Planning ahead will produce a “built-in” look, and avoid the impression that the spa was added-on.

Is your spa easy to get to from the house? The closer it is, the more you'll enjoy it.

Think about privacy when deciding where to place your spa. Check the views into your yard. SunStrong spa panels add privacy and enhance the cozy atmosphere inside your spa.

Access to the spa from the house is usually via an existing wood, concrete, or masonry patio. You may have secondary access to or from a lawn area that provides continuity between your house, spa, and yard. The area next to the stairs leading from the spa to the lawn provides the perfect spot for a flowerbed, or a towel tree.

Create a “stepping-stone” effect for the transition between spa decking and lawn area to strengthen the continuity between your house and yard.

Allow the ground cover (i.e. turf, low growing grasses, moss, etc.) to grow between the stepping-stones to blend the hardscape (decking) to the softscape (lawn area).

Redwood rounds make nice stepping-stones. If your decking is masonry, match the brick, flagstone, or tile.