Meet the   People Behind Your Space

OUR STORY

From a Worcester Workshop to
Schools Nationwide

It started with a muralist and a question. Tacey Martinek painted her first school in 1999, and the question hasn’t changed since: why does a building full of kids have to look so institutional? Beige walls, hard light, nothing on the walls that says whose school it is. Students feel the difference. So does everyone who works there.

The murals turned into a shop called Artworks. Then Tacey put the whole business into one room, the lunchroom, and the company became Love Your Lunchroom. In 2020 the work had grown past the cafeteria into hallways, gyms, entrances, and whole buildings, and we became Imaginate Your Space. Today we design, print, cut, and make everything ourselves in Worcester, Massachusetts, and we’ve done it for more than 1,000 schools in 32 states. The way we start hasn’t changed. We get on a screen with the people who know the building, and we design it together, so your mascot, your colors, and your culture end up on the walls.

Then we make it to last. Some of the graphics we installed more than fifteen years ago are still up today. Districts call us back for the next school because the first one still looks like the day we left.

MISSION & VISION

For more than thirty years, one Worcester workshop has been turning everyday school spaces into places students are proud to call theirs.

Mission

To make every school feel safe, calm, and inspiring from the moment a student walks in, so kids show up ready to learn, eat, and belong.
Vision

Every kid in every building walks in and knows this place was made for them.
Value

A kid can’t learn, eat, or settle in a space that feels like it doesn’t want them there. The right room lowers the noise and raises what they expect of themselves. You see it in the cafeteria line, the hallway between bells, and the way they treat the place. So we design every space with the people who know those students, make it ourselves so it holds up to real life, and stay close long after install.

OUR IMPACT

What We Have
Done So Far

These are not just stats. They are three decades of lunchrooms, hallways, and gyms that finally look like the schools they belong to.

30+

Years in business.

Three decades of helping schools build environments that inspire students and strengthen culture.
32+

States Served

Districts of every size, coast to coast, with spaces students are proud of.
13+

Industries Associated

Active membership keeps us close to what's changing in K–12 education and school nutrition.
1000+

Schools Served

Cafeterias, hallways, media centers, athletic spaces over a thousand completed, start to finish.

Tacey Martinek

Owner and Lead Designer

A muralist by trade, Tacey painted her first school in 1999 and has been making over school spaces ever since. She sets the creative direction for every project, so whatever we make for your school carries her eye for how a space should feel.

Sean Barton

Chief Operating Officer

Sean is your partner on everything outside the artwork: scope, budget, timeline, contracts, and procurement. From the first Budget Builder conversation to the final walkthrough, he makes sure the project works for your district and lands on schedule.

Keri Gould

K-12 Customer & Partner Relations Manager

Keri is your first call and the person who keeps you in the loop. She guides schools from the first conversation through kickoff and makes sure you always know what happens next.

Shaelyn Hainsworth

Design Manager

Shaelyn runs the design team day to day and keeps every project’s visuals in order, from mascot artwork and design references to the photos and videos on this site.

John Desilets

Field Operations & Sales Support Associate

John is the one who shows up at your school. He runs the site visits and the 3D scans that let us measure your space exactly and design to the real room.

Cam Meyer

Executive Assistant & Project Coordinator

Cam keeps the details and paperwork in order, from scheduling and travel to the files and follow-ups that keep a project moving, so nothing falls through the cracks.

Christopher Ruttan

Shop Manager

Chris runs production. Every panel, sign, and letter that leaves our Worcester shop goes through him, printed, cut, laminated, and checked before it ships.

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Josh Smith

Designer

Josh takes the approved design and gets it ready to make: scaling it to the real wall, laying out every piece for the printer and the CNC, and making sure what comes off the machine matches the artboard.

Design studio

We design on screen with your team watching, against a 3D scan of your real room, so what you approve is what goes up.

Large-format printing

Photo-quality color on rigid panels, with low-odor inks that are safe for a school. Printed under our own roof, so turnaround stays fast.

CNC cutting and vinyl

Dimensional letters, layered shapes, logos, and mascots cut from exact files. A replacement piece years later cuts the same as the original.

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Lamination and finishing

This is the durability layer. Every print is sealed under a laminate made for hands, carts, and daily cleaning, then trimmed, mounted, and checked so it sits flat and lines up.

Install crews

Lifts, scaffolding, and crews that work nights, weekends, holidays, and school breaks. Most installs take three to six days, and the building opens on time.