Outdoor Living & Kitchens, New Braunfels TX | J. Oliver Pools
Poolside outdoor living with kitchen and decking by J. Oliver Pools in New Braunfels, Texas
Outdoor Living

One continuous room, indoors to out.

Poolside kitchens, decking, pergolas, and fire features that frame the water as the center of the home.

Beyond the Water's Edge

The backyard, designed as a whole.

A pool is the centerpiece, but the magic is in everything around it — where you cook, gather, and watch the sun go down. We design the entire scene so it reads as one continuous room, from the back door to the water's edge. In the Texas Hill Country, where the season outdoors runs most of the year, that surrounding space is where families actually live.

Outdoor kitchens, shaded structures, fire features, decking, and layered lighting are built in durable, weather-ready materials and tied together so your backyard works as beautifully at midday as it does after dark. As an outdoor kitchen and pool builder serving the Texas Hill Country, we handle the full backyard remodel with pool, deck, and living space as one coordinated project — one design, one crew, one accountable timeline.

Designing the pool and its surroundings together is what separates a backyard that feels intentional from one that feels assembled piece by piece. Sightlines from the kitchen to the water, the path from the back door to the spa, where the evening sun falls on the dining area, how the deck drains in a downpour — these are decisions best made on one drawing, by one team, before anything is poured. When outdoor living is an afterthought bolted on later, the seams always show.

Whether you are building a new pool or already have one, we can design a complete outdoor-living space around it — from a single shaded kitchen to a full resort backyard with fire, water, and dining all in one continuous scene.

What We Build
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The Building Blocks

The elements that make a backyard a destination.

Every outdoor-living project is assembled from a handful of core elements, chosen and scaled to how your family actually uses the space. Here is how we think about each one in a Hill Country backyard.

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Raised travertine sun shelf and lounge deck overlooking a vanishing-edge pool and Texas Hill Country views

Travertine deck & raised sun shelf, Hill Country

What Outdoor Living Costs

Build it in stages, or all at once.

Outdoor living scales from a focused addition to a full backyard build, so budgets vary widely. Many homeowners design the whole vision up front and phase the build over time. Ask about financing options to bring more of it forward.

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Ranges depend on size, materials, structures, and utilities. We provide a clear, line-item proposal so you can see exactly where the budget goes — and phase the build if you choose.

Why Design It With J. Oliver

Pool and patio, one design and one crew.

The biggest advantage of building your pool and outdoor living together is that nothing falls through the cracks between trades. Here is what that looks like in practice.

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How It Comes Together

Designed as one space.

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What Homeowners Say

5.0 stars, and counting.

Rated 5.0 on Google · Google Guaranteed · BBB accredited

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Outdoor Living FAQ

Your backyard, answered.

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Plan Your Backyard

Guides for a complete outdoor space.

Live outside.

Let's design a backyard your family never wants to leave. A first conversation costs nothing.