Hey everyone! Just shipped a new template I'm excited about: Willow Creek, a warm, editorial-style site built specifically for vacation rentals, cottages, and guesthouses.
The goal was simple — most rental sites either look like a sterile Airbnb clone or a dated brochure site. I wanted something that felt like flipping through a beautifully shot travel magazine, but still converts: real photography, clear amenities, guest reviews, and a frictionless path to "Book Now."
A few things I'm proud of under the hood:
🗂 CMS-powered — Amenities and Guest Reviews are live Collections. Add or edit items straight from the CMS panel, zero design edits needed.
🧩 Fully componentized — Nav, Footer, amenity rows, review cards — all proper components with exposed controls, so re-branding is just swapping values, not rebuilding layers.
🏗 One shared Layout Template — Nav + Footer live in a single template across all 6 pages, so a logo or nav change happens once and propagates everywhere.
✨ Subtle motion — scroll-triggered fade-ins and layered parallax on the hero imagery, tuned to feel smooth without being gimmicky.
📱 Fully responsive across desktop, tablet, and phone, with a dedicated mobile menu.
6 pages included: Home, Gallery, Book, Terms, Privacy, and a custom 404.
Would love feedback from this community, especially on the motion/parallax pacing — trying to get that "alive but not distracting" balance right.
🔗 Preview it here
📩 Questions? hello@anowarhdesign.com
