Styal Lodge is a premium wedding venue, nestled in the picturesque National Trust Village of Styal, in the beautiful Cheshire countryside. We first encountered the team, through an introduction from our friend, client and wedding photographer extraordinaire, Jonny...
Just like that! Almost in the blink of an eye, the festive season is over and we're already back, designing. We hope that you, like us, had a thoroughly relaxing time, spent with family and friends. We feel thoroughly recharged after a couple of weeks of hosting...
Our own website has gone through a variety of versions since we started our company. In the beginning, we worked with another designer, who led things design-wise, but since we went solo, our own style has emerged. But, even with updates and sometimes quite wholesale...
WHAT MIGHT PUT US OFF TO SOME PEOPLE: 1. We work from home 2. Home is no longer in Didsbury, but in Istria 3. We don’t drive big, flashy, executive cars 4. There’s only two of us – me (Helen) and him (Pete) 5. We don’t bombard clients with salesy bullshit. We...
One of our latest websites, designed for Life Coach Kerry Sutcliffe, has been another one of those projects we really enjoy being involved in. We met Kerry quite a few years ago now - introduced to us by another longstanding client, Thyme Out Delicatessen - when we...
I’ve always thought if we were builders or plasterers or electricians or plumbers, the renovation of our home would have been a whole lot easier. After all, with those skills, you’d do it yourself, wouldn’t you? But then we know people who have these skills, who...
No two websites are ever the same. (Certainly if designed by us, as all of our sites are bespoke, not off-the-peg templates). And no two clients are ever the same. And this really focuses our thinking in terms of how we work with them. Often things with clients are...
We know that deciding to have a website designed, is a HUGE decision. We are very aware that budget is a major consideration, especially in these very uncertain times, and so we are very transparent in the way we price projects. We always discuss pricing with clients...
I need to incorporate the design so that everything is in one place, rather than two separate sites and would maybe like to re-launch in the new year, to mark ten years since I started postnatal exercise classes… Claire, the founder of For Baby and Me, contacted us...
If you are client of ours, you will know we no longer live in the UK. If you know nothing about us, you won’t know that we live abroad, but we are able to continue to run our design business as if we were still in Manchester. This gives us a unique insight into how to...