Erin McDonald is a designer at heart, always has been and always will be. He has been in the event design industry for well over three decades working along side some of the top professionals in the country, including being former VP for HMRDesigns in Chicago. He has designed events for presidents, dignitaries, celebrities and thousands of beaming couples. His craft for turning rooms into spectacular events has blossomed into interior modifications of homes and designing event venues. Erin is sought after throughout the nation to help existing event companies, as a consultant, to increase their brand awareness, teach their existing teams how to sell event design, and re-designing their studios; to match their long term goals. He has designed events all over the world such as destination weddings in Mexico, nuptials in Paris, and curated designs all throughout Chicago’s most elite properties. His holistic approach to design can take him anywhere from a luxurious table for 20, for a second wedding, to designing a brand new event venue for one of Chicago’s power families. His design logic is simple…”keep it simple and the design will speak volumes”.  In 2020 he opened his first "second" location in Upstate New York.