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Grande Cache Transition House — website design directions

Start with the grounded rebuild below — three real pages (Home, Emergency Shelter, Outreach), each in two layouts, built on the brand-blueprint purple with every line traced to a real GCTHS brochure, transcript, or the approved content plan. The nine earlier concepts are kept below for reference.

Built into every page: an always-visible floating Safe Exit (also Esc-Esc) with a Quick Exit in the mobile header, the 24-hour crisis line on every view, no physical address anywhere (PO Box 1242 only), calm DV-safe photography (no faces, no location, no crisis visuals), and trauma-informed copy. This round is fully grounded — programs, mission, hours and services come straight from GCTHS's own materials; the mission drops the public-education line per Shauna's June-2 note; every statistic carries a live Statistics Canada / Department of Justice source link. Copy stays placeholder pending Shauna's final sign-off.

★ Grounded rebuild — start here

The original three

Concept 1 — Mountain Dawn

Warm and hopeful, rooted in the Grande Cache landscape. Plum and sunrise gold over cream. Soft humanist headings. Sunrise-over-mountains imagery signalling a new day.

Concept 2 — Quiet Strength

Editorial and grounded. Deep forest green and warm terracotta on sand. Type-led, magazine calm, generous whitespace. Steady, dignified, reassuring.

Concept 3 — Open Door

Soft, modern and friendly. Lilac and warm peach, rounded cards, gentle shapes. Approachable and reassuring, easiest on the eye for a shaky first visit.

New directions — this round (6)

Persephone

Bold, editorial and confident. Berry-magenta with an oversized serif and crisp white pills — a dignifying, magazine-cover feel.

Kin

Warm and approachable. Violet and cream with a friendly script accent, category cards and a clean geometric type. Modern and human.

Butterfly

Compassionate and airy. Soft lavender with an elegant serif and gentle butterfly motifs. The classic, caring nonprofit feel.

Carnation

Calm, editorial healthcare. Cream and deep blue with soft pink accents and a refined serif. Spacious and reassuring.

Lavender

Premium and warm. Deep plum on soft ivory with big confident headlines. A modern wellness brand with quiet authority.

Midnight

Dark, calm and premium. Deep navy with large image-led sections and crisp white type. Elegant and quietly confident.