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The Wood Lab

Est. 2026

Websites and custom apps for local businesses — designed with craft, built to convert.

What we do

Digital craft for businesses that need to look as solid as they operate.

Scroll the work tour below. Each section shows a different industry language — same standards, different personality. That's the point.

  • Websites

    Distinctive marketing sites that feel built for your industry — not pulled from a template drawer.

  • Custom apps

    Portals, tools, and workflows when a brochure site isn't enough for how you actually operate.

  • Local-first

    Based in Stephenville / North Central Texas. Built for main-street businesses — ready to grow beyond.

Style demo

Automotive · service

Shop-floor confidence — dark metal, signal red accents, appointment-first CTAs.

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ironwheelauto.demo / service
Mon–Sat 7:30–6Book service

ASE-certified · local shop

Honest repairs.
No runaround.

Fictional auto service site — demo of automotive web design: service menu, trust badges, and a clear book path.

Schedule nowGet a quote

Oil & maintenance

Synthetic changes, filters, multi-point

Brakes & tires

Pads, rotors, alignments, rotations

Diagnostics

Check-engine, electrical, A/C

Free multi-point inspectionwith any scheduled service (demo offer)
ASEAAALocal

Suits independent shops, tire centers, and dealership service departments.

Style demo

Restaurant · café

Warm hospitality design — appetite first, reservation CTA never far away.

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hearthandoak.demo / menu
Reserve a table

Downtown · open kitchen

Seasonal plates.
Slow evenings.

A fictional neighborhood café — demo of hospitality web design for The Wood Lab clients.

View menuBook tonight

From the board

  • Wood-fired sourdoughcultured butter, flaky salt
    $8
  • Heirloom tomato saladburrata, basil oil
    $14
  • Braised short ribpolenta, gremolata
    $28
HoursTue–Thu 5–9 · Fri–Sat 5–10 · Sun brunch 10–2
Visit214 Oak Street · Demo City

Suits restaurants, cafés, and bars that sell atmosphere as much as the plate.

Style demo

Medical · clinic

Calm clinical trust — soft color, clear services, appointment-first.

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oakstreetclinic.demo / patients
Request appointment

Accepting new patients · demo site

Care that feels personal.

Fictional family clinic — demo of medical web design: services, trust cues, and a clear path to book.

Book onlinePatient portal

Primary care

Annuals, illness, chronic care

Family medicine

Care for every age

Wellness

Labs, prevention, guidance

InsuranceMost major plans accepted (demo)
HoursMon–Fri 8–5 · Sat 9–12
LocationStephenville area · demo address

Meet the team

Friendly bios and credentials go here — trust without hard sell. Demo content only; not a real practice.

Suits clinics and practices that need warmth without looking unprofessional.

Client work

Wellness · kitchen concierge

Soft editorial hospitality — forest, mustard, linen. Real brand photography from Kay & Kin.

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kayandkin.demo / reset
Small changes. Lasting traditions.
Book a session
Soft-focus kitchen — Kay & Kin

Wellness concierge · kitchen first

Return to the heart of the home

Functional kitchens, real-food meal systems, and habits that feel like a gift — not a chore.

Start with a reset

Kitchen & pantry reset

Inventory, purge, one-week plan

Meal systems

Prep rhythms that stick

Recurring care

Memberships for busy homes

Client work: Kay & Kin — wellness concierge for the kitchen (Stephenville area).

Client work

Real estate · rentals

Property marketing with real photography — purple, gold, and cream hospitality for local rentals.

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twgillproperties.demo / homes
Contact
Front porch of a TW Gill rental home

Stephenville · Tarleton area

Houses & duplexes for students and families.

Real portfolio photography from the TW Gill Properties marketing demo — built as a working site for client review.

Browse homes

Featured listings

Craftsman near campus
Craftsman near campus

3 bed · 2 bath · Available

Family ranch home
Family ranch home

4 bed · Yard · Pets OK

Bungalow on quiet street
Bungalow on quiet street

2 bed · 1 bath · Furnished opt.

Lifestyle porch scene

Locally owned rental marketing

Warm brand system, clear paths for students vs. families, and listing pages that feel like home — not a spreadsheet dump.

Client work: TW Gill Properties — Stephenville / Tarleton-area student & family rentals (demo site).

Services

From first website to tools that run the workday.

Local businesses first — Stephenville, Erath County, and North Central Texas. We also partner with growing teams beyond the region.

  • Business websites

    Marketing sites that match your industry — clear offers, fast load, mobile-first, ready for search.

    • Custom design system
    • Mobile & accessibility
    • SEO foundations
  • Custom web apps

    Portals, booking tools, internal dashboards — software shaped around how your business actually runs.

    • Requirements → prototype
    • Secure auth & data
    • Iterate after launch
  • Redesigns & launches

    Refresh a tired site or ship a first digital presence without the agency runaround.

    • Content guidance
    • Migration help
    • Launch checklist

Process

Simple path from hello to live.

  1. 01

    Discover

    A short call about your business, audience, and what “done” looks like. No jargon tax.

  2. 02

    Design

    Direction that fits your industry — we share concepts before anything is locked in code.

  3. 03

    Build

    Clean implementation, real content, forms that work, and performance you can feel on mobile.

  4. 04

    Launch & support

    Go live with a checklist, then optional care plans for updates and small improvements.

About

A workshop for the web.

The Wood Lab is a web design and custom application studio rooted in craft. The name is the metaphor: solid material, careful build, and a little electric signage on top — the neon is the digital half.

Based in Stephenville, Texas, we start with local businesses — restaurants, trades, shops, clinics, property — and design systems that scale when you’re ready to grow past the county line.

TWL

Web design · Custom apps · Stephenville & beyond

Contact

Tell us about the business.

Share a few details and we’ll follow up by email. Prefer to write directly?

hello@thewoodlab.com

Serving Stephenville, Erath County, and remote projects across the U.S.

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