Metro Atlanta · Family Owned · 20 Years Building Experience

Pool & Outdoor Living Design, built around your life.

Custom pools and outdoor living, designed by someone who spent 20 years building them — which ensures a more functional design, better material detail, and a higher quality build. Every aspect of design gets matched with the right building partner for the job.

20 YrsHands-On Building Experience
100%Family Owned & Operated
TrustedNetwork of Build Partners
Pebble Technology The World's Greatest Pools award medallion

The World’s Greatest Pools — 2014

One of 100 pools selected worldwide — designed and built by our founder.

Most designers have never built. Most builders don’t design. Twenty years on-site changes the design itself, and how it’s communicated to the field.

Lawson Davis, Founder

Design comes first — informed by two decades of hands-on building. That's what a plan looks like when it's drawn by someone who understands how water moves, where a drainage issue will surface years later, and what's actually realistic to build well. Every engagement begins with an in-depth conversation about how your family actually lives outdoors — not pictures of someone else’s pool.

From there, we match each part of the build to the right partner — chosen from people we know and trust, for exactly what that scope calls for.

Whether it's a quiet plunge pool for morning laps or a whole backyard built for a crowd — fire features, an outdoor kitchen, a private putting green — the design is built for how you’ll live in it, as well as how it photographs.

What We Design

Every element of your property, under one design.

From the water itself to everything around it — one designer, one vision, with each scope built by a specialist in that trade.

Custom Pools

Gunite pools shaped around your yard, your view, and how your family swims.

Cabanas & Pergolas

Shaded structures built to match your home's architecture, not fight it.

Fireplaces & Fire Pits

Real gathering points — the spot everyone ends up standing around at 9pm.

Outdoor Kitchens

Full cook-and-serve setups designed for how you actually host.

Putting Greens

Synthetic greens built into the landscape, not bolted onto it.

Lighting & Landscape

Custom landscape lighting and planting that carries the design after sundown.

How It Works

From first sketch to first swim.

A clear process, so you always know what's next.

01

Consultation

We walk your property and talk through how you actually want to use the space.

02

Personalized Design

An in-depth questionnaire and design session shape a plan built around your family.

03

Partner Match

We match each scope to the right partner from our network — the pool, the structures, and the landscape each go to people who specialize in them.

04

The Reveal

A final walkthrough — then it's your Backyard Life, from day one.

“Lawson Davis designed the perfect pool for our backyard…”
— Client Review
“Lawson Davis designed our pool and he took the time to explain the whole process and came up with a design that exceeds our expectations.”
— Client Review

Begin the Conversation

Let's design what's next for your property.

Email backyardlifedesigns@gmail.com
Visit 6188 Golden Maple Court
Hoschton, Georgia 30548
Hours Mon–Fri: 9am–5pm
Sat–Sun: Closed
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