Adjusting store with minimal inventory and photos

Topic summary

Focus: choosing a clean, effective home page presentation with only two products and limited imagery.

  • Constraints: Only two products are available. Initially no professional landscape/hero image, so both products are featured prominently on the home page.
  • Key question: Use a bathroom tile background behind products or go with plain white? The goal is to avoid a busy background, but the tile might emulate the missing hero/landscape feel.
  • References: Store link provided for visual review (pulsewidthfaucets.com). Visual examples are central to understanding the issue.
  • Design target: The Shopify “Refresh” theme demo is cited as the aesthetic and layout inspiration.
  • Latest update: A decent photo has been found and applied, and further feedback is requested.
  • Status: No community recommendations or consensus posted yet; the request for design feedback remains open.
Summarized with AI on January 22. AI used: gpt-5.

I’m continuing from my original question after making adjustments. I only have two products and no professional landscape photo to display on the home page. So I’m just displaying the two products upfront.

My question now is should I use the bathroom tile background behind the products, or just go plain white? I understand I don’t want a busy background, but it seems the tile kind of simulates the landscape photo I’m missing.

https://pulsewidthfaucets.com/

Any other suggestion would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

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The Refresh template demo is a good example of what I’m attempting to do with what I have.

https://themes.shopify.com/themes/refresh/styles/default/preview

Well. I found a decent photo to use. Any advice is welcome.