An aging poolside deck with rotting wooden rails and zero privacy became a glowing outdoor living room. The Hastings homeowners wanted an updated dining and lounge area with real privacy around their pool that still felt like home — a comfortable transition space between the house and the water. The old deck was falling apart, and its layout was so inefficient the space went largely unused.
We kept the original frame but completely reinforced it, adding structural beams in and around an 18-foot feature wall so the new products would have a structure built to last as long as they do. We then resurfaced the deck with Eva-Last Apex Plus, a fully synthetic, non-organic decking built to endure, and replaced the deteriorating wood rails with sleek black aluminum railings.
Then came the signature touches. An 18-foot light-up privacy wall carries a decorative accent strip of custom fiber-optic twinkling lights. Undermount lighting glows on every stair tread and border board, an intimate lower-level lounge sits on a touch dimmer, and full sidewall skirting delivers a completely finished look with no framing visible anywhere. Routing the lighting for a continuous, surround feel across stairs, borders, walls, and the lounge took creative problem-solving in its own right.
The lighting transforms how the space is used. At full color, it’s a party zone; dimmed down, it’s a tranquil, protected outdoor living room. One deck, every mood — all at the touch of a button. The light wall is the first thing you notice, and it creates a cozy, one-of-a-kind lounging area that is genuinely hard to achieve in an outdoor build.
Today the space is used every single day — a gathering spot for the family’s high schoolers and their friends, a tucked-away place to read a book, and a home base for grilling, sunbathing, and swim breaks. Whatever the day calls for, the deck rises to it.
