# The Dune House Design Study | Happy Harbor

> A design study for a coastal vacation stay: calm editorial layouts, big photography and a booking path that feels like an invitation. Palette, type, thinking.

Source: https://happyharbordesign.com/work/dune-house.html  
Publisher: Happy Harbor Web Design, Baldwin County, Alabama  
Updated: 2026-10-15

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 DESIGN STUDY 01 · HOSPITALITY

# The Dune House

A coastal kind of stay. The brief we gave ourselves: make a vacation rental feel like a deep breath, and make booking feel like the natural next step rather than a sales pitch.

Business type

Vacation rental / coastal stay

The feeling

Slow, salty, spacious

Pages & features

Hero, the stay, slow days, a day well spent, plan-a-visit preview

Status

Sample business. Concept, not client work.

**the dune house / design concept

LIVE CONCEPT · SCROLL INSIDE THE FRAME, OR[open it full screen ](https://happyharbordesign.com/concepts/dune-house.html)

## The idea

Most rental websites shout: availability calendars, badges, pop-ups. We went the other way. The Dune House opens on one wide, unhurried photograph and a two-line promise, *Stay a little. Feel a lot.* Everything after that is paced like a slow morning: short sections, lots of air, and a single, quiet call to action that repeats as you scroll.

## The choices that make it feel like this

- **Serif headlines, sans everything else.** Instrument Serif gives the big lines a relaxed, editorial voice; DM Sans keeps the practical details crisp.

- **A sea-glass palette.** Deep green-blue ink, warm paper and a sandy accent. It reads “coast” without a single nautical cliché.

- **One call to action, said three ways.** “Find your escape,” “Imagine your stay,” “Plan a visit.” Same destination, softer language each time.

- **Photography does the selling.** Full-bleed on desktop, cropped to the porch and the dunes on mobile so the best part is always on screen.

- **A stay preview, not a booking engine.** The planner shows how a real booking link or calendar would slot in without the page feeling like a form.

PALETTE

Ink #294A45Sea glass #DCE5DFSand #E9DABFPaper #F6F3EA

TYPE

Stay a little. *Feel a lot.*

INSTRUMENT SERIF for headlines · DM SANS for everything that needs to be read quickly.

WOULD SUIT

Vacation rentalsInns & B&BsWedding venuesSpasCharter & tours

THIS BUSINESS AT EVERY TIER

## Same business. Three levels.

[01 · STARTER**This study**

One beautiful page with one simple feature.
](https://happyharbordesign.com/concepts/dune-house.html)[02 · BUSINESS**Built to do business**

Gallery, calendar, rates and a request-dates form.
](https://happyharbordesign.com/concepts/business/dune-house.html)[03 · PREMIUM**The whole experience**

Four pages, a room-mood redesigner and a live stay quote builder.
](https://happyharbordesign.com/concepts/premium/dune-house/index.html)

NEXT DESIGN STUDY
[02 / GOOD DAY COFFEE**The neighborhood favorite **](https://happyharbordesign.com/work/good-day.html)

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## Something slow, *something yours.*

Tell us what you’re building and we’ll start with a direction that feels right.
[Start a project ](https://happyharbordesign.com/contact.html?idea=dune-house)