Quick Summary
Selah Pools built a complete outdoor environment for the Yakub family in Grapevine featuring a 9,001-gallon infinity-edge pool, custom spa with 5-foot spillover, 19 in-floor cleaning heads, tanning ledge, raised beam wall, and Harbour Majestic Blue Peerless Pebble plaster.
Key Takeaways
- Selah replaced dated Oklahoma stone with travertine ledgestone and a bold contemporary material palette.
- The environment includes a 9,001-gallon infinity-edge pool, custom spa with 5-foot spillover, and 19-head in-floor cleaning system.
- Harbour Majestic Blue Peerless Pebble plaster, QDI Mystic Aqua tile, and Burlington Milano White coping define the palette.
- The 19-foot infinity-edge spillover with dedicated catch basin is among the most ambitious water features in Selah's Grapevine work.
Grapevine sits where the DFW landscape softens — where neighborhoods retain a sense of arrival, and outdoor living spaces carry the expectation of something considered. The Yakub residence asked for exactly that. Oklahoma stone once wrapped these walls — brown and red, it spoke of a different era. The clients wanted modernity, and Selah answered with a design that rewards the eye at every angle. The 19-foot infinity edge draws the gaze outward, dissolving the boundary between pool and sky. A raised beam wall frames the composition with architectural weight. Every choice was made together — client and designer, side by side in the showroom — until the materials stopped being options and became the only answer.
Tile & Pebble Plaster
Harbour Majestic Blue Peerless Pebble plaster gives the water a depth that shifts from sapphire at noon to near-black at dusk — the kind of color you don't choose, you commit to. QDI Mystic Aqua 6x6 ceramic tile defines the waterline with bold clarity, while NPT TWL-Caribbean Mosaic 1x2 tile lines the spa spillway in jewel-like contrast. Burlington Milano White eased-edge coping runs the perimeter in clean, unbroken marble-white.
Spa & Plaster
Buff Leuders coping caps the raised beam walls, anchoring the composition in warm Texas limestone. Travertine ledgestone — chosen to replace the original Oklahoma stone — wraps the structure in a finish that reads modern without forgetting the land it sits on.
Project Highlights
Selah replaced dated Oklahoma stone with travertine ledgestone and a bold contemporary material palette.
The environment includes a 9,001-gallon infinity-edge pool, custom spa with 5-foot spillover, and 19-head in-floor cleaning system.
Harbour Majestic Blue Peerless Pebble plaster, QDI Mystic Aqua tile, and Burlington Milano White coping define the palette.
The 19-foot infinity-edge spillover with dedicated catch basin is among the most ambitious water features in Selah's Grapevine work.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is an infinity edge and how does it work?
An infinity edge creates the illusion that water extends seamlessly to the horizon. One wall sits slightly lower than the water surface, allowing water to spill continuously over the edge into a concealed catch basin below. That water is recirculated by a dedicated pump, keeping the effect constant. At the Yakub residence in Grapevine, Selah designed a 19-foot infinity-edge spillover with its own catch basin integrated into the raised beam wall composition. The result is a pool that appears to dissolve into the surrounding landscape — shifting the entire character of the outdoor living space from functional to architectural.
How does in-floor cleaning compare to a standard pool cleaner?
A traditional cleaner moves across the surface reactively, circling until it encounters debris. An in-floor system works differently — flush-mounted heads rise on a timed cycle, directing pressurized water to push debris toward the main drain. No visible equipment, no tangled hoses. The Yakub pool features a Caretaker in-floor system with 19 heads across both pool and custom spa. For a 9,001-gallon environment with a tanning ledge, raised beam wall, and multiple water features, a passive cleaner would struggle to reach every corner. The in-floor system keeps the entire basin consistently clean without disrupting the design.
What should Grapevine homeowners know about pool coping?
Grapevine's climate delivers genuine temperature swings — hot summers followed by freeze cycles that test materials at joints and edges. Coping bears the brunt of that movement at the transition between pool shell and deck. Selection here isn't purely aesthetic; it's structural. The Yakub project uses two distinct profiles. Burlington Milano White eased-edge 2-inch coping runs the pool perimeter in clean marble-white continuity. Buff Leuders — a dense Texas limestone — caps the raised beam walls in multiple thicknesses and widths. Both handle DFW's thermal range without cracking risk. Together, they show what a layered material strategy looks like when design and engineering share priorities.
Can a pool's tile choice really change how the water looks?
Tile color and texture influence the water's apparent color the way a painted room influences light. The water itself is transparent — what you see is light bouncing off interior surfaces. Bold tile at the waterline introduces contrast that reads differently throughout the day. At the Yakub residence, Selah selected QDI Mystic Aqua 6x6 ceramic tile for the waterline to complement the Harbour Majestic Blue Peerless Pebble plaster below. NPT TWL-Caribbean Mosaic 1x2 tile on the spa spillway adds a second, smaller-scale pattern that catches light differently. Together, they create a material conversation that rewards attention without demanding it.
What does app-controlled pool automation manage?
App-controlled automation connects every major system — pumps, heaters, lights, water features — to a single interface on your phone. You can heat the custom spa before leaving the office, schedule lighting for an evening gathering, or adjust water feature run times without stepping outside. The Yakub outdoor living space runs on app-controlled automation managing both pool and spa from one platform. Given the complexity — 19 in-floor cleaning heads, dedicated spa lighting, multiple water features, and a Caretaker system with pressure testing — centralized automation isn't a luxury add-on. It's the operational backbone that makes a technically sophisticated pool feel effortless to own.
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