When lawyer Ryan Davies of Lake Forest, California, contacted us to makeover two of his websites, he was already using WordPress and on the free template merry-go-round. He knew this wasn’t the image he wanted to present to his upscale Orange County clientele.

Armed with his instructions to create a warm, inviting home that felt geographically appropriate to Southern California, we chose to blend traditional cues – warm, sunset colors and leather textures – with a modern-looking framework, which of course we built on Thesis.

We went with darker tones for his overall firm website:

And a lighter feel for his bankruptcy-focused website:

The client was thrilled with the look and will be adding video content.