CLIENT-DRIVEN DESIGN
+ THOUGHTFUL EXECUTION
We are here to create innovative solutions for your home that balance the beauty of design with everyday function. This is our passion: to enrich lives by improving environments.
HARD WORK IS TIMELESS. WHEN YOU LOVE WHAT YOU DO, THE POSSIBILITIES ARE ENDLESS.
OUR ROOTS.
We are a locally grown, family-based design-build renovation company that’s been in business since 1988. What began as a one-woman design firm evolved into Lynn Donaldson & Associates after a decade of transforming homes in the city of Calgary. Now, after a few more years of perfecting our craft and Lynn passing the torch to her two sons, Neil & Daryl, we’ve found our new groove as LD&A.
Lynn Donaldson herself built this brand on integrity, hard work and exceptional client service, and we continue to live those values today. While trends come and go, the consistent thread through the decades is our collaborative approach to the design and renovation process. When you work with LD&A, you join our team. Get ready to jump on board with us!
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THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME.
WE ARE HERE TO ENSURE THAT AT THE END OF YOUR PROJECT, THERE’S NO PLACE IN THE WORLD YOU WOULD RATHER BE.
MEET THE
DREAM TEAM
When he’s not busy juggling construction jobs he is keeping active. Whether he’s boxing, mountain biking, training at his local gym or chasing his dogs with his beautiful wife, Daryl is moving, motivating, and likely making someone sore the next day (just ask his fellow rugby mates from years past). Whatever the activity, Daryl is sure to put his heart into everything he does.
As the Senior Designer at LD&A, Lindsey is responsible for generating and working through design details alongside her teammates and clients to design and build unique, inspired spaces. Although she’s known for being calm & composed, her quick sense of humor should also not be underestimated!
If you catch Lindsey outside of the office, she is most likely working away on her garden, doing art with her kids, or planning ways to beautify her home with her also-creatively-talented husband.
Descending from a large Italian family, Mira was born in, has traveled to, and dearly loves Italy. There she is able to put her Italian language skills and love of art, history, and politics to use. Her life in Calgary allows her to experience the other loves of life, namely football (NFL Sundays are sacred and not to be disturbed) and hockey, reading, and spending time with her incredible husband, their two children, and two grand-dogs.
Despite being an adult, the days of entertaining strangers in the grocery store with funny faces (much to her mother’s dismay) have not disappeared, so be prepared for lots of warmth and laughter greeting you at every turn. When not drawing, playing piano, or running after her adorable man and two crazy cats, you can find Jenna upside down on floors and poles as she climbs (literally and figuratively) through her pole fitness levels!
He also applies his balance of calm, creativity, and coaching savvy when raising his darling daughter, along with his wonderful yoga-instructing wife. Tyler is a true pleasure to have on any project, and on our team.
His favorite part of his work is client appreciation, and their reactions to the hard work that is put in to create the finished product. Seeing how we have helped make their lives a little easier by transforming their homes is truly gratifying (and a few homemade goodies never hurt either, hint, hint). When he’s not skillfully swinging a hammer, Travis can be found with his stunning wife and baby girl, and, if there happens to be a quiet moment between diaper changes.... practicing his Xbox football skills. We are all grateful to have Travis quarterbacking our projects.
Sports play an important role in Sean’s outside-of-work persona, with golf and soccer being awarded the highest honours in his books. In addition to athletics, movies and trips abroad are at the top of his “favorite things” list, though none are quite so important to him as his beautiful family. Sean enjoys spending his best quality time with his amazing wife and two young boys, ensuring the strong-silent gene will be passed down to the next generation.
OUR STORY