good design, NO  drama

Refinery Nine Co. designs brands and websites for small businesses that have outgrown their beginnings. Hand it over to the Studio, or make it your own with a template from the Marketplace. 

Raw Ideas In, Refined Brands Out.

focused design days

The Tasting Room
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semi-custom showit site

The House Pour
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strategy, identity + custom site

Top Shelf
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The service menu

Poured To Your Measure.

No bloated process. No mystery ingredients. Just sharp thinking and design that knows its job.

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Coaching

Olana

Photography

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Coaching

Olana

Photography

Templates for creatives, coaches, and small businesses who want an editorial site without starting from scratch.

Premium Showit templates,
built to launch fast and look custom.

The Refinery Marketplace

Every template in the Marketplace starts the same way my custom work does: refined until only the good stuff is left. Showit websites, social templates, and Flodesk emails that are built to match, easy to make your own, and ready when you are.

the shop

Small batch. Ready to pour.

A complete Showit website, designed to match your brand and ready to launch.

Website Templates

Sales pages and code snippets that add more to the Showit site you already have.

Website Addons

Social media graphics that match your website, so your feed looks like your brand.

Canva Templates

Email designs that look as polished in the inbox as your brand does everywhere else.

Flodesk Templates

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Rather hand it off? With The House Pour, I’ll customize your template for you, so you get a finished, launch-ready site without lifting a finger.

Connect your domain, hit publish, and start sending people to a website that finally looks like your business.

Launch

Swap in your photos, colors, and words. The built-in Brand Style Guide, Starter Guide, and Copy Workbook walk you through every page, so you’re never staring at a blank screen.

Make it yours

Pick the design that fits your business and check out. Your template and everything that comes with it arrive in your inbox right away.

Add it to Showit

Pick the design that fits your business and check out. Your template and everything that comes with it arrive in your inbox right away.

Every template is built to be easy to make your own, whether you’ve used Showit for years or you’re just getting started.

Choose your template

From shelf to site

From purchase to published, without the drama.

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Bring your brand, copy, and photos ready to go. No brand yet? Add Small Batch for a mini brand strategy and logo first.

Launch

Send your assets

We pour

Buy your template

Everything in Neat, plus layout adjustments, added sections or pages, and a hands-on launch walkthrough.

Full Pour

More room to move

Your brand colors, fonts, logo, copy, and photos dropped into your template, then launched.

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The straight pour

The House Pour - template customization

Your template,
poured to order.

You bought the template. We make it yours. We customize it with your brand, copy, and photos, then launch it for you in about two to three weeks.

A designer on retainer. You send the list, I do the work, nobody has to have a meeting about it.

The Upkeep is monthly website care for Showit sites. You send the list. I make the changes. Your site stops falling a season behind your business.

EVERYTHING your site NEEDS, HANDLED MONTHLY

One designer. 

No shortcuts.

I’m Maria, the founder and principal designer behind Refinery Nine. I’ve watched plenty of design trends come, go, and embarrassingly come back again, so I don’t chase them. I’d rather build something that ages well.

I work the way a good distillery does. I start with what’s already strong about your business, strip out everything that isn’t pulling its weight, and keep refining until what’s left is unmistakably yours. Strategy comes first, then design that holds attention, builds trust, and sells while you’re doing literally anything else.

I take on a small number of custom projects at a time, so you get me from start to finish, not a junior designer or a hand-off halfway through. And if you’d rather move faster, my templates bring the same standard of design, ready to make your own.

That's not magic.

That’s just knowing what to leave out.

"The Aligned Atelier team is more than a design service—they’re collaborators who genuinely care about your vision and goals."

Working with Aligned Atelier has been an exceptional experience. Their thoughtful approach to design brought our brand’s story to life in a way that feels authentic and intentional. The results have been incredible, with higher engagement and client inquiries.

SAMANTHA G. (FOUNDER, BALANCED WELLNESS CO.)

"The Aligned Atelier team is more than a design service—they’re collaborators who genuinely care about your vision and goals."

Working with Aligned Atelier has been an exceptional experience. Their thoughtful approach to design brought our brand’s story to life in a way that feels authentic and intentional. The results have been incredible, with higher engagement and client inquiries.

SAMANTHA G. (FOUNDER, BALANCED WELLNESS CO.)

"The Aligned Atelier team is more than a design service—they’re collaborators who genuinely care about your vision and goals."

Working with Aligned Atelier has been an exceptional experience. Their thoughtful approach to design brought our brand’s story to life in a way that feels authentic and intentional. The results have been incredible, with higher engagement and client inquiries.

SAMANTHA G. (FOUNDER, BALANCED WELLNESS CO.)

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Your Brand Called. It Wants a Personality.

Tell me about your business, where it’s headed, and what’s not working right now. I’ll come back with an honest take on what you need, whether that’s a full brand and website, a fast-turnaround Tasting Room day, or a template you can launch yourself. No pressure, no hard sell.

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