Black Ivy Design builds commercial interiors that people remember. Private members’ clubs. Restaurants. Hotels. Retail. Spaces that feel intentional, expensive, and alive. Founded by Leanne Armstrong, the studio has the kind of portfolio most agencies only dream of.
Their website was the opposite.
The previous agency had locked them into WordPress and treated the site like leverage. When Leanne wanted to leave, they held the website ransom. Access restricted. Control delayed. Updates used as a bargaining chip. A brand that designs environments for high-end hospitality was stuck begging for basic ownership of its own digital front door.
That is not a web problem. That is a power problem. And it was costing them authority every single day the site stayed mediocre and out of their hands.
I did not patch the old site. I did not negotiate with the previous agency. I started clean.
I built the entire website by hand in Framer, designing every section, layout, and interaction with the same level of precision Black Ivy applies to their own projects. No templates. No shortcuts. Just deliberate craft.
Then I exported the full code, took complete ownership of it, and deployed it on Vercel. Fast. Reliable. Fully under the client’s control. No WordPress. No agency middleman. No more ransom.
The result is a site that finally looks and performs like the brand it represents. Premium. Clear. Confident. And permanently out of anyone else’s hands.
https://blackivydesign.co.uk/
