Certified Master Artisan, Janie Ellis is the Houston Design community’s best kept secret. Janie has created beautiful decorative finishes for award winning interior designers, decorators, builders and architects for the past 20 years. Janie has a BA in Art and a Master’s Degree in Interior Design. She has honed her talents with training here in the United States, as well as Europe. Known for her innovative concepts, traditional and contemporary application of finishes, she is most proud of the continuing satisfaction of her clients. Janie’s work has been showcased on Television, Books, National Magazines and American Society of Interior Designers show houses.

• A professional member of ASID 
• Industry Partner of ASID
• Certified Artisan
• Certified Faux Consultant
•  Invited Participant of International Salon of Decorative Painters, a by-invitation-only gathering of international artisans
• Recurring Judge for Fauxcademy Awards
•  Member of the Board of Directors of Professional Decorative Painters Association
• Distinguished Speaker Nationally for American Society of Interior Designers

Janie is founder and President of Anything But Plain Studios, as well as, the cornerstone of the teaching staff of her national renown faux finishing school, Anything But Plain, School of Decorative Finishes