DESIGNER
Dale DeLeo
Europa Escape Landscaping
Denver, Colo.
Mike Freyler
Authority Spas & Home Recreation
Highlands Ranch, Colo.
Full circle
The upper deck, which houses an extensive outdoor-living area, was built with a turret-shaped offshoot that the designers had planned to use for ground-level seating. The private niche, they realized, was ideal for a spa.
It could have been tricky to install a portable tub in the circular space, but with precise planning and craftsmanship on the custom decking, they achieved a seamless fit. “We literally put a square peg in a round hole,” says Dale DeLeo, COO of Europa Escape Landscaping in Denver.
He and Mike Freyler didn’t want to disrupt the circular flow of the area with an incongruous service hatch. “The contractor was able to complete the circular design objectives by finishing with a custom teak step and entrance enclosure that could be removed,” says Freyler, co-owner of Authority Spas & Home Recreation in Highlands Ranch, Colo.