Work

Bent Tree Cabin Rental

Dec 2013 · Website

Located in the mountains one hour outside of Atlanta, the Bent Tree Cabin is the perfect country getaway. The surrounding resort-like community features scenic landscapes and a variety of wildlife. The final website I created was designed to capture and deliver the spirit of the cabin and community by creating a simple frame around beautiful photographs of the area.

Work Done for this Project

Branding
UI/UX
Development
Photography
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The Bent Tree Cabin

Mark and Iconography

I started fresh when designing the website for the rental cabin, drawing inspiration from the area itself. I adopted a clean, minimalistic aesthetic for the graphic content to draw attention to the stunning visuals already provided by the cabin and community.

Bent Tree Cabin marks. Icons designed for the Bent Tree Cabin Rental website.

Photography

The Bent Tree Cabin living room. Duke taking a nap. A bedroom in the Bent Tree Cabin. Deer seen from the deck of the Bent Tree Cabin.

Website Design

The Bent Tree Cabin Rental homepage. The Bent Tree Cabin Rental Details page. The Bent Tree Cabin Rental photo gallery.

As a home rental website, one of my main goals was to answer any questions related to what people may experience in the area and how renting a home may be different than staying at a hotel. We ended up including information such as the local weather forecast, nearby spots for food and groceries, and even a live webcam feed of the view off the balcony.

The Bent Tree Cabin Rental mobile website.

It was also important to the client that the site feature a responsive layout to serve the growing customer base visiting the site with mobile devices. This was my first opportunity to create a mobile photo gallery, so instead of importing a large JavaScript library I went ahead and coded a lightweight script to handle swipe interaction in addition to photo callouts that users can tap on/hover over for more information.

As a bonus I've included a timelapse video showing the beautiful view from the cabin's 2nd floor deck. I hope to edit all of the footage I took from Bent Tree into a highlights reel, but I felt this shot was too great to be hidden away until then.