Plan the spa terrace
Resolve the spa support, service access, and power requirements before building the platform.
04 / Layered + immersive
High Desert Hideaway
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This direction uses elevation where it earns its keep: a raised wellness deck, broad stone steps, and a lower garden lounge. The result feels layered and immersive without relying on expensive grade changes everywhere.
From possibility to a plan
Build it in chapters.
Spend on the two places that create depth. Keep the connecting garden simple.
Connect the levels
Form the broad garden steps and sheltered lounge, then establish the central lawn.
Wrap it in planting
Add targeted privacy screens, grasses, and warm step lighting around the retreat.
Worth protecting
Privacy at the spa and the broad, comfortable connection to the lower garden.
Where to simplify
Concentrate stonework around the steps and lounge; use gravel and planting elsewhere.
The details that make this direction
Raised wellness deck
A compact hot-tub platform borrows privacy from layered planting and screen walls.
Broad garden steps
Two low risers create a clear transition without expensive retaining across the whole yard.
Lower conversation pit
A sheltered lounge gives the yard depth and a tucked-away destination.
Water-wise texture
Ornamental grasses, evergreens, and Utah-friendly perennials soften stone and gravel.
The material palette.
Weathered oak
Buff stone
Sage
Basalt