Betsy Burton This is Me

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1. 1. IFMA Central Ohio

   www.ifmacentralohio.org/newsle - [Cached]

   Published on: 2/1/2005   Last Visited: 6/13/2008

   Betsy Burton - Accent Draperies
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   Betsy Burton - Accent Draperies
   
   Betsy Burton, sales representative and interior designer for Accent Draperies, central Ohio's custom drapery specialist since 1967, brings to her profession a varied background in the creative arts that enables her to offer clients a wide range of services.
   
   Burton, a two-year member of the Central Ohio IFMA Chapter, joined Columbus-based Accent Draperies in 2003 when offered a position by Glenn Hamilton, one of the company's founders.
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   Burton is one of six sales representatives for Accent Draperies that designs, fabricates, and installs window treatments for settings varying from the tailored richness of the executive suite to the practical durability of a hospital room.
   
   Over the years, Accent Draperies has completed thousands of commercial jobs throughout the country, ranging from office buildings, restaurants, and banks to health care facilities and retirement homes.
   
   Current major clients include Invacare Continuing Care Group of St. Louis, a company that offers turnkey services nationwide to the long-term care market and is currently extremely active in Florida; JMM Architects, which specializes in long-term healthcare facilities throughout the mid-west; Fairfield Medical Center in Lancaster, Huntington National Bank, and The Ohio State University.
   
   Before joining the company, Burton wore several hats at the same time.She operated her own business, Creative Design Consulting, for 19 years, and was a client of Accent Draperies.For eight years during this time, Burton was also an independent art contractor, drawing from the resources of companies in Washington, Wisconsin, and Ohio.
   
   And, for five years Burton owned and operated a third venture, Vestments, where she designed and created specialty items such as vests, purses, and pillows from an extensive collection of vintage fabrics, and buttons she obtained through stores, antique shops, and other outlets.She closed this operation in 2000 because she found it "too time consuming" to continue.
   
   Accent's far-flung appeal keeps Burton on the go, traveling where needed to present the company's recommendations for window blinds and shades, draperies and valances as well as bedspreads and privacy drapes for the health care facilities.It is also on these trips where Burton's interior designer expertise occasionally