A regional resource built for the Carolinas.
Outdoor Living Carolinas is the only regional platform pairing vetted contractors with educational guides and cost data tuned to NC and SC conditions. We're not Angi. We're not HomeAdvisor. We're a curated, regional alternative built for homeowners who want premium presentation, accurate cost benchmarks, and contractors who actually know how to handle Piedmont clay or Lowcountry tabby.
Why Carolinas-Only?
Outdoor living is regional. Lowcountry tabby, Piedmont clay, Blue Ridge freeze-thaw, and OCRM coastal rules don't translate to a national directory. National platforms send you any contractor who paid for the lead. We don't.
Every contractor in our network is vetted against five criteria: active NC or SC licensing, three years of documented Carolina project history, real-customer references, on-the-ground portfolio inspection, and a Carolinas-specific specialty. We turn down two of every three applicants.
What We Do Differently
National directories sell your contact information to the highest-paying contractor. We don't sell leads. We match. Our cost data is Carolinas-specific — sourced from real Carolina contractors, not national averages. Our project galleries are real Carolina projects. No stock photography, no airbrushed renderings.
9 Metro Markets, One Standard
From Charlotte's Myers Park to Charleston's Lowcountry, from Asheville's mountain canopy to the Grand Strand's barrier islands, we cover all 9 Carolinas metros at the same standard of vetting, presentation, and cost transparency. We're expanding into more Carolina secondary markets through 2026.
Meet Our Editor
Carrigan Pierce
Editor-in-Chief, Outdoor Living Carolinas
Carrigan leads editorial direction for Outdoor Living Carolinas — an inspiration and contractor-discovery platform serving North Carolina and South Carolina homeowners. She has 15 years of regional design-journalism experience covering luxury residential outdoor projects from Charlotte's Myers Park to Charleston's Lowcountry estates.
Get matched with vetted Carolinas contractors.
Same five-criteria vetting on every contractor. Same regional standard across all 9 Carolinas metros.
Free • No-obligation quotes • Vetted Carolinas contractors only