Great Design Within Reach
MyDesignSpace, Inc is proud to be a 100% female-owned business. We dedicate ourselves to making beautiful websites and graphic designs that come to life and help our clients connect with their audiences.
Great Design Within Reach - our motto represents our commitment to our customers. We currently offer agency quality digital marketing solutions around Chicagoland and Nationwide.
Our services include:
- Website Design and Website Development
- Logos, Graphic Design and Illustration
- SEO and Google Analytics Integration
- Social Media Branding, Integration and Management
- Business and Product Photography
- Visual Display Merchandising and Decorating
Focus
Portfolio
Alpha Laser Engraving | CQ Concepts | McHenry Riverwalk Foundation | Patrick B. Harper Scholarship Foundation | McHenry Area Chamber of Commerce | Above Par Construction | Fox Lake Richmond Spring Grove Area Chamber of Commerce | Remax Showcase – The Michael Lescher Team

Custom Wordpress Development for Pitel Septic
Pitel Septic specializes in residential and commercial septic solutions, including pumping, repairs, installations, and portable sanitation and toilet rentals. Family-owned, they are #1 in the #2 business. Pitel contracted the MyDesignSpace team to migrate an outdated WordPress website to a new hosting platform. MDS then updated the website with a new custom WordPress template and freshened the design while keeping the well-known brand’s overall look and feel.

Custom Wordpress Development for Midwest Revolving Door Company
Midwest Revolving Door Company (MRDC) is one of only a handful of companies in the world that manufactures revolving door parts and weatherstripping for most manual revolving doors made today. The company hired MyDesignSpace to design and build its first website. MRDC desired a simple, clean, mobile-friendly website showcasing an exploded view diagram of its revolving door replacement kit. The company also wanted simple RFI product pages so its customers could find necessary product information quickly.

Custom Wordpress Development for Remax Showcase – The Michael Lescher Team
The Michael Lescher Team has served as a highly experienced real estate agency in the Greater Fox Lake, Illinois area for more than 30 years. The agency hired MyDesignSpace to redesign its outdated website. Must-haves for the new website included integrating MLS home search capabilities and the Thryv.com CRM platform.

Custom Wordpress Development for Patrick B. Harper Scholarship Foundation
The Patrick B. Harper Scholarship Foundation is a small non-profit organization that offers scholarship opportunities to local high school students who have overcome some adversity in their life and will be attending college. The foundation hired MyDesignSpace to develop a brand awareness program that included logo design and a mobile-friendly website geared to high school students, sponsors, and donors.

Custom Developed Wordpress E-commerce Website for CQ Concepts
CQ Concepts is a local, family-owned chemical company offering a wide variety of industrial raw material chemicals in sizes designed for end-users or small-run manufacturing. The company contracted MyDesignSpace to revitalize its print and digital marketing program. The MyDesignSpace team updated the eCommerce website, revamped social media accounts, and created print materials to engage new customers.

Custom Developed Wordpress E-commerce Website for Alpha Laser Engraving
MyDesignSpace, Inc. built a responsive WordPress website with custom graphics and custom development for the Alpha Laser Engraving. We integrated WooCommerce with multiple payment gateways.
Other features include: Custom graphics personalization functionality for each product, automatic product image optimization, Pinterest for WooCommerce and custom SEO optimization.
Client Location: Spring Grove, Illinois in McHenry County

Custom Wordpress Development for Above Par Construction
MyDesignSpace, Inc. was hired to update and redesign Above Par Construction's website and to expand its marketing reach online and in traditional media. The company‘s overall goal is to grow its audience base of potential customers and retain current customers with a referral program and other incentives.
We designed and developed a WordPress website integrated with a Blog, Portfolio Gallery, Facebook feed and Mailchimp. We have also been retained to manage an ongoing Social Media and Marketing Program
Client Location: McHenry, Illinois in McHenry County

Custom Wordpress Development for McHenry Riverwalk Foundation
MyDesignSpace, Inc. was hired to create the McHenry Riverwalk Foundation‘s first website and to expand its online presence. The Foundation‘s overall goal was to grow its audience base of potential donors in order to fund amenities along the newly developed Miller Point.
We designed and developed a WordPress website integrated with GiveWP donation platform and a Facebook events calendar. We also developed new logo branding which we used to rebrand all the Social Media platforms.
Client Location: McHenry, Illinois in McHenry County

