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I approached this from two perspectives, one for each rough.
One was from the perspective that the client wants the website fixed, but is demanding I use the existing assets (colors, images, graphics, etc) in a certain way. This really happens! It can be difficult to make something likeable & usable from the broken parts of a broken website. This is what I hoped to achieve with my 01 design. I feel so-so about it, so any suggestions are going to be really helpful.
My design 02 reflects another possible way to go, and that is when the client gives you full control to come up with a website from start to finish. My design 02 reflects what I see when I think "butcher shop & machine parts" put together. I think of the 40's and 50's black & white photos of New York City family businesses. I think of machine shops where engineers wear short-sleeved white collar shirts with pencil pockets, and use leather belt pulley systems to power their equipment. So I hope I did at least OK when trying to get these feelings across for this parts store website.
As always, can't wait to hear what you think!