1963 House & Gardens - House of ideas, built in Inwood Oaks, Houston, Texas - part #8

Linked to the main house only by the covered walk at one side of the courtyard, the pool house reflects the big-house design as closely as if it were an integrated wing. Its pitched roof has the same deep overhangs and projecting beams. The framework of the roof has been given the same "weathered" finish of charcoal gray washed with white, and the overhangs, like those of the big house, have been stained Antique Gold. As large in area as the pool house itself is the redwood deck that overhangs the water, tying house to pool.

The pool will be a joy to look at-as any pool should be- winter or summer, empty or full, for it is lined with Venetian glass mosaic tiles-260,000 of them. Three gradations in their color from top to bottom create an effect similar to the natural variations in color of a body of water that changes in depth. A gas-fired heater attached to the pool's recirculating system can warm the water to a comfortable temperature the year round.

The all-weather furniture on the deck is of Sagebrush- finished aluminum, with chair seats and backs of aluminum mesh and table tops of mesh or glass. Only the chair cushions, along with the oversized canvas-covered deck cushions, have to be rescued from rain-a job speedily done with a canvas-covered cart. At night the deck is lit by lamps mount- ed on courtyard wall and screened by pierced ceramic shields.

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source: House and Garden Magazine | August 1963