Showcase: Remi Furniture

0 | published by Danny Halarewich on Monday, August 23, 2010

Remi Furniture builds custom high quality furniture, using sustainable materials and practices.

Their work is truly beautiful and contemporary. All of the pieces are built to last. The timeless designs and quality craftsmanship means all of Remi's products are a great investment that won't need to be replaced in a few years.

We're going to do this showcase a little different than others, because Limewheel Creative was responsible for the design and LemonStand implementation. We'd probably be a little biased when answering the standard set of interview questions.

Project overview

Remi needed a website that would make the product photographs the hero and not get in the way. We designed a clean minimal design that does just that.

Products are displayed in a simple fashion, with large 3 levels of product images available: thumbnail, large and extra large in a lightbox. This allows the customer to see what they're ordering in detail.

Handling shipping

The size and weight of the products make it difficult to ship them long distances. To start out, Remi decided to only ship within the province of BC, but to offer this for free. This makes the checkout process and pricing simple.

To set this up, we create a shipping option that was free to anyone located in BC. We then removed all other provinces from the available list so customers outside of BC could not make a purchase.

Handling payment

Remi decided to start out using PayPal because it's an easy way to accept payment on an eCommerce site. We set up a simple PayPal standard payment method using LemonStand's built in support.

What Remi has to say

“Being a custom furniture builder, it was important for me to have a cart that allows for product configuration. LemonStand does this easily, out of the box, without plug-ins or modules. Adding a customizable product, with options and extras takes minutes. My favorite feature is the built in HTML editor and site content management system. It allows me to take full control of my entire website, and allows me to fully edit and even add on to the website. The site content is all laid out in a logical manner. Also, the frontend checkout system for the customers is beautifully laid out while remaining simple and clean. It's a great match to my products”

- Remi Michalowski, Owner – Remi Furniture

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