The Rooted Corner

// problem

The Rooted Corner is a therapy practice run by Sandra Howard, LPC. The existing site was functional but visually generic and needed a full editorial redesign to establish a warm, approachable aesthetic that reflects the practice's therapeutic philosophy, while migrating hosting from Vercel to Hostinger for cost efficiency.

// solution

Redesigned 19 files with a warm editorial design language emphasizing typography, whitespace, and intentional color. Migrated from Vercel to Hostinger via SCP deployment. Integrated Sanity Studio for CMS-driven content management with MDX support.

// results

Live therapy practice site with a distinctive warm editorial aesthetic, deployed on Hostinger with Sanity CMS integration enabling Sandra to manage content independently.

// architecture

flowchart LR
  subgraph Legacy[Legacy Stack]
    direction TB
    V[Vercel Hosting]
    GEN[Generic Template]
  end
  subgraph Rebuild[Rebuild]
    direction TB
    AS[Astro 5 + React]
    TW[Tailwind CSS]
    SAN[("Sanity Studio<br/>MDX support")]
    H["Hostinger<br/>SCP Deploy"]
  end
  Legacy ==19 files redesigned==> Rebuild
  AS --> SAN
  AS --> H