Brownrout Redesigns Website
According to Dean Brownrout, president of 20th Century Finest, it was the cold weather that provided the bite to redesign his website. However, he says that he also wanted it to be more technologically savvy.
His studio is based out of the Michael Donnelly Interior Design showroom at 1534 Hertel Avenue where Brownrout says people get to “see art in a home space”. 20th Century Finest has been in Buffalo for four years. Brownrout says he does business via the Internet and to a select clientele. That being the case, it was time to update his antiquated site.
At 20thcenturyfinest.com, viewers can look at some of the offerings Brownrout has acquired, a list of the artists he is interested in buying, and a link to the art he may have currently listed on eBay. This new design will serve as an excellent partnership – the same Brownrout shares with the interior design studio.
Brownrout explains, “We’ve done several shows at Michael Donnelly and that is our physical location: within his store.” He continues that after a very successful showing last July, the relationship was expanded into a more permanent one.
Originally from Buffalo, Brownrout says, “I’ve been living in NYC for twenty years and I came back to Buffalo not knowing what I was going to do.” Brownrout says he rediscovered the rich history of Buffalo as well as the amazing local artwork and it quickly became a passion.
Hopefully with an updated website, Brownrout can continue to find success in Buffalo. He says the market has been good for regional and American art in a post 9/11 world with interest at an all-time high. With that and Buffalo’s cold winter weather to spur him, he can only hope that his efforts will pay off.
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duke
i'm not sure that is a website one should be proud to promote. let's focus on the services instead.
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HelloKitty
Yikes it talked to me!!!!!!! Please kill the noise on your website Dean!
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duke
after thinking it over i have few possible improvements that might help improve your look and appeal to the crowd you cater to.
Wordpress.org is a great free publishing platform that allows you to update daily content easily and upload photos - as much and as many as you want. They also offer 100's of very clean and sophisticated layouts and designs. again, this is free, looks great and is extremely easy to use. hope that helps.
for example: www.riverfrontpark.com or www.katize.com
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RisingDamp666
"Sophisticated"....clip art? Contradiction in terms. Stay crappy, BRO, we like it that way.
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BuffaloRitz
Um the picture above is a little blurry. I like it however (might be because it is a picture of my sitting room). Also, I have to say that the Michael Donnelly design team is one of Buffalo’s best designers. The color palate and use of classic furniture...great!
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