Custom Wordpress Development for McHenry Area Chamber of Commerce
MyDesignSpace, Inc. built a responsive WordPress website with custom graphics and custom development for the McHenry Area Chamber of Commerce. We integrated the client‘s ChamberMaster member management web application by creating seamless website templates. We also developed two custom widgets that convert raw event data into a stylized community calendar and upcoming chamber events module.
Other features included: CSS styling of the password protected member only information center (MIC); development of custom Uber dropdown menu; embedding videos; setting up a news and knowledge blog; creating an ad serving system to generate additional revenue; training members on benefits of Enhanced Member Listing pages; and integrating Facebook and social media sharing buttons.
Client Location: McHenry, Illinois in McHenry County

Custom Wordpress Development for Kumbaya, Inc
MyDesignSpace, Inc. designed and developed a responsive WordPress website for Kumbaya, Inc. We created a job postings section, private login for file sharing and investor information, news/press release blog, and social media feeds and sharing buttons.
Client Location: Palos Verdes Peninsula, California in Los Angeles County

Custom Wordpress Development for FLRSGAC
MyDesignspace, Inc. designed and developed a responsive WordPress website with custom graphics and custom development for the Fox Lake Richmond Spring Grove Area Chamber of Commerce. We implemented the client‘s ChamberMaster web application. This process included developing website templates, upcoming events modules and a new members module to match the overall look and feel of the site.
Other development included CSS styling of the password protected member only information center and integration of an enhanced member feature section. We were also able to negotiate a better value for client’s current Authorized.net payment gateway which included a lower percentage rate and free wireless terminals.
Client Location: Fox Lake, Illinois in Lake County

Custom Wordpress Development for Mobile Accounting, Inc.
MyDesignSpace, Inc designed and developed a simple single page responsive WordPress website for Eric Mason, Owner of Mobile Accounting, Inc. Website features include an integrated Facebook feed, appointment booking calendar, client testimonials and animated infographic feature.
Client Location: Woodstock, Illinois in McHenry County

