Founder & Lead Designer
As lead designer Lisa remains closely involved in all aspects of the business. Her time with the National Trust gave her a lifelong love and understanding of English Country House interiors, although her personal style leans more towards the simplicity of minimalist scandi and mid-century design influences. Lisa’s expert knowledge of fabrics and traditional workroom techniques fuels her passion for the design and creation of stunning window and bed dressings, and she maintains an in-house workroom to preserve these precious skills.

Designer & Project Manager
With a background in diversified estate and property management, Charlotte joined the LD team as project manager and interior consultant, drawing on years of experience in property renovation and design for residential, leisure and commercial use. Her personal style reflects a passion for cultural heritage, traditional timelessness, and the British countryside, which she layers with striking, playful, and rich elements to bring a uniqueness to each project.

Office Manager
As a qualified professional organiser and an experienced accounts manager Zara's role is a broad one. From managing all the accounts to ensuring everyone gets paid, Zara keeps us organised and ensures the business is running efficiently. She is involved in all aspects of the business and is always ready to lend a helping hand, whether that’s hanging a pair of our beautiful curtains or helping clients choose fabrics and trims in the library.

Showroom Manager
From helping clients pull schemes together to estimating, ordering and scheduling fitting, Jane is the lynchpin that keeps the showroom organised. She is the first line of contact with all of our suppliers and has been responsible for curating the showroom’s invaluable library of fabrics, wallpaper and paint. As a trained seamstress and qualified upholsterer Jane understands all aspects of the industry.

Design Assistant
With a background in graphic design Lucy has a natural flair for helping clients with their interiors schemes.  Her personal style leans towards an eclectic blend of traditional and bohemian pieces to create a relaxed, artistic feel.  Lucy has a love of rustic antiques and hand crafted pieces and enjoys introducing clients to colours and textures they may not previously have considered.

Studio & Accounts Assistant
A super efficient multi tasker, Rachael is involved in all aspects of the library, studio and workroom supporting the design, accounts and workroom teams.   From sampling, ordering, and meeting clients in the studio to dealing with all of the beautiful fabrics and trims in the workroom, Rachael's days are fast paced and no two are the same.  She has always loved interiors having decorated several of her own properties over the years.  Her own personal style is simple and pared back favouring natural fabrics and muted colours.

Head Seamstress
With over 30 years experience as a seamstress Debbie’s talents have proved almost limitless and visitors to Aylsham often stop and watch her in action through the floor to ceiling windows. Debbie oversees all aspects of the workroom services ensuring that all items are finished to the high standards for which Lisa Dawson has become known. She has a particular passion for historic textiles and specialises in both reproduction and restoration work.

Seamstress
Originally engaged to manage the showroom, Gemma showed a natural flair in the workroom and after a comprehensive period of training is now a highly skilled and extremely talented seamstress. Her ability to bring out the best in any pattern with the use of mathematical calculations and clever pleating is a skill much admired by both her colleagues and our clients. Gemma thinks deeply about each project from a small blind to a house full of hand interlined curtains, and takes huge pride in ensuring every stitch is executed perfectly.