My name is Lisa F. Worley. Over 25 years ago I started decorative painting with my mother, who has a decorative painting and interior design business in Atlanta. My passion for decorative painting and interior design grew and I decided to further my knowledge and training and start my own business, Southern Yankee Designs, LLC, formally known as Distinctive Finishes, Inc.
I studied the art of Decorative Painting, Murals and Trompe L’Oeil in Italy, Kentucky and Florida for several years with many well known and respected teachers and artists. I also went to collage for interior design. My passion for the art of design and decorative finishing drives me to continually search for and studying new products, tools and methods to keep my finishes on the cutting edge of new, high end and unique one-of-a-kind looks. You will find my work throughout the upstate in homes and businesses as well as places from Vermont, The Florida Keys and one of my favorite places, ITALY!
After a few years of training under my belt, I opened my first studio in Pendleton, South Carolina in 1998. I offered specialty tools and products for the DIY enthusiast. I was also a distributor of an amazing product line called, Aqua Finishing Solutions. I taught numerous classes on decorative painting and commissioned out my talents commercially and residentially. I offered several classes at Tri-County Tech as well. My studio remained in Pendleton for about 3 years before I moved to a new location on Main Street in Greenville. Southern Yankee Designs stayed in Greenville until 2005 and then moved to a studio located on my personal property in South Carolina to this day.
My work has been featured in Profiles (a faux finishing magazine), The Greenville News, The Anderson Independent as well as certain television shows such as; Paint! Paint! Paint!, The Peggy Denny Show and Your Carolina with Jack and Kimberly.
Southern Yankee Designs will soon offer live internet demos, DIY step by step instructional video downloads for faux finish techniques and step by step instruction PDF downloads.
Decorative painting is a passion of mine. I sincerely enjoy “Turning the ordinary into extraordinary”.