Custom Wordpress Development for Rainbow SIG Members of Mensa
MyDesignSpace, Inc.designed and developed a responsive WordPress social networking website with extensive blog capabilities and custom developed Facebook events calendar for the Chicago based chapter of Rainbow SIG Members of Mensa.
Client Location: Chicago, Illinois in Cook County
Reviews
the project
WordPress Website Development for Revolving Door Company
“MyDesignSpace did excellent work and made whatever revisions I needed.”
the reviewer
the review
A Clutch analyst personally interviewed this client over the phone. Below is an edited transcript.
Introduce your business and what you do there.
I’m the president and owner of the Midwest Revolving Door Company. We're a revolving door parts manufacturer in the pedestrian door industry.
What challenge were you trying to address with MyDesignSpace, Inc.?
I started the company in July 2020, and I needed a website to reach out to service and manufacturing businesses in the revolving door industry.
What was the scope of their involvement?
I reached out to Monique (Owner & Graphic Designer) to have an interactive and user-friendly website built on WordPress. I was pretty specific in the types of illustrations that I needed. I had previously helped create a website for another company, and she basically regurgitated the information from that website to our website.
What is the team composition?
I worked only with Monique.
How did you come to work with MyDesignSpace, Inc.?
I know Monique personally. For this project, I liked the graphic design that they were willing to put into the website, and she was inquisitive about the products and services that our company was providing. I had used another website designer before, but having seen Monique’s work, I decided to go with her.
How much have you invested with them?
We invested around $2,500–$2,700.
What is the status of this engagement?
The project lasted from October–November 2020.
What evidence can you share that demonstrates the impact of the engagement?
I've been getting great responses for the website. A lot of my clients and colleagues liked its design and content. It provided them a personal approach to the service industry, and the hits I've been getting have been above and beyond what I expected.
How did MyDesignSpace, Inc. perform from a project management standpoint?
MyDesignSpace did excellent work and made whatever revisions I needed in order to finish up the project in a timely manner. Monique provided a great service. She was very active with me, continually providing me with rough drafts on a weekly basis — she was very thorough.
They were also attentive to my needs, and their feedback was spot on in terms of search words and content types. Monique even brought up a couple of things that I didn’t think about, such as providing a navigation tool for customers on the website.
What did you find most impressive about them?
They were informative. Monique even gave me a comparison of different platforms and content types that I could look into or apply to the website.
Are there any areas they could improve?
MyDesignSpace could improve on writing content for the website, such as creating product descriptions or storyboarding. Some web designers have their own content writers.
Do you have any advice for potential customers?
Provide as much information about what you need and want for the website as possible because Monique is very creative with what you give her.
the project
Web Development & Design for Chamber of Commerce
The board of directors and staff were very happy with the results.”
the reviewer
the review
A Clutch analyst personally interviewed this client over the phone. Below is an edited transcript.
Introduce your business and what you do there.
I’m the executive director of a chamber of commerce.
What challenge were you trying to address with MyDesignSpace, Inc.?
We had a terrible website that needed to be more user-friendly and interface with ChamberMaster.
What was the scope of their involvement?
We chose MyDesignSpace to create our new website and integrate ChamberMaster. They also taught a class so that our chamber members were able to use the benefits of ChamberMaster through the website.
What is the team composition?
I worked with Monique (President).
How did you come to work with MyDesignSpace, Inc.?
Monique was a chamber member, so it was easy to choose her. We looked at other chamber members for bids but she seemed to be the most reasonably priced and easy to work with.
How much have you invested with them?
We spent a little over $1,000. We also did some trade-out work with her membership.
What is the status of this engagement?
We started working together in November 2018, and we finalized everything in January 2019.
What evidence can you share that demonstrates the impact of the engagement?
Everyone was quite relieved at how easy it was for them to update an address or contact person. Chamber members were also being searched more efficiently.
They did a remarkable job of working with ChamberMaster to make sure everything was going to work properly. In the long run, they did such a fabulous job that other chambers in the area ended up hiring them to make their web pages as well.
Monique was remarkable in her vast knowledge of how the site should look for chamber members and their community members. In the end, the board of directors and staff were very happy with the results.
How did MyDesignSpace, Inc. perform from a project management standpoint?
Monique was fabulous. She always kept us up to date and told us what was going on. Even today, I had some questions on making a page and she emailed me right away. I’ve always had tremendous follow-up with her.
What did you find most impressive about them?
Monique is funny and nice, which I wasn’t expecting from a web designer. I thought it would be a boring process but that wasn’t the case at all.
Are there any areas they could improve?
No, we were 110% satisfied.
Do you have any advice for potential customers?
My advice is to hire them; they’ll do a remarkable job. They’re easy to work with, punctual, and they communicate fabulously.
the project
