Seaward

Seaward is a complete website for a small hotel, inn or guesthouse. It starts from the question guests ask first: what will I see from my room? Every room is a pair of photographs, the room and the view from its window, joined by a seam the visitor drags with a mouse, a finger or the arrow keys. Beside it sit the facts: which way the room faces, its floor, size, bed and a from-rate.

It has 13 page types: home, rooms with a filter by the side of the house, a page for each room with plain notes on light, sound and access, eat and drink with hours and a sample menu, the quay with door-to-door travel times and a walking ruler, what's on, offers with terms and end dates, a journal and its posts, about, a request form with questions, privacy, terms and a 404. A floor grid shows where each room sits and which are step-free.

Booking is a short request, so nothing on the site pretends to know availability, and there are no invented ratings. Every page is designed in light and in dark, with a toggle in the header, and adapts to desktop, tablet and phone, where Request a stay keeps one fixed place. The hotel, its people and its prices are invented, and the photographs are for demonstration only, so replace them with your own before you publish.