Nookfor Stillroom Tattoo
Nook is a booking system for work that is never the same twice. Sara built it in Lovable in ten days for the Lovable Challenge, and set it up for Stillroom, a tattoo studio she invented for the brief.
ScopeConcept, product design and the whole build in Lovable. Demo video and voice over.
The Lovable Challenge on Contra asked for something a real small business would actually use, built in Lovable. The entry had a checklist, and every line of it shaped Nook.
A believable business, with a name, a place and real quirks
Stillroom Tattoo, Östergatan 14, MalmöBuilt in Lovable, project public
215 commits, 22 September to 1 OctoberOne line on the problem it solves
Nobody answers DMs with a needle in their handA demo under three minutes
2:57, with Sara's own voice overA post tagging @Lovable
#lovablechallengeA haircut has a menu and a free slot. A tattoo has neither. The price moves with size, style, placement and old ink, the time moves with it, and not every artist can take every job. That made it the hardest booking Sara could think of, so it became the test.
Tattoo studio · Östergatan 14, Malmö, SwedenInvented for the challenge. Three artists, appointments only, a calendar that is always full.
The last client has gone, the gloves come off and the phone is full. Every message is the same question in a different shape, and every one hides a rule of the trade.
Nook asks what the artist would ask, prices the piece while you answer, matches the right artist and only offers times that are really free. A booking only counts once the deposit is paid.
These are Stillroom's real questions and the same pricing rules the live app runs. Try a cover up, or the hand.
Custom work always lands with Ines before it is confirmed. Flash pieces go straight to the deposit.
Some people would rather talk than fill in a form. The helper asks the same questions in a conversation, answers the worries everyone has, like "will it hurt?", and fills in the booking along the way.
It drafts. It never books by itself. The customer still picks the time and confirms.
Ines lives in Google Calendar, so Nook checks it before offering a single time. Custom requests reach her already priced and matched. She taps Approve, and the rest happens without her.
Each artist's days and hours, the sittings already booked and Ines's Google Calendar. A time survives only if all three say yes.
Prices, questions, artists, hours and policies are all set from one panel. Every answer shows a "Customer sees" preview, and an old price list comes in from a spreadsheet, a PDF or a Google Sheet.
Nothing in Nook is about tattoos. The same engine reads a groomer's coat, a photographer's location or a contractor's stairs.
Two looks on purpose. Stillroom is ink and cinnabar, with its own flash art, like walking into a real studio. Nook is graphite and peach, so it can belong to any business.
Tattoo studio · Malmö, SwedenStillroomA quieter place to make your mark.
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Booking for work that's never the same twice.
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Sara planned the whole flow with Claude first: the questions, what each answer changes, who can take what. Then she built it in Lovable and synced it with GitHub, so she could keep going in both places.
A demo under three minutes, cut by Sara with her own voice over, the one line problem and the post.
The one line problemStillroom Tattoo: nobody can answer DMs with a needle in their hand, so Nook turns "how much, and when are you free?" into a priced, matched, deposit backed booking that Ines approves with one tap.
@Lovable · #lovablechallenge
Next on Nook's list: reminders and rescheduling by SMS, because the follow through is where owners lose their evenings.