Swahili carved doors Animated HTML website template

The sample page

Nakshi. Guest house in Stone Town, Zanzibar.

The idea

The house’s carved door becomes the threshold between a shaded lane and a courtyard where it is always noon, and the house cat is the first one in.

What to try

Scroll or press “Open the door” to swing both leaves open on their hinges, and move the pointer to watch the carving and the brass studs catch the light.

Made for

Hotels, restaurants, woodworkers and travel

Palette

• #ECE2CF
• #2A1810
• #C9973A
• #F6E8CB
• #5D6463
• #C23A7C

Typefaces

Eczar + Mukta

Cultural notes

• An invented door: no real Stone Town door is copied, and the lintel carries no inscription.
• Checked Swahili (Nakshi, karibu, Swahili time) and no safari or generic “Africa” clichés.
• No alcohol: breakfast is fruit and spiced coffee.

The HTML

What you download

• A single index.html file with nothing to install: open it, swap in your brand and copy, and upload it to your hosting.
• In English and Spanish, tested on desktop and mobile.
• Instructions for changing copy, colors, language and prices, plus its license.