Lathe & Lather

Book a chair in five steps

Open the live site

About

🗓️ Start Date: Oct 2026

🏁 Finish Date: Oct 2026

Status

Completed

Overview

Concept site for a fictional Chicago barber shop, with a working in-browser booking flow and .ics export

A concept website for Lathe & Lather, a made-up three-chair barber shop in Avondale, Chicago. It is the kind of site a small service business actually needs: who they are, what it costs, and a way to book without a phone call.

The booking flow is the point. Pick a service, a barber or any barber, a day and a time, then leave a name and number. Slots follow each barber's working days and the length of the service, on a 15-minute grid, in Chicago time. Your bookings are kept in the browser and block their slots; the confirmation gives you a calendar file, or lets you cancel and free the slot. Nothing is sent anywhere, and the site says so at the top.

Evidence

What it looks like running

Home page: the shop, its opening hours and a "next open chair" ticket worked out live from the diary
Booking: choosing a time, with the running summary ticket and an edit link for every step
Booking confirmed: calendar download, Google Calendar link and what happens next
Prices: eight services in three groups, each with its duration, price and what is included
Tools of the trade: six drawn plates in one consistent style
Booking on a phone, with the compact summary bar