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 the sliders, tap any photo to step inside, and flip the lit projects to after dark.

14 projects · 6 before & afters
Wood-Clad Backyard Retreat — after: Clad walls, pergola, finished steps
Wood-Clad Backyard Retreat — before: Cellar door and concrete steps, before
BeforeAfter
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.

  • Composite cladding
  • Steel pergola
  • Built-in benches
  • Planters

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Brick-Walled Backyard — after: Finished patio with wood-slat walls
Brick-Walled Backyard — before: Bare yard, raw concrete walls
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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.

  • Bluestone patio
  • Wood-slat walls
  • Outdoor kitchen
  • Lounge + dining

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Crown Heights Rooftop — after: Finished terrace, planted greenery
Crown Heights Rooftop — before: Terrace before planting and lighting
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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.

  • Composite slat walls
  • Built-in benches
  • Planting
  • LED lighting

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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.

  • Porcelain panels
  • Steel pergola
  • Rooftop build
  • Design + engineering
Pergola Patio & Kitchen — after: Outdoor kitchen under new pergola
Pergola Patio & Kitchen — before: Empty stucco-walled patio
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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.

  • Steel pergola
  • Privacy walls
  • Outdoor kitchen
  • Greenery

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Rooftop Privacy Wall — after: Privacy wall and kitchen at dusk
Rooftop Privacy Wall — before: Open deck before the privacy wall
Before
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.

  • IPE + boxwood wall
  • Outdoor kitchen
  • Stone counters
  • Lighting

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Dark Slat Privacy Screen — after: Finished dark slat fence
Dark Slat Privacy Screen — before: Bare walkway, wooded edge
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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.

  • Vertical slat fence
  • Side-yard passage

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08Commercial

Suspended Wood Soffit

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

  • Steel framing
  • Wood-slat soffit
  • Design + engineering
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.

  • Checkerboard pavers
  • Laser-cut screens
  • Steel pergola
  • LED lighting

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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.

  • Composite deck
  • Pizza oven
  • Outdoor kitchen
  • Dining

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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.

  • IPE enclosure
  • Clawfoot tub
  • Stone path
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.

  • Wood-slat siding
  • Trim work
13Rooftop

Rooftop Deck & Pergola

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

  • Composite deck
  • Steel pergola
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.

  • Kitchens
  • Pergolas
  • Fences
  • Facades

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