Lisa....your pool is WAY larger than ours. In my pics, you see the land space BETWEEN the back of the pool and the back yard fence? That is 15 ft of utility/drainage easement that is OUR property, but are prohibited from building on. It sucks because my neighbors and I didnt know that up front, and now we are forced to narrow our pools. Mine is only 12 ft wide at the narrowest part. Could have been 18 or so easily. The larger end is about 17, so it makes up for it. My pool gets to 4-5 ft deep REALLY quick....there is not much room to "walk" around in it.
I almost got the flat spa like yours, but then decided that the raised spa, with more tile would look nice, and then you have ledge to sit on if you have an outdoor night party (Christmas or something) where you dont go in the pool.
Im planning on a Tiki hut to go about 5 -8ft to the left of the spa.
RC