Jimmy Reed Creates Unique Water Feature for Historic Bel Air Home
Custom glass mosaic tile designer and installer Jimmy Reed has been selected to restore and redesign a water feature for a historically important Bel Air home.
This was not just about the complete demo and replacement of the already unique water feature on the first-level of the 7,556 split-level custom home. The need for Reed’s talent was also about honoring the integrity of her luxury home originally designed and built in 1973 by mid-century great - A. Quincy Jones, Jr., FAIA (1913-1979). The backyard space Jones designed featured a definite period-style water feature that after 40 years was a prime candidate for an extreme makeover. Jimmy Reed answered with a gorgeous, contemporized exotic lounge pool unlike any other in the world. Reed used modern materials and methods to rejuvenate the long (37.5’) and narrow (7.5’) main pool, but his new spin on the 14-foot feature wall at the far end is what makes it truly one of a kind.