I switched the font face to Open sans from google fonts to make the site look a little more modern.
I Used somme simple css transforms to add to the project thumbnails and the profile picture. The project thumbnails scale up a little bit while hovering. The profile picture slightly rotates.
I Changed the sidebar background color and font colors so its not as dark.
To run the app:
npm install
npm start
if you want to run nodemon in development
npm startdev