I called McK Pools twice to get an estimate to remodel my pool and they never returned my phone calls. Turned me away if that was the service from the get go. A&S was the original builder of our pool. We had plaster problems during the fisrt year and they never accepted responsibility for it.

This is a pretty traditional option for pool coping, and you could easily update it without doing anything to the coping itself. Are you wanting to give it a more modern vibe or just update it? If you are wanting a more modern look, it could be as simple as adding modern planters with plants that are symmetrical like the black planters in the image below. Stick with neutral colors and straight lines if modern is the vibe you are going for. If you are just looking to update the look and feel, depending on what already surrounds the pool you could build out the deck around the pool, add new patio furniture and a few plants, and it will feel like a whole new space. One ofour projects had a similar coping to yours, we built out the deck using different size pavers and added the modern black planter (behind the umbrellas and pool chairs).

All good suggestions so far : the only thing that I can add is that Bromeliads are incredibly hardy and quite beautiful - just be careful not to over-water them (a topup in the plants 'funnel' on a periodic basis should be plenty).

I think if you try to match as good as you can with same pattern and color, given that you have a nice straight line that correlates with the pavilion, it will be fine. I also think you could separate it with a uniform band of different material -- like concrete colored brick/pavers -- and it would also be fine. Of course, get samples and mock it up first, in order to get the exact details and color right. I also think it's possible to transform to a completely different paving, but it should not visually compete with the original paving. It should be compatible ... like "white" space. You might explore ground/polished/acid-stained concrete as one option. It could look like a large, single slab of "stone" in the same color family as your existing paving. I would not do anything with much texture to it.