If you are unable to read the message below, click here to view as a web page.

Custom Murals Creative Textures Faux Finishes Decorative Ornamentation
 

Decorative Painting





“Johanna is an absolute joy to work with. She is an amazing artist who successfully combines creative skills with top of the line customer service. She is a conscientious professional who puts the customer's needs first. Her creative ideas and fine art skills combine to create unique and exquisite faux finishes and murals that clients can't wait to show off to all of their friends. I hired Johanna for my own home for she is simply the best. Without hesitation, I highly recommend her services!"””

Suzanne Simon
Interior Designer

"Johanna generously inspires confidence in me and brings out my true creative nature! The way Johanna combines her skills and creative ideas are truly remarkable. She explains everything patiently and clearly.  I learn valuable skills every time I work with her. I think Johanna is a genius at what she does! ”

Victoria Petri-Jones
Student

Johanna Annable is LinkedIn

Johanna's Design Studio is licensed, bonded, and insured in Washington and Oregon:

  • WA-JOHANDS931CN
  • OR-174433

Newsletter :: October, 2009

Four Great Strategies your company can use now – to close the deal, up-sell, or win the bid.

Get the competitive edge and differentiate your company from your competition by networking with Johanna's Design Studio, where custom is our specialty... from venetian plasters to works of art.

BIA Members

Look for our Trade Table at the Building Excellence Awards!

1. Meet Your Clients' Emotional Needs

Meeting the emotional needs of your clients can make your prospective client choose you over the competition.

Many people experiencing major life-changing events, such as empty nesters or new births, want their spaces to reflect healthy environments for their loved ones. And families worry about toxic indoor pollutants in a new or existing residence.  You can relieve their apprehension by offering real non-toxic surface paints and plaster solutions. Johanna Annable's proprietary blends of glazes, milk paints, clay paints and lime/marble surface treatments reduce allergens, molds and occurrence of disease related illnesses. Johanna's no-to-low voc finishes can be color coordinated to match your client's favorite fabric, rug or art work. 


2. Dazzle Your Clients

Dazzling your clients with a variety of custom interior wall finishes treatment options can close the deal.

Prospective clients will be thrilled with the newest, hottest trends in wall finish design.  Johanna Annable can provide you with a beautiful, hardcover book showcasing gorgeous wall finish photographs, which you can proudly show to your prospective clients – empowering them with a sense of refinement and choice.  They will know that you understand their needs, and that you can provide innovative solutions for their personal tastes and styles.  Fine art and murals can give your client an emotional connection to their new or existing home or business. Johanna also offers verre eglomise and ornamental gilding. 


3. Differentiate Your Company

Differentiate your company from the competition, through Johanna's affordable Design Consulting and Training programs.

Want to save money and do it yourself?  Johanna offers private and group consulting, training and custom presentation boards for your company, should you choose to do the finish work yourself.  Johanna will come to you to train your crew, and will assist you in getting the finish your client will be thrilled with.  Johanna is an expert you can trust, from initial design concept through final completion of the project.


4. Offer Lower-Cost Alternatives

Offer lower-cost faux-finishes to create a million dollar look for your client – for much less.

Offering high-impact, lower-cost "remodeling" solutions can reduce your cost to the client, while putting more money into your pocket.  Johanna Annable replicates real marble and exotic woods for architectural surfaces such as front doors, paneling, base boards, crown molding, columns, cabinetry and more.  Many people want "the look" without the high cost of materials.  By offsetting real with faux, you can offer your clients high-impact, lower-cost remodeling solutions.

Johanna Annable's decorative finishing treatments can be seen  in several premier locations, including the Pearl District, Historic Camas Downtown, and Fine Private Residences across the Pacific Northwest. Distinctive standard and custom finishes, created independently or in collaboration with interior designers, range from the avant-garde to the traditional.

Working primarily within the hospitality, commercial, and residential sectors, Johanna's Design Studio continually invents new approaches, and reinterprets fine art materials – combined with natural pigments, aggregates, and plasters. Thousands of unique samples can be viewed in the studio showroom or sent as samples, including "green" treatments for LEED-certified buildings.

Recent Notable Awards and Recognitions

  • Internationally Published in Artisphere, Fall 2009 "Dreams Come True"
  • Oregon Dream Makeover Lead Decorative Artisan
  • Energy Trust Clay Wall Finish Artisan
  • Columbian Newspaper Article

My Links with Firmolux

Do you need additional information? Click to view our lovely 4" x 6"postcard, or ask us to mail you a copy.

Sincerely,


Johanna Annable

phone: 360-513-8939
email: Johanna's Design Studio