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Oak Island front yard before the work: bare sand covered in oak leaves and pine straw around a palm tree

The same front yard after: a green artificial turf lawn with curved edging, a white-stone ring around the palm and lit stairs at dusk

BeforeAfter

Oak Island · pet-friendly turf · Dec 2025 to Jan 2026

Front yard, fabric up.

A front yard of bare sand, pine straw and oak leaves around a palm and an oak was cleared and graded. Weed-barrier fabric, a compacted crushed-gravel base and curved paver edging went in, then turf cut to the curves and pet-deodorizing infill.

Inlet & Oak was a dream to work with on our turf project. We saved at least $5,000 and we couldn't be happier with the results.

Rhae WilsonPet-friendly turf · Oak Island

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Graded front yard covered in grey weed-barrier fabric pinned down around a palm tree — Step 01Graded, then weed-barrier fabric pinned down around the palm

Crushed-gravel base spread along a curved path between planting beds with paver edging — Step 02Crushed-gravel base spread along the curved beds

Compacted, smooth gravel base wrapping around a curved planting bed with paver edging and a tree — Step 03Base compacted smooth, with curved paver edging

Artificial turf freshly rolled out over the prepared base, beside a sidewalk, in tree shade — Step 04Turf rolled out over the prepared base

Close-up of artificial turf cut cleanly to a curved paver border — Step 05Cut cleanly to the curved paver border

Turf lawn curving around a sandy planting bed with an oak tree, edged with pavers — Step 06Pet-deodorizing infill brushed in

Rental bathroom before the refresh, seen from the doorway: teal walls, a white tub surround and an unfinished floor

The same rental bathroom after, from the doorway: light sea-glass green walls, new plank floor, white tub surround and a patterned shower curtain

BeforeAfter

Rental bath refresh · Sep to Oct 2026

Dated teal to sea-glass.

Walls patched, with new drywall behind the vanity, and repainted a lighter sea-glass green. New wood-look plank flooring and a grey-wood vanity with a granite top and a rattan-frame mirror. Supply-line rerouting and the new shower valve and faucet by a licensed plumber; circuit and GFCI upgrade by a licensed electrician.

Inlet & Oak did an amazing complete make-over of our bathroom for less than half of what other vendors quoted. The craftsmanship in the board and batten, vanity, and shower installs is everything we hoped for.

Rental bath clientRental bath refresh · name withheld

See it before and after, view by view →

Before: old framed mirror on a teal wall under a floral-wallpaper light soffit — Before: old mirror under a floral-wallpaper soffit

New drywall patch with joint compound around the vanity supply valves and drain, before paint — New drywall patch behind the vanity

Grey wood-look plank flooring being laid below a patched wall — Plank flooring going in

New grey-wood vanity with a white granite top, brushed-nickel faucet and a rope toilet-roll holder — New vanity with a granite top

White tub and shower surround framed by freshly painted sea-glass green walls — Fresh paint around the tub surround

View from the doorway of the finished rental bath: vanity, toilet and patterned shower curtain — Finished, from the doorway

Before: a mustard-yellow mudroom with an old storage bench and a diagonal-beadboard back under the window — Before: mustard walls and the old bench under the window

The pantry nearly finished: a chevron butcher-block counter on open white base cabinets, an open upper cabinet beside the window and a pale blue-green diagonal-beadboard accent wall, before the cabinet doors went on — Now: the same window and wall, with a chevron butcher-block counter and new cabinets

Raleigh · mudroom to pantry · Finishing touches

An old mudroom, turned into a pantry.

The old built-in bench under the window had mold in the drywall inside it. Demo removed the bench box and lower wall to expose the studs and subfloor and find the source. Then came a chevron butcher-block counter, white upper and lower cabinets and a pale blue-green beadboard accent wall.

The cabinet doors and last details are still going on, so these are progress photos. We'll add the finished wide shot when we have it.

Inlet & Oak did a phenomenal job of re-imaging an old mudroom that had basically become a storage closet and turned it into a beautiful, useful pantry with butcher-block countertops and ample storage.

Charles RobertsMudroom to pantry · Raleigh

Close-up of the new pantry countertop: butcher block with light and dark wood strips laid in a chevron pattern — Detail: the chevron butcher-block top

What we found: panels pulled from inside the old bench, with dark mold staining — What we found: mold inside the old bench

Demo in progress: bench and lower wall removed below the beadboard, exposing studs, insulation and subfloor — Wall opened to studs and subfloor

White farmhouse at dusk with warm up-lighting on the front trees and shrub beds

Landscape lighting

Warm light on trees, beds and paths.

Up-lights on the front trees and shrub beds of a white farmhouse, and string lights with low path lights along a stepping-stone path in a wooded back yard.

Inlet & Oak made our outdoor landscaping project come to life in just a couple of days. Excellent team and we love the results.

Lisa RungrenLandscape lighting

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Wooded back yard at night with string lights between the trees and low path lights along a stepping-stone path to a hammock — Back yard: string lights and path lights to the hammock

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