Keeping it simple

I prefer the simple things in life. Tea, a good book and a clean blog theme. The template I decided on for my blog is by a free-lance designer known as Mooi.

Mooi template preview

This theme caught my eye after searching through template after template of corporate-looking designs. What drew my attention was the ethereal quality the theme had whilst still maintaining a simplistic layout and colour palette. Personally I prefer a clean looking blog that's easy to navigate and this theme ticked all my boxes. However, there are some limitations to the theme which proved difficult to work around. 

Unfortunately, I was unable to alter the colours used by the designer which limited my overall colour palette. If I was able to change the background colour, I'd choose a blue-grey shade which would compliment the text colour but lessen the large quantity of grey. Further information on my colour choices are outlined in another post, here.

I do enjoy the design layout of this theme. It's easy to navigate and doesn't look cluttered. The solid background and empty spaces bordering around the text prove to be excellent  example of using white space (or in this case, grey space).