, a shallow ledge where grandchildren splash. It holds the quiet confidence of a space built to be lived in for decades. A great pool is less a feature than a destination. It is the one room of thehouse that happens to have no roof. Building it well is equal parts artistry, engineering, and patience.

At Mid-American Pools, the medium is concrete and plaster. Fiberglass and vinyl have their place, but for a home of a certain caliber, a gunite pool is what matches it. Gunite outlasts other in-ground methods, and, like the rest of a well-built home, gunite holds its value. For a gunite pool, the only real limits are your imagination, your budget, and the yard itself.