Give Your Backyard a Beach Club Look

It’s just the right size (7 feet wide, 13 feet long) for 2, or for a lone castaway on a raft. The water’s Blue Lagoon color comes from the white plaster finish, which reflects the sky.

A barbecue, a wet bar, and built-in seating fit nicely into a space barely large enough to dock a speedboat. Whites, blues, and sandy beiges sustain the coastal mood.

A sailcloth roof over a simple wooden frame creates a shaded retreat. With gravel on either side, the pathway mimics a beach boardwalk.

Water trickles from a copper verdigris spigot into a clamshell set in the wall. (After all, what’s a seaside getaway without bivalves?)

Echeverias and other small succulents, planted in a blue bowl, look like underwater creatures.