A finished MintScapes backyard with checkerboard pavers, a black steel pergola, and laser-cut privacy screens
MintScapes·The Work

Before & after,
across the city.

Raw yards, bare rooftops, and blank walls — and what they became. Drag any slider to watch the space transform.

14 projects · 8before & afters
Wood-Clad Backyard Retreat — after: Clad walls, pergola, finished steps
Wood-Clad Backyard Retreat — before: Empty yard facing the house
BeforeAfter
Wood-Clad Backyard Retreat — Finished benches and planters
01Backyard

Wood-Clad Backyard Retreat

A bare, narrow backyard with a slanted cellar door, rebuilt into a warm wood-clad outdoor room with built-in benches, planters, a steel pergola, and a paver-and-grass floor.

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Wood-Clad Backyard Retreat — 3D framing and layout plan

From the drawing board

3D framing and layout plan

Brick-Walled Backyard — after: Finished patio with wood-slat walls
Brick-Walled Backyard — before: Bare yard, raw concrete walls
BeforeAfter
Brick-Walled Backyard — Full yard with outdoor kitchen
Brick-Walled Backyard — Dining set and grill station
Brick-Walled Backyard — Brick kitchen and dining area
02Backyard

Brick-Walled Backyard

A bare concrete-walled side yard transformed into a finished bluestone patio with horizontal wood-slat cladding, a brick-faced outdoor kitchen, and full lounge and dining areas.

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Brick-Walled Backyard — SketchUp outdoor kitchen design

From the drawing board

SketchUp outdoor kitchen design

Crown Heights Rooftop — after: Finished terrace, planted greenery
Crown Heights Rooftop — before: Bare terrace, empty planters
BeforeAfter
Crown Heights Rooftop — Dusk view, LED-lit slat walls
Crown Heights Rooftop — Wide terrace with outdoor kitchen
Crown Heights Rooftop — Modern facade and privacy fence
03Rooftop

Crown Heights Rooftop

A bare Brooklyn rooftop reworked into a sleek lounge with composite slat walls, built-in benches, lush planters, a steel pergola, and integrated LED lighting that glows at dusk.

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East 59th Facade & Pergola — after: Finished porcelain facade, wood accent
East 59th Facade & Pergola — before: Facade mid-construction, raw siding
BeforeAfter
East 59th Facade & Pergola — Full facade with rooftop pergola
East 59th Facade & Pergola — Rooftop pergola crown detail
04Facade

East 59th Facade & Pergola

A townhouse refaced in large-format porcelain panels with warm wood accents, topped by a custom steel-and-composite rooftop pergola built on site.

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East 59th Facade & Pergola — 3D pergola structural diagram

From the drawing board

3D pergola structural diagram

Pergola Patio & Kitchen — after: Pergola lounge and dining space
Pergola Patio & Kitchen — before: Empty stucco-walled patio
BeforeAfter
Pergola Patio & Kitchen — Built-in grill and beverage fridge
Pergola Patio & Kitchen — Outdoor kitchen under new pergola
05Outdoor kitchen

Pergola Patio & Kitchen

A plain bluestone patio reimagined with a steel pergola, brick and wood-slat privacy walls, lush greenery, and a built-in outdoor kitchen with grill and beverage fridge.

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Rooftop Privacy Wall — after: Finished boxwood and IPE wall
Rooftop Privacy Wall — before: Open deck before privacy wall
BeforeAfter
Rooftop Privacy Wall — Privacy wall and kitchen at night
06Privacy

Rooftop Privacy Wall

A bare steel-framed rooftop deck finished with a layered IPE-and-boxwood privacy wall, a stone outdoor kitchen, and a dining area that lights up at night.

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Dark Slat Privacy Screen — after: Finished dark slat fence
Dark Slat Privacy Screen — before: Bare walkway, wooded edge
BeforeAfter
Dark Slat Privacy Screen — Slat fence along walkway
Dark Slat Privacy Screen — Privacy screen corner detail
07Privacy

Dark Slat Privacy Screen

A raw concrete side-yard walkway, exposed to overgrown brush, enclosed with a sleek dark vertical-slat fence for a clean, secluded passage alongside the home.

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Suspended Wood Soffit — after: Finished wood soffit installed
Suspended Wood Soffit — before: Steel ceiling framing in progress
BeforeAfter
08Commercial

Suspended Wood Soffit

A commercial building's overhead soffit, taken from design render through steel framing to a finished warm wood-slat ceiling.

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Suspended Wood Soffit — Soffit framing design rendering

From the drawing board

Soffit framing design rendering

Checkerboard Patio Garden — Checkerboard patio with privacy screens
Checkerboard Patio Garden — Dining table under the pergola
Checkerboard Patio Garden — Dusk patio with green LED lighting
Checkerboard Patio Garden — Pergola dining with blue lighting
09Backyard

Checkerboard Patio Garden

A backyard turned sophisticated lounge: checkerboard stone pavers, a black steel pergola, laser-cut privacy screens, lush plantings, and LED accent lighting for the evenings.

Sunset Park Rooftop Kitchen — Deck with kitchen and pizza oven
Sunset Park Rooftop Kitchen — Brick pizza oven and dining
Sunset Park Rooftop Kitchen — Long deck view toward the grills
Sunset Park Rooftop Kitchen — Kitchen and dining lit at night
10Rooftop

Sunset Park Rooftop Kitchen

An elevated city deck finished with composite flooring, a brick pizza oven, a full stone outdoor kitchen, and a dining set framed by the surrounding skyline.

Williamsburg Outdoor Shower — Finished IPE shower and stone path
Williamsburg Outdoor Shower — Finished IPE shower fixtures
11Outdoor bath

Williamsburg Outdoor Shower

A backyard corner built into a warm IPE-clad outdoor shower enclosure with a clawfoot tub, brass fixtures, and a stone stepping-stone path.

Wood-Clad Facade — Wood-slat siding above the bay window
Wood-Clad Facade — Facade with new wood cladding
12Facade

Wood-Clad Facade

A townhouse front refreshed with new vertical wood-slat siding and trim above the bay window, warming the building's street presence.

Rooftop Deck & Pergola — Finished rooftop deck with steel pergola
13Rooftop

Rooftop Deck & Pergola

A spacious rooftop terrace finished with composite decking and a black steel pergola frame set against an exposed brick wall.

Selected Work — Outdoor kitchen with IPE fence
Selected Work — Styled patio with privacy screens
Selected Work — Steel pergola over a side-yard patio
Selected Work — Lit pergola and fence at dusk
Selected Work — Porcelain facade with planted greenery
14Selected work

Selected Work

A mix of finished outdoor kitchens, pergola-covered patios, privacy fences, and a stone facade — with a 3D render and a couple of in-progress moments along the way.

Selected Work — 3D SketchUp deck model

From the drawing board

3D SketchUp deck model

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