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Blue Ember Retreat

A compact East El Paso backyard with a spa beneath a wood pergola and room to cook, dine, and sit by the fire.

  • East El Paso, Texas
  • Project year: 2017
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Nighttime pool area with blue illuminated water, a wooden pergola, and a built-in outdoor kitchen.
The lit spa, pergola, and outdoor kitchen after dark.

Project story

The design.

The spa sits under a wood pergola, a few steps from the outdoor kitchen. A dining table and a circle of chairs around the fire pit give this compact backyard several places to spend time outside.

GO Designs handled the masonry, spa, pergola, outdoor kitchen, fire feature, lighting, and hardscape installation. Paving and gravel connect these spaces. Wood screens enclose the yard, with benches tucked into a separate gravel corner.

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Hardscapes & Outdoor Living

The work includes the masonry kitchen, fire pit, pergola, lighting, paved gathering areas, and wood screens.

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13 photographs

  1. Fire pit area with stone patio, surrounded by chairs and a rusty metal fence.
    01 / 13A circular fire pit creates a dedicated seating area.
  2. Hot tub under a wooden pergola, with blue water and chairs in the background on a sunny day.
    02 / 13The spa sits beneath the wood pergola.
  3. Outdoor kitchen with stone counters, grill, fridge, and wooden cabinets. Wooden fence in background.
    03 / 13The masonry outdoor kitchen pairs a grill with stone counters and wood screens.
  4. Wooden benches in a small, fenced, gravel-covered outdoor space.
    04 / 13A screened gravel nook with built-in wood benches.
  5. Outdoor patio with grill, dining table, fire pit, and wooden fence.
    05 / 13The kitchen, dining table, and fire pit in daylight.
  6. Outdoor patio with grill, fire pit, dining table, and blue chairs. Wooden fence and overhead beam. Nighttime setting.
    06 / 13Dining, cooking, and fire-pit seating share the evening patio.
  7. Nighttime pool area with blue illuminated water, a wooden pergola, and a built-in outdoor kitchen.
    07 / 13The lit spa, pergola, and outdoor kitchen after dark.
  8. Backyard patio with fire pit, hot tub, seating, pergola, and house at night.
    08 / 13The pergola, spa, and fire pit form connected gathering spaces.
  9. Outdoor kitchen with a grill, stone facade, and a fire pit.
    09 / 13Stone-faced cooking and fire-pit areas meet across the patio.
  10. Outdoor fire pit surrounded by blue and beige chairs in a walled patio with a blue sky.
    10 / 13Chairs ring the fire pit on a flagstone terrace.
  11. Fire pit area with stone pavers, Adirondack chairs, and a metal fence.
    11 / 13A second view of the fire-pit circle and seating.
  12. Patio with wooden table, blue chairs, built-in grill, fire pit, and horizontal wood fence.
    12 / 13The dining table sits between the kitchen and fire pit.
  13. Two wooden benches on gravel within a wood slat fence enclosure.
    13 / 13Wood benches line a corner inside the slatted screen.
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  1. 01The lit spa, pergola, and outdoor kitchen after dark.
  2. 02A circular fire pit creates a dedicated seating area.
  3. 03Dining, cooking, and fire-pit seating share the evening patio.
  4. 04The pergola, spa, and fire pit form connected gathering spaces.
  5. 05The spa sits beneath the wood pergola.
  6. 06Stone-faced cooking and fire-pit areas meet across the patio.
  7. 07Chairs ring the fire pit on a flagstone terrace.
  8. 08The masonry outdoor kitchen pairs a grill with stone counters and wood screens.
  9. 09A second view of the fire-pit circle and seating.
  10. 10The dining table sits between the kitchen and fire pit.
  11. 11Wood benches line a corner inside the slatted screen.
  12. 12A screened gravel nook with built-in wood benches.
  13. 13The kitchen, dining table, and fire pit in daylight.
Nighttime pool area with blue illuminated water, a wooden pergola, and a built-in outdoor kitchen.
The lit spa, pergola, and outdoor kitchen after dark.

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