01 · The brief
What the store had to do.
A small maker with customers in Ireland and France. The store has to be bilingual and it has to be runnable by one person — which argues for Shopify’s own Dawn theme, maintained for you, customised only where it earns its keep.
02 · What we built
The work.
English and French side by side
Both languages on one store, translated per product and declared in hreflang, so French customers get a French store rather than a translated banner.
A split-image hero and curated product rows
The homepage leads with a two-image hero — the product and the place it is made — and continues in curated rows the owner controls from the theme editor.
Predictive search
Search suggests products as you type, which for a range of soaps, brushes and razors is the fastest route to the one someone came back for.
03 · What's live
What you can check today.
As of September 2026 the store runs English and French versions (en and fr in its hreflang), prices in euro, and lists around 34 products across 16 collections — bar soap, shaving brushes, razors, balms.
At a glance
Bend in the Barrow, in one box.
- Platform
- Shopify, Dawn
- Languages
- English, French
- Currency
- EUR
- Catalogue
- About 34 products
- Live at
- bendinthebarrow.ie
Catalogue sizes and languages were observed on the live store in September 2026; they change as the client trades. No performance figures are quoted because we only publish what a visitor can verify.