Can’t See the Theme for the Forest

On my career change journey, I’m building a new WordPress website for my daughter’s spa. I have to provide some background before I can get into the themes. So first, my vision for the spa site is:

• A header with logo, company name, contact information, and a navigation menu.
• A Home page giving a spa overview, some pictures, and links.
• The navigation menu will provide links to service types and, underneath the types, the individual services.
• The services are complex. They include about 25 massage types, over a dozen facial services, about a dozen body treatments, a couple of dozen healing arts packages, sauna, oxygen bar, oxygen chamber, and a half a dozen membership packages.
• Navigation to a page of employee bios and pictures.
• Navigation to pictures of the spa.
• An About page.
• A Contact Page with a map and directions, along with hours of operation.

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