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Tag: web design

Extreme Makeover: Homepage Edition

Received the nicest comment from a client recently:

“Wowsa.  It’s like one of those HGTV series where they take the wreck of a house and turn it into a showplace.  Maybe they should give you a show: ‘Extreme Makeover: Home Page Edition.'”

Gil was looking for someone to refine a generic WordPress job done by another design firm.  He wanted a Calvin Klein aesthetic, but got more of an Old Navy. Luckily, I was able to clean it up in just a few hours.

Here’s where we ended up:

Gil Pimentel Home

Basil Tree Launching Soon

Basil Tree

It’s been an incredible journey the last six months redesigning and rebuilding Basil Tree’s website. The online ordering system’s usability has increased 100-fold, bringing great join to my UX-loving heart. Will post more in my portfolio once it launches.

For now, here’s a sneak peak at the homepage. The goal was a clean, bright site with lots of handcrafted goodness. Click through and zoom in to see what it looks like at actual size.

Basil Tree Home

Makeover

Gave a little polish to NextGen’s website last week with SO Designs.

Here’s the before:

the old site

 

And here’s the after:

revised website

Upgrade, eh? A little cleaner, more contemporary, and customized.

Here are the other slider graphics:

Slider graphics

Slider Graphic

Slider Graphics