Seating Area and Hidden Water Feature
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What happens here
The speaker points out a small, intimate seating area positioned directly outside the client's bedroom, ideal for morning coffee. He describes it as the smallest diameter patio they've built. Next to this area is a water feature. He explains that the water basin is hidden underneath the surrounding stone (black and grey pebbles), creating the effect of water bubbling up, spilling over basalt columns, and disappearing back into the ground without an visible pond. He confirms that the water feature has lighting.
Goal: Highlight the intimate seating area and explain the design and functionality of the hidden basin water feature.
Tools and materials
- Basalt Columns — As the visible elements from which water flows in the water feature
- Decorative Pebbles/Stones — To cover and conceal the hidden water basin
- Pavers Unilock — To construct the small diameter circular patio
- Water Basin/Reservoir — To collect and hold the circulating water, hidden underground
- Water Feature Lighting — To illuminate the water feature, especially at night
- Water Pump — To circulate water from the basin up through the basalt columns