diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 7a2d29f1..4be4bf16 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 **Added:**
 
-- Added a new web app project type - this is for anyone who wants to use nwb's build/serve/test setup but isn't using React.
-- Added a `--reload` option to auto-reload the page when webpack hot module replacement gets stuck. This is primarily intended for use with the new web-app
- project type.
+- Added a new `web-app` project type - this is for anyone who wants to use nwb's build/serve/test setup but isn't using React.
+- Added a `--reload` option to auto-reload the page when webpack hot module replacement gets stuck. This is primarily intended for use with the new `web-app` project type.
 - Command-line arguments can now be used to configure settings for `nwb new`.
 
 **Fixed:**
@@ -12,9 +11,14 @@
 
 **Changed:**
 
+- Commands which create files now log details of what they've created [[#26](https://github.com/insin/nwb/issues/26)]
 - The ES6 modules build for npm modules is now optional, controlled by a `jsNext` setting in `nwb.config.js`, defaulting to `true`.
   - nwb 0.6 will default `jsNext` to `true` and log a warning when it's missing from a config file - this behaviour will be removed in nwb 0.7.
 
+**Dependencies:**
+
+- copy-template-dir: v1.1.0 → v1.2.0 - provide created file paths in callback
+
 # 0.5.0 / 2015-12-15
 
 **Added:**
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2254e4c0..58ee7bcb 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "argv-set-env": "1.0.0",
-    "copy-template-dir": "1.1.0",
+    "chalk": "1.1.1",
+    "copy-template-dir": "1.2.0",
     "debug": "2.2.0",
     "eventsource-polyfill": "0.9.6",
     "express": "4.13.3",
diff --git a/src/bin/nwb.js b/src/bin/nwb.js
index 56fea310..62d51778 100644
--- a/src/bin/nwb.js
+++ b/src/bin/nwb.js
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
 
+import chalk from 'chalk'
+
 import cli from '../cli'
 import {UserError} from '../errors'
 
@@ -15,10 +17,10 @@ catch (err) {
 // Assumption: error will be undefined or null on success
 if (error != null) {
   if (error instanceof UserError) {
-    console.error(error.message)
+    console.error(chalk.red(error.message))
   }
   else {
-    console.error('nwb: error running command:')
+    console.error(chalk.red('nwb: error running command:'))
     console.error(error.stack)
   }
   process.exit(1)
diff --git a/src/commands/new.js b/src/commands/new.js
index 19408f97..08158e68 100644
--- a/src/commands/new.js
+++ b/src/commands/new.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import path from 'path'
 import {execSync} from 'child_process'
 
+import chalk from 'chalk'
 import copyTemplateDir from 'copy-template-dir'
 import inquirer from 'inquirer'
 import glob from 'glob'
@@ -68,6 +69,13 @@ function installReact(targetDir) {
   })
 }
 
+function logCreatedFiles(targetDir, createdFiles) {
+  createdFiles.sort().forEach(createdFile => {
+    let relativePath = path.relative(targetDir, createdFile)
+    console.log(`  ${chalk.green('create')} ${relativePath}`)
+  })
+}
+
 export function npmModuleVars(vars) {
   vars.jsNextMain = vars.jsNext ? '\n  "jsnext:main": "es6/index.js",' : ''
   return vars
@@ -77,9 +85,9 @@ let projectCreators = {
   [REACT_APP](args, name, targetDir, cb) {
     let templateDir = path.join(__dirname, `../../templates/${REACT_APP}`)
     let templateVars = {name, nwbVersion, reactVersion}
-    copyTemplateDir(templateDir, targetDir, templateVars, err => {
+    copyTemplateDir(templateDir, targetDir, templateVars, (err, createdFiles) => {
       if (err) return cb(err)
-      console.log(`nwb: created ${targetDir}`)
+      logCreatedFiles(targetDir, createdFiles)
       console.log('nwb: installing dependencies')
       installReact(targetDir)
       cb()
@@ -92,9 +100,9 @@ let projectCreators = {
       let templateVars = npmModuleVars(
         {umd, globalVariable, jsNext, name, nwbVersion, reactVersion}
       )
-      copyTemplateDir(templateDir, targetDir, templateVars, err => {
+      copyTemplateDir(templateDir, targetDir, templateVars, (err, createdFiles) => {
         if (err) return cb(err)
-        console.log(`nwb: created ${targetDir}`)
+        logCreatedFiles(targetDir, createdFiles)
         console.log('nwb: installing dependencies')
         installReact(targetDir)
         cb()
@@ -105,9 +113,9 @@ let projectCreators = {
   [WEB_APP](args, name, targetDir, cb) {
     let templateDir = path.join(__dirname, `../../templates/${WEB_APP}`)
     let templateVars = {name, nwbVersion}
-    copyTemplateDir(templateDir, targetDir, templateVars, err => {
+    copyTemplateDir(templateDir, targetDir, templateVars, (err, createdFiles) => {
       if (err) return cb(err)
-      console.log(`nwb: created ${targetDir}`)
+      logCreatedFiles(targetDir, createdFiles)
       cb()
     })
   },
@@ -118,9 +126,9 @@ let projectCreators = {
       let templateVars = npmModuleVars(
         {umd, globalVariable, jsNext, name, nwbVersion}
       )
-      copyTemplateDir(templateDir, targetDir, templateVars, err => {
+      copyTemplateDir(templateDir, targetDir, templateVars, (err, createdFiles) => {
         if (err) return cb(err)
-        console.log(`nwb: created ${targetDir}`)
+        logCreatedFiles(targetDir, createdFiles)
         cb()
       })
     })
@@ -145,9 +153,10 @@ export default function(args, cb) {
     return cb(new UserError(`nwb: a project name must be provided`))
   }
   if (glob.sync(`${name}/`).length !== 0) {
-    return cb(new UserError(`nwb: "${name}" directory already exists`))
+    return cb(new UserError(`nwb: ${name}/ directory already exists`))
   }
 
   let targetDir = path.join(process.cwd(), name)
+  console.log(`nwb: new ${projectType}`)
   projectCreators[projectType](args, name, targetDir, cb)
 }