Web Development for Private Scholarship Foundation
“MyDesignSpace, Inc. has the expertise and knowledge to succeed, they really know what they’re doing.”
the reviewer
the review
A Clutch analyst personally interviewed this client over the phone. Below is an edited transcript.
Introduce your business and what you do there.
I am the board president of Patrick B. Harper Scholarship Foundation, a private foundation.
What challenge were you trying to address with MyDesignSpace, Inc.?
We needed a new website that successfully conveyed information about our scholarship.
What was the scope of their involvement?
MyDesignSpace, Inc. developed and designed our WordPress website for us from scratch. The site is accessible to both students and high schools. The website allows users to donate money and fill out applications for our scholarship.
Their team included payment processing functionality through PayPal. They also recommended we set us Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook accounts.
What is the team composition?
I worked directly with Monique (President)
How did you come to work with MyDesignSpace, Inc.?
MyDesignSpace, Inc. was recommended to me by a colleague. After I called her, she sent some references and examples of their past work. I liked what she had created in the past and her personality was a good fit with mine, so I decided to work with them.
What is the status of this engagement?
Our project ran from July–September 2020.
What evidence can you share that demonstrates the impact of the engagement?
We’ve begun to see applications for scholarships and donations. Our social media channels have also seen engagement. We’ve gotten great feedback so far.
The MyDesignSpace, Inc. team is very easy to work with. Whenever we wanted to make changes and tweaks, they were accomodating and flexible. Monique even set up a Zoom call to show us how to make changes to our back-end in house. She went as far as to record the training and send us the file so we would always have access to it.
How did MyDesignSpace, Inc. perform from a project management standpoint?
Monique is incredibly quick to respond to questions. We had a brief down period while we waited for clearance from the IRS, and Monique stayed in contact with me throughout the waiting period. Our teams communicated via Zoom calls, phone, and email.
What did you find most impressive about them?
MyDesignSpace, Inc. has the expertise and knowledge to succeed, they really know what they’re doing. Monique is professional and provides a high level of customer service.
Are there any areas they could improve?
No, everything was great.
Do you have any advice for potential customers?
Be open to Monique’s suggestions, she has really great ones.
the project
Web Design & Social Media Marketing for Engraving Company
“They take pride in what they do, and help me achieve my goals.”
the reviewer
the review
A Clutch analyst personally interviewed this client over the phone. Below is an edited transcript.
Introduce your business and what you do there.
I’m the owner of an engraving company that specializes in custom gifts.
What challenge were you trying to address with MyDesignSpace, Inc.?
We needed help creating a logo and rebuilding our site.
What was the scope of their involvement?
They designed a brand-new website for us from scratch using WordPress. First, we discussed where we wanted to go with the new website, including how much we wanted to spend. This included basic overall design and look to what we actually wanted on the website, and what we were trying to achieve.
They also helped guide us through social media channels, such as Instagram, Pinterest, and Facebook.
What is the team composition?
We had one main point of contact.
How did you come to work with MyDesignSpace, Inc.?
We met through our local chamber of commerce. I sat down with them and I liked the look and feel of their past sites.
How much have you invested with them?
We’ve spent over $10,000.
What is the status of this engagement?
We started working together in October 2019, and our work is ongoing.
What evidence can you share that demonstrates the impact of the engagement?
We’ve seen an uptick in organic searches, which has been great for us. Their social media guidance has helped us grow our site, too.
How did MyDesignSpace, Inc. perform from a project management standpoint?
The team was very good at project management. They started with wireframes to show the initial progression. From there, it was pretty straight forward. They always gave us updates and were on time with deliverables.
What did you find most impressive about them?
They take pride in what they do and help me achieve my goals. We had no products on our online store, and they helped us integrate that with properly sized pictures, too.
Are there any areas they could improve?
No, it’s been fantastic.
Do you have any advice for potential customers?
My advice is to have a design on where they’d like to go and how they’d like to get there.
the project
Web Dev for Chamber of Commerce Organization
“She’s great at graphic design, but the functionalities were even better.”
the reviewer
the review
A Clutch analyst personally interviewed this client over the phone. Below is an edited transcript.
Introduce your business and what you do there.
I’m the president of a chamber of commerce. Chambers of commerce exist in small, medium, and supersized communities. We design websites for member businesses be they manufacturing, staffing, or small, home-based companies. They join us in order to utilize our networking and growth activities.
What challenge were you trying to address with MyDesignSpace, Inc.?
We were looking to redo the chamber website. It was about four years old, and we weren’t really happy with it. We didn’t feel it was interactive enough.
What was the scope of their involvement?
MyDesignSpace, Inc. developed our new website from scratch using WordPress. This was challenging and the database was foreign to our developer. It has custom CSS coding. We were looking to make the site more interactive, sell the chamber, and get people involved.
