3 details I love about the Blackton Grange build (Figma)
Blackton Grange is a wedding venue and holiday home in the North Pennines. I designed their website in Figma with a romantic, countryside feel and big photography.
• Desktop layouts at 1440px with a consistent type scale, colours and components
• Clear page hierarchy and calls to action on every section
• The Farm House and communal spaces
Small decisions like these are what make a site feel premium a year after launch.
Tools: Figma (design, components, auto layout and prototyping)
Design systems for small sites: worth it, or overkill?
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The romantic countryside feel really comes through, especially that warm parchment tone in the presentation. Calls to action on every section is the detail most venue sites forget, and it is usually the one that actually fills the booking calendar. On your design systems...
Thanks Timothy, fully agree on the components, they pay for themselves the first time someone asks for one more page. On builds like this I set the system up as my own safety net first, and it ends up being what keeps later edits quick and consistent.
You don’t need huge headlines or long explanations. You need the right image + short headline + clear offer.
For the first version, we worked on the branding, the image and the copy together, so at first glance it’s clear: this is a makeup course, and here’s what you’ll get.
The second version is still beautiful and still feels like beauty. But what are you actually getting? A makeup course? Products? A store? That’s the problem with a Hero that looks good but isn’t thought through.
Your first screen doesn’t need to say everything. It just needs to say the right thing.