Utility nav surfaces audience-specific pages. Keeps primary nav focused on visitor discovery.
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For Business Owners
Jobs
Media & Partners
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Navigation: 3 mega menus (Events, Eat & Drink, Explore) with 2/3 link pane + 1/3 editorial spotlight panel. 2 simple dropdowns (Parking & Safety, About) with icon + label + description per row. Donate CTA styled as distinct button. Per SNA_Navigation_Strategy_OSA: mega menus trigger on hover (200ms open / 300ms close delay in production); editorial panels are CMS-managed single post references with fallback defaults; Explore groups subpages by section (Art & Culture, Shopping, Experiences, Stay); Shopping nav shows only Fashion, Gifts, and All Shopping (analytics-informed — other categories accessible via landing page); Events editorial panel uses NAVY background; Eat & Drink and Explore editorial panels use white background. Mobile: all menus convert to accordion drawers, editorial panels omitted.
Beautifully arranged shop interior — furniture, plants, objects, light. A room worth walking into.
Bring a Little Short North Home
The Short North's aesthetic doesn't stay on High Street. It goes home with you. From independent furniture makers to garden specialists, kitchen boutiques to one-of-a-kind decorative objects — the district's Home & Garden shops carry the things that make a space feel considered rather than furnished.
Browse Home & Garden →
§1 — Page Hero: Home & Garden. 'Bring a Little Short North Home' — the warmest option and the most specific to the district. Tells the user that what they find here has a quality and character they can take with them. Aspiration-driven browse — users arrive with a project in mind or with a desire to make their space feel better. Open question: Does the Short North have outdoor garden or plant specialists? This affects the hero image direction and the browse grid content.
Directory
Home & Garden Shops
Furniture, plants, kitchen, and decorative objects — the things that make a space yours.
Additional filters (Category, Style) available in Phase 2
Open Today
[ Shop interior — furniture, decor ]
Furniture
[Shop Name]
Modern furniture and home accessories · Independent maker partnerships
View Shop →
Open Today
[ Shop interior — plants, garden ]
Plants & Garden
[Shop Name]
Indoor plants, terrariums, and garden supplies
View Shop →
[ Shop interior — kitchen, tabletop ]
Kitchen & Tabletop
[Shop Name]
Kitchenware, ceramics, and tabletop essentials
View Shop →
[ Shop interior — decorative objects ]
Art & Decorative
[Shop Name]
Decorative objects, art prints, and one-of-a-kind home accents
View Shop →
Open Today
[ Shop interior — candles, fragrance ]
Candles & Fragrance
[Shop Name]
Hand-poured candles and home fragrance · Made in Ohio
View Shop →
[ Shop interior — eclectic home goods ]
FurnitureEclectic
[Shop Name]
Eclectic home furnishings · Vintage and contemporary mix
View Shop →
§2 — Browse & Filter: Home & Garden Directory. 3-up card grid, sort-only at launch. Phase 2 filters: Category (Furniture / Plants & Garden / Kitchen & Tabletop / Art & Decorative Objects / Candles & Fragrance), Style (Modern / Eclectic / Traditional / Organic / Minimalist). Open question: Does the Short North have outdoor garden or plant specialists? This affects category labels and business card content.
Spotlight
The Short North in Bloom
Seasonal picks — what to do with your space this season, and where to find the inspiration.
[ A room or space styled for the season — spring outdoor living, fall nesting, holiday tablescaping. Aspirational. ]
Seasonal Focus
Your Outdoor Space This Spring
'What to do with your [room/space] this [season]' — a specific design direction tied to the current season. Links to a shop that does it well.
Get Inspired →
[ Shop interior or owner portrait — a Home & Garden business with a distinctive identity and point of view. ]
Shop Feature
[Shop Name]
A specific Home & Garden business with a distinctive identity and point of view. Owner story if available — why they chose to be here.
Visit [Shop Name] →
[ A single remarkable object — the ceramic that changes a table, the plant that survives anything, or what every kitchen is missing. ]
Object of the Season
The One Thing Your Kitchen Needs
A single remarkable object, category, or material — editorial, specific, confident. The kind of recommendation from a friend who knows.
Find It →
§3 — Editorial Spotlight: Home & Garden. Rotate seasonally — spring garden, summer outdoor living, fall interior nesting, holiday tablescaping. Card 1: Seasonal Room Focus (4x/year — one per season). Card 2: Shop Feature (quarterly). Card 3: Object of the Season (seasonally or around key home occasions — move-in season, holiday hosting). Three cards, each with a specific object or category recommendation tied to the season. Owned by SNA Communications / Marketing Team.
Complete the Picture
One More Stop
The best housewarming gifts don't come from a registry.
[ Gift shop or beautifully wrapped object — the housewarming gift angle. ]
Gifts
The best housewarming gifts don't come from a registry. They come from here.
Find a Gift →
[ Restaurant or café that signals good taste — the kitchen deserves good company. ]
Eat & Drink
The kitchen deserves good company. Find it around the corner.
Find a Table →
§5 — Cross-Sell: Home & Garden. 'Complete the Picture' — project-completion framing. Gifts leads with the housewarming angle — natural cross-sell from the home-project intent. Eat & Drink as the universal second tile. Section 4 omitted at launch.
PRE-FOOTER — Global component displayed on every page. Combines newsletter signup + social links into a persistent strip above the footer.
Footer consolidates full sitemap. Social links in pre-footer above. Links connect to wireframes where available; # = placeholder for pages not yet wireframed.