Finishing Effects

A «Jill of all skills» in interior planning, design, and products there is no project too big or too small for Finishing Effects owner Linda Martel to work her magic. Since we first met Linda a dozen years ago when she was on staff with a well respected Bend interior design studio, she’s advised us on interior design from finishing materials for a custom home, to furniture purchases to upholstery to space planning to color schemes.
The end result through her advice is that we avoid expensive mistakes and through her work the outcome is so much more «like us» than if we’d tried to accomplish it ourselves. Linda helps us make our house our home.
Linda is probably best known for remarkable gifts in color coordination and one of her special talents, that is in speciality paint effects. Over the years in our homes, she has painted everything from furniture, to accessories, to lamps to mirror and picture frames, giving them «new life» and a perfect fit while extending our budget by allowing us to reuse things rather than replace them.
Linda is also is particularly talented at fabric selection and does a remarkable job to coordinate multiple pieces — particularly useful for those of us, like me, who struggle with «seeing» one fabric in place, let alone several.
Linda is great at working with all budget levels; including clients with low budget projects, like us, but has had extensive experience at high budget «big wow» projects too. Sometimes interior design professionals aren’t as comfortable in one venue or the other, but Linda is equally at home in either.
The icing on the cake is that Linda is just so darned delightful to work with; an engaging personality and totally without pretense. She has even managed to charm my hubby over the years. He started out with «we don’t need no stinking designer» a dozen years ago to wanting Linda’s help on projects — little ones and bigger ones. She has earned the trust of both of us over the years not just for her creative talent but for the integrity with which she conducts business and the efficiency with which she works.
We highly recommend Linda and the services she provides.