Lakefront Web is two web designers in Lakeview, Michigan, founded in 2025. We build modern websites for local small businesses — and we stick around long after launch.
Too many small businesses get handed a slow, template-shaped website and left to fend for themselves. We started Lakefront Web to do the opposite: build sites from scratch, tuned to load fast and read clearly, then stay close enough to actually help.
“Surface” is the part your customers feel — the design, the words, the way it moves. “Depth” is the engineering underneath that keeps it fast, findable, and easy to change. Most designers are good at one. We care about both.
We're local and we like it that way. We take on a small number of projects so each one gets real attention, and when you need a change six months from now, you're talking to the person who built your site — not a ticket queue.
Keaton & Shea
Co-founders · designer + engineer
Between us we cover the whole build — design and words on one side, engineering and performance on the other. You work with both of us directly, start to finish. No account managers, no handoffs to a team you never meet.
- Based inLakeview, Michigan
- Founded2025
- TeamKeaton & Shea
Two designers just starting out can't lean on a wall of logos. What we can promise is how we work.
You work directly with the people building your site — not an account manager relaying messages to a team you never meet.
Straight to the makers
No agency runaround
We build sites to be fast and to age well. Clean code, sensible tools, and structure that's easy to update as your business changes.
Built to last
Performance & maintainability
We're local. When you need a change or have a question after launch, there's a real person nearby who already knows your site.
Here after launch
Lakeview, Michigan
Discover
We start with a conversation — your goals, your customers, and what a website actually needs to do for your business. Strategy before pixels.
Design
A layout and look built around your brand, not a template. You see real design early and shape it with us before a line of code is written.
Build
Hand-built, fast, and accessible. Component-driven engineering that stays smooth on every device and is easy to update as you grow.
Launch & tend
We ship it, make sure search engines can find it, and stay close afterward — hosting, edits, and small improvements over time.