This featured project was developed to provide curb appeal, guest parking and a private rear garden with a lap pool. This design is an example of our swimming pool design philosophy; the swimming pool should be a garden feature that is used for swimming and should be visible from the main living space of the house so that it can be enjoyed visually all year. This property has a shallow rear yard with a ten-foot rear setback and slopes across the yard. With a retaining wall we were able to set this pool as close as possible to the rear lot line and maximize the remaining yard area. Instead of the slope being a negative factor, we were able to add a retaining wall that becomes an added garden element with brick column urn pedestals and a brick column water feature.