Weston Manor Pool & Creekside Retreat
Custom Pool & Outdoor Living in Bridgetown, Ohio
Weston Manor is a dynamic outdoor living transformation in Bridgetown, Ohio, designed to feel like a private backyard resort. Over the course of four months, our Tepe Landscape Designer reimagined the property with layered hardscaping, structural retaining walls, and a one-of-a-kind pool environment that blends recreation with natural-inspired design.
The goal was to create a space that felt immersive and inviting—ideal for both family fun and relaxed outdoor entertaining.
Custom Gunite Pool with Slide
The centerpiece of the design is a fully custom gunite swimming pool, engineered for long-term durability and elevated backyard performance. Designed with clean structural lines and balanced proportions, the pool integrates seamlessly into the surrounding hardscape.
A built-in pool slide adds a playful, family-friendly element while maintaining the overall aesthetic. The pool layout maximizes swim space and sun exposure, ensuring both functionality and visual impact.
Custom Creek & Architectural Bridge
One of the most distinctive features of this project is the custom-designed creek, which introduces natural movement and texture into the landscape. The flowing water feature enhances the backyard’s atmosphere, creating a sense of tranquility while visually softening the structured hardscape elements.
A custom-built bridge spans the creek, adding architectural interest and a unique focal point. The bridge serves both functional and aesthetic purposes—connecting spaces while reinforcing the immersive, resort-style feel of the backyard.
Custom Water Features, Pool & Hardscape
The pool is the centerpiece, but it's the slide that makes it memorable.
Designing Around Water
When a backyard project includes a pool, a creek, and a slide, the water dictates the design — not the other way around. Every element in this project was positioned relative to the water features first.
The pool location was set based on the yard’s grade, sun exposure, and the homeowner’s sight lines from the house. The slide was integrated into the landscape berm on one side of the pool, built up with retaining walls and planted to look natural rather than like a piece of equipment bolted to the deck. The creek was routed to flow through the landscape in a path that creates maximum visual and audio impact while keeping the recirculation system accessible for maintenance.
Once the water features were locked in, the patio zones, pathways, and bridge placement followed. The combination of paver and stamped concrete allowed the hardscape to flex around the organic shapes of the pool and creek without forcing everything into rigid geometry. The bridge was positioned at the creek’s most visible crossing point, making it both functional and a focal point in the design.
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