Who We Are

Padstow Designs has been providing small businesses in Charlottesville, Virginia and beyond with website design, redesign, and maintenance services since 2000.  I’m Karen Thomas - owner, manager, designer, programmer, receptionist, janitor…

Being a small business, my focus is providing other small businesses with a web presence at a reasonable rate.  My sites are built from the ground-up using standards-compliant HTML and CSS principals, with a strong emphasis on usability and overall simplicity in design.

Even though Padstow Designs is a one-(wo)man shop, I say “we” because I often pull from a team of resources to make your website what you want it to be - whether it’s some original graphic design work, adding a Flash intro, help with copy writing, or putting together a complete Internet marketing strategy, I’ve worked with some wonderfully talented people to put together that unique web presence each client is looking for.