A few looks to choose from

Pick the one that feels like you

Ten directions for the website — three for the stall under the Book Gadgie name, four for the Morpeth shop as House of Stories, one in an older antiquarian hand, and two fuller real-shop sites shaped by market research. Same words and books throughout — only the style changes.

Each one’s numbered 1–10 (orange circle, top corner). Tap to open it full-size — then just tell me the number you like. Don’t like any? Point me at a site you do and we’ll build to that.

The Book Gadgie

the stall · thebookgadgie.com
1
The Book
GADGIE
The Sign-Writer
Bold · Geordie
Heavy painted-market-board type on ink and tan. The most masculine, the most stall.
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 2
The Book Gadgie
The Catalogue
Refined · Editorial
Classic serif, cream and red, numbered like a dealer’s list. The most established.
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 3
The Book Gadgie
The Snug
Warm · Bookish
Cream and Tyne-green with a frontispiece plate. The most cosy, reader’s-corner feel.
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House of Stories

the Morpeth shop · 38 Newgate Street
4
House of Stories
The Special Edition
Newsprint
Your flyer, turned into a website — headline masthead and a “Gadgie gets a roof” lead story.
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 5
House of Stories
The Shopfront · Live browse
Café-warm · interactive
Painted green fascia with a hanging sign — plus a live shelf you can filter, search and sort by price.
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 6
House of Stories
The Crest
Heraldic
Built around your shield — navy, oxblood and gold. The most “proper old bookshop”.
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 7
House of Stories
The Shopfront · Preview
Café-warm · simple
The same green Shopfront design with a plain four-book taster — the original, without the live shelf.
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An older hand

antiquarian in feel · for the select shelf
8
House of Stories
The Illuminated
Manuscript · Gilt
Lindisfarne country — vellum, lapis and gold, an inscriptional hand. Rich, but sparing.
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Fuller sites — shaped by the research

closer to a real, working shop · 9–10
9
House of Stories
The Curated Window
Heritage-first · recommended
Story-led hero with the real shopfront, a “recently in” shelf, collection tiles and a wants-list. The grown-up site.
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 10
House of Stories
The Collections Gateway
Browse-first · tiles
“Start with a shelf, not a search box” — bold collection tiles, a just-in row and personal-service cards.
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Work in progress — a taster, not the finished site. Books, prices and photos are your real stock; buttons aren’t live yet.