Whether you’re planning to build a new pool or looking to upgrade, having a vision for your personal pool design can be challenging. From uncertainty about trends, colors, and layout to quality materials and pool liners, knowing where to start can feel a little daunting. With options like fresh water pools or salt water pools, picking the right pumps, pool heaters, flag stone, pool copings, or spa copings can pose a challenge for your pool’s construction. Here at STONEarch, we’re shining a light on the latest trends in swimming pool design, and what we can offer to bring your dreams into reality. So let’s get started;

1. Dark Pool Liners with Earthy Coloured Decking

Standing in the number one spot in this coming season’s top pool design trends are dark pool liners. Dark colours for pool walls and liners simulate the serene look of natural bodies of water in your backyard landscape. It gives the illusion of depth and absorbs more of the sun’s heat – a natural source for pool heating providing a comfortable temperature to swim in. Cap off your gorgeous pool deck with STONEarch’s warm and earthy-color natural stones for your pool copings such as Flint, Lavender, Slate Gray or Saga. Use the same earthy tone flagstones to create the maintenance-free and sandy-looking pool deck of your dreams. Using the same colour stone as your pool copings and pool decking creates vastness to the area and gives a welcome theme to the whole project.

2. Sun Shelves

If you haven’t heard of them sun shelves are flat shallow ledges along a pool’s interior side. These are also known as tanning ledges or Baja shelves. Sun shelves are ideal for parents to lounge on while young children play around the pool deck.  You can relax on the ledge itself while partially immersed or set up lounging chairs on the ledge so that only your feet get wet. These shelves look excellent in kidney shaped pools and rectangular pools. Either choice will make your backyard look like a true oasis, adding to the relaxation and comfort that you’re seeking. For a more natural look try STONEarch’ range of natural stone such as Dove, Black, or Fossil or try something more sophisticated and modern like Silver Valley Limestone, New Ebony Granite, Alicante Black Granite or Gray Mix Travertine Stone.

3. Country or Contemporary Style Pool

Country Style Pool or Contemporary Style Pools – both offer a relaxing environment, and when these designs are tied up with landscaping elements that follows theme the overall feel of the design is enhanced tenfold. However, landscaping with clean straight lines along with rectangular pools is becoming trendier as kidney shaped pools become a thing of the past.

Natural stone adds another dimension to the richness of your backyard allowing you to stay in touch with nature. Rock waterfalls, stone fountains, and customized garden ornaments add your signature to your customized outdoor living space. Natural boulders, armor rock, or random flagstone can give a more rustic look and can help you create a country style backyard. Or you can go with straight and clean lines to create a modern or contemporary landscape. Design a pool that reflects your persona and play with these elements to create a pool deck that your family and friends will enjoy.

4. Luxury Finishes

One trend that we expect to gain momentum in 2019 is the use of luxury finishes. People have come to recognize they are by no means limited when it comes to colours, stones, and finishes especially when working with a custom swimming pool. In natural stone there are beautiful finishes such as flame, antique, leather, natural, sandblast and other variety textures. Additionally luxury pools allow for customized stones with stunning cuts, shapes and finishes. Pool Copings can be customized to your pool design theme and the pool deck can be adorned with customized liner shapes that reflect a more contemporary style.

5. Cut Shapes and Simple Lines

Simple square pool shapes are supreme when it comes to modernized pool designs. This sharp cut shape offers a modern spa-like atmosphere and has become a widely popular shape for in-ground pools. This modernized trend incorporates full-width steps and offers opportunity when working with stone walling. It also offers an opportunity when designing long swim-out ledges in pools of a more rectangular shape. Going with a dark colour pool coping along with similar patio stone  – like our selection of Ebony, Saga, or Silver Aantique – can really take your pool design to the next level and create the backyard oasis of your dreams.

Donate to the Cause

This year STONEarch has put together a corporate team to participate in raising money and supporting WWF. The World Wildlife Fund’s mission is to stop the degradation of the planet’s environment. The WWF uses the raised money towards harmonizing Arctic, oceans, freshwater, people and wildlife. Help team STONEarch reach our fundraising goal by clicking here and donating towards the cause. Your donations will not only help us raising funds but will also encourage STONEarch team to stay committed to the cause.

STONEarch; Why We’re Climbing

The STONEarch team has taken the initiative this year and is committed to participate and contribute towards the cause in years to come. The CN Tower Climb for Nature will generate awareness towards the preservation of our precious and beautiful environment. This event provides an opportunity for us to reach new heights, all the while supporting conservation work in Canada and across the world. Climbing the CN Tower is just one way to raise funds towards preventing the decline of our world’s many species; from protecting the mighty polar bear in the Arctic, to the vital capelin in Atlantic Canada and magnificent killer whales off the West Coast. Our support will help WWF rebuild healthy freshwater systems and marine ecosystems. This will also support ecologically sound future of the Arctic, and resilient communities that enhance nature. This is our first initiative and we are committed to contribute toward the cause in many more ways. Our commitment towards the conservation of nature is set in stone.

Global Arch Inc is the supplier of “premium landscaping stones”. To celebrate it’s 15 plus years in business, Global Arch Inc is rebranding to STONEarch. Global Arch’s core values, commitment to quality, and exceptional service will be unchanged. The new brand – STONEarch – is launched with a brand new logo, new presence, and a new website – www.stonearch.ca.

Arun and Neera continue to lead STONEarch, along with support from the rest of the Global Arch team – Canada’s most trusted stone vendor. STONEarch offers a fresh look and is better positioned than the original Global Arch for the North American Landscape Industry. STONEarch comes with a commitment to exceptional service, continued and improved product quality, a set of new product ranges, and a fresh growth plan. STONEarch will offer Canadian landscape architects, landscape contractors, landscape designers, estate home builders and landscape stone dealers with a fresh product range that is modern, innovative, and in-line with latest design trends in landscape & construction.

The industry and customers across all segments have been starving for a new product range, and STONEarch is committed to revitalizing the natural stone industry, which has been dealing with sluggish & stagnant products over and over again. The fresh breath of air to the company and the launch of the new brand, are also coming with new goals to optimize company operations, processes, and tools. Offering brand new product range of pavers, copings, steps, copings, curbs in a variety of new stone colors and finishes will help elevate STONEarch to new heights.

STONEarch has received extremely positive reviews from clients who have utilized their services. “I am blown away by all the new products” and “I never expected that landscaping stone business can go to that level” are just a few. With gratitude to Global Arch Inc’s current customers, vendors, and dealers, STONEarch is ready! We are inviting you to join us on a journey to revitalize the Natural Stone and Landscape industry. Contact us for Early-Bird 2018 Pricing, Product, and FREE SHIPPING specials!

Your STONEarch team

Hello! The STONEarch team have decided to put together a FAQ regarding our recent re-branding efforts.

Q: Has there a change in ownership? And is the old team still there?

A: There has been no change in ownership, and the same team of people that have helped you over the past 15 years are still here today. Customers will continue to enjoy the same quality service and products as they used to from Global Arch.

Q: Have you moved?

A: No

Q: Does it mean the new identity “STONEarch” will be doing business differently?

A: STONEarch is committed to enhance the brand image by introducing a fresh range of stones, products and colors. However STONEarch it is committed to serve existing and future customers with similar dedication and integrity as they enjoyed with Global Arch.

Q: Do I have to send my business credentials to STONEarch again or it will acquire information from Global Arch

A: Global Arch is re branded to STONEarch now and it will also acquire all accounts and information from Global Arch. Global Arch customers need not resubmit business credentials to STONEarch however any new customer will submit business information to STONEarch.