HARPA. A familiar website,
rebuilt.
Stoffeerderij HARPA in Wijchen wanted to improve its existing website. I updated the design and rebuilt it in Astro. The mobile PageSpeed score went from 47 to 99/100.
The same craftspeople.
A renewed presentation.
From a central block of text and a separate menu to a clear header, navigation and more space for HARPA’s work.
The old site was rendered from source saved on 20 September 2026. The new site was captured on 13 October 2026. Both desktop images are 1440 × 1100 pixels. Click an image to enlarge it.
Renewing while keeping what matters.
HARPA already had a website with services, photos and the family business’s story. The brief was to improve that foundation and make the website faster.
I brought the existing content and page addresses into Astro. The work, business name and ways to contact HARPA remained recognisable. The new version provides clearer navigation and an overview of the upholstery services.
I also worked on the technical foundations: appropriately sized images, fewer heavy scripts and pages built in advance.
The speed,
shown in the measurements.
A new look is one part of the project. Below you can compare the old and new homepages in a mobile Google PageSpeed test.
| Test date | Before 15 September 2026 | After 13 October 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Mobile performance | 47/100 | 99/100 |
| Largest Contentful Paint (LCP) | 17.5 s | 2.3 s |
| Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS) | 0,39 | 0 |
LCP measures when the largest visible element appears; lower is better. CLS measures how much the page shifts while loading; lower is better here too.
How were these results measured?
The before measurement is one mobile Lighthouse run of the old www.harpa.eu homepage on 15 September 2026. The after measurement is one mobile run of the rebuilt www.harpa.eu homepage on 13 October 2026. Both use an emulated Moto G Power, slow 4G and a first page load.
These are lab tests on different dates. The old test uses Lighthouse 13.4.1; the new one uses Lighthouse 13.5.0. Browser versions also differ. These figures are snapshots, not averages from real visitors or a promise of higher Google rankings.
On your phone too.
The old and new homepages at the same screen width. In the new version, the logo and menu button are at the top.
Does your website need a fresh start too?
I build new websites and rebuild existing ones. Send me your website so I can look at where the design, ease of use and speed could improve.