Case study · 2026
The Rooted Corner
A therapy practice's site redesigned with a warm editorial aesthetic and a Sanity CMS the therapist runs herself.
- Live site
- therootedcorner.com
- Shipped
- 2026
- Delivered by
- Chris K. Howard, end to end
- Stack
- Astro 5ReactTailwind CSSSanityHostingerMDX
- Files Redesigned
- 19
- Warm Editorial aesthetic pass
- Hosting Migration
- Vercel → Hostinger
- SCP deployment pipeline
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
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