We didn’t want it to be something that is used once when learning about the chamber for the first time. Rather, we wanted a site that people visited monthly to find out how to get involved at a particular level. It wasn’t meant to be a book that was read one time; it was meant to be a resource to be looked at frequently.
As an example, we created four tiers of membership. Chambers typically base their memberships on the number of employees, but we found that to be archaic. We wanted to base it on different benefits and services that could be provided. Based on what someone wanted, they could adjust their membership level which is not the easiest thing to do on our old site.
There’s a lot of research that our members are doing, and Monique (President, MyDesignSpace, Inc.) made it easy to read with lots of simple diagrams for the different levels. The previous website made it much more difficult for people to find things. We have 28,000–35,000 people who connect with our website every year for one and a half minutes. That’s because we do so many events, which were also added to the website for registration purposes.
MyDesignSpace, Inc. has also done marketing design for different brochures and programs. We have an annual gala, and Monique did a lot of design for that.
What is the team composition?
We work with Monique and Barbara (Visual Display & Decorating Consulting Expert, MyDesignSpace, Inc.).
How did you come to work with MyDesignSpace, Inc.?
Monique was working in New York, but she decided to come back and start a new firm. She was looking for places to network, and we’re very much out there. She found us and joined the chamber.
How much have you invested with them?
We got the value of $30,000 website for $10,000.
What is the status of this engagement?
The website project ran between December 2018–February 2019. We do call her if we have something a bit more serious that requires coding.
What evidence can you share that demonstrates the impact of the engagement?
One of the things that really stands out is our bounce-back rate, which was 69% before the new website, and is now 2%. That’s a huge thing for us. People are finding what they need on the site. The amount of time spent on the site is longer, and users visit more pages.
There’s an easy site map. Monique set up redundancies for different pages for user-friendliness. Everything is being used the way we hoped it would be. Monique is incredible, that’s all I can say. The design allows someone who’s nonproficient with coding to make changes easily.
Barbara is a phenomenal designer, and we’ve utilized her skills to develop packages and baskets for auctions. That has raised our return by 20%.
How did MyDesignSpace, Inc. perform from a project management standpoint?
They were excellent. Monique may have used project management software, but nothing that she discussed with me. We frequently sat down and did a lot of pen and paper drawings of what we wanted the site to look like. She was very flexible with our lack of knowledge and handled all aspects of the project.
What did you find most impressive about them?
She was good at anticipating what came next. We worked well together. I’d come up with an idea, and she’d tell me what she needed to do in order for it to happen. Monique researched it and determined if it was possible before I made any decisions. She was very good at that kind of thing. She’s great at graphic design, but the functionalities were even better.
Are there any areas they could improve?
I can’t think of anything.
Do you have any advice for future clients of theirs?
Clients should be open to her ideas because she has some good ones. She knew things I didn't.
the project
Web Dev, SMM, & Branding for Foundation
"Passionate about her work, Monique is always willing to jump in to fill a need."
the reviewer
the review
A Clutch analyst personally interviewed this client over the phone. Below is an edited transcript.
Introduce your business and what you do there.
I’m the treasurer for the McHenry Riverwalk Foundation.
What challenge were you trying to address with MyDesignSpace, Inc.?
We lacked a sufficient presence with social media and our website.
What was the scope of their involvement?
MyDesignSpace, Inc. designed and developed our website. They now handle the site along with our Facebook and Instagram profiles. That involves receiving emails that come through the site and messages through Facebook. They also designed posters and flyers and other marketing pieces that we need for events, like booths and handouts for shows.
What is the team composition?
My main point of contact is Monique (President, MyDesignSpace, Inc.).
How did you come to work with MyDesignSpace, Inc.?
They were a part of the foundation before I joined— Another board member found them and brought them in. However, I knew MyDesignSpace, Inc. from a previous relationship and business associated.
How much have you invested with them?
We spend $550 per month on their services.
What is the status of this engagement?
We started working together in November 2018, and the partnership is ongoing.
What evidence can you share that demonstrates the impact of the engagement?
For the first time, the foundation can accept donations through our website. We’ve seen an overall increase in total donations thanks to MyDesignSpace, Inc.’s work. The website is also incredibly pleasing from a visual perspective. It captures everything our foundation represents and tries to achieve.
How did MyDesignSpace, Inc. perform from a project management standpoint?
Monique is extremely responsive and always accessible. I can contact her via text, email, or Facebook Messenger.
What did you find most impressive about them?
Passionate about her work, Monique is always willing to jump in to fill a need. I highly recommend her.
Are there any areas they could improve?
No, not that I think of.
Any advice for potential customers?
I don’t have any advice. Monique is detail-oriented and thorough.
The client was deeply impressed with their work, and the website received highly positive feedback from end users and customers. MyDesignSpace, Inc. was able to provide top-notch design services, paying close attention to the client’s needs and requests for their website.