A poolside outdoor kitchen in Sandy

A resort-style backyard in Sandy: a custom pool and raised spa, an expansive paver patio, and a pergola-covered outdoor kitchen built to work through Utah winters.

The pool and raised spa set the geometry for the whole yard. An expansive paver patio wraps them, with natural stone coping and stone detailing carried through the poolside surfaces.

The outdoor kitchen sits under a pergola at the edge of the patio, integrated with the paver surface and finished in stone rather than added on afterwards. The built-in grill, the counter space and the gas and electrical runs all went in under the same contract as the hardscape.

A stone fire pit gives a second, more casual gathering space beside the patio, and a shaded poolside seating area is worked into the planting beds and natural stone details so the yard has somewhere comfortable at every time of day.

Hillside xeriscaping with natural boulder retaining walls handles the sloped edge of the property, keeping water demand down on the parts of the site that are not pool surround.