Photo by Matt Meaney
A pool house serves many purposes—it’s a place to shower or dry off after a dip, where to store items for alfresco entertaining or maybe it’s even a guest house if space permits.
Basically, a pool house is a nice-to-have feature for any homeowner who has a pool, but it’s surely a worthwhile investment to consider. Perhaps you’re looking to build a pool house on your property, or maybe you just want to see how others made it work for them?
Below are five luxurious New Jersey pool houses featured in NJ HOME and its sister publications:
Backyard Bliss
For the young owners of this Ho-Ho-Kus home, the pool house was a major component of the backyard redesign by Tapestry Landscape Architecture. This one contains a kitchen, a bathroom and an outdoor shower, as well as double French doors for privacy.
Outdoor Oasis
Who says a corner lot can’t be made into a backyard oasis? Surely not Thomas Flint Landscape Design, which gave a Bergen County family (with five teens!) a multi-tier patio that surrounds the in-ground pool and matches the stonework of the home itself. The pool house is purposely just a few steps away and also contains a two-car garage for added convenience.
Grecian Retreat
A modern home in Morris County found its perfect match in this Grecian-inspired swimming pool by Artisan Landscapes and Pools. Custom-made piers placed every 20 feet are opposite the large pool house; the grand staircase to get there gives it a “museum-like” effect, the designer says.
Everything Says ‘Welcome’
Designers at Z+ Architects mimicked the architecture of the main home in Allendale into the pool house, with its standing-seam metal overhang. The pool house is as functional as it is pretty, with a clean white kitchen (and a vintage Smeg fridge), shiplap on the cathedral ceilings and a bathroom/changing room with mint-green and white porcelain tiles that spell out, “SUN + FUN.”
Swimmingly Simple
Architecture firm DeGraw and DeHaan designed this 200-square-foot pool house to be the little brother of sorts to the main 1960s garrison colonial in northwest Bergen County. The “mini me” features a changing room and a laundry room and, perhaps most excitedly, a walk-up bar with blue cabinets and glassware (and alcohol) available at the ready. The blue hue was chosen to coordinate with the patio furniture, as well as the trim used in the main home.
Looking for more outdoor inspiration? Check out these 5 living areas that’ll inspire your backyard design, and grab a copy of the summer ‘23 issue of NJ HOME, out now.