Are you a little more settled into it now figuring out how you like to use everything? Any pics of how you laid out everything around it? Looks like we have a similar space - trying to finalize the furniture/accessories plan! Your view is killer - swap out your water view for pvc and we're pretty similar lol so we're putting up areca palms behind the cage and landscape lighting for a private backyard feel since there's no view...
Really encouraging to see projects done in Tampa - I'm getting antsy after a few days of waiting for the gunite crew to supposedly keep showing up "tomorrow"
Still figuring things out. Everything is pretty much in it's place. I haven't quite worked out a grilling area yet. But everything else is pretty much staying where it is. I'll get a few pics tomorrow in the day. Gonna install the TV early.
We are pretty lucky with the view. I think I would have preferred to have the seating area on the side closest to the the house and push the whole pool further back along the screen. But we also like having seating on all sides of the pool. Plus having the seating on the end where it is allows us to see the TV.
One recommendation on the trees around the pool. Came from a friend who does screen work, he said to make sure you allow for some space between the screen and trees. When you have to replace a screen panel they will yank the Areca if they can't get to the screen. We ended up doing a row of Viburnums on the two sides, along the property line for some privacy without putting a fence. We're almost done, finally getting Sod next weekend. Whatever you plan on spending on irrigation and landscaping just go ahead and double it. After the sod I need to fix the broken sidewalk and that should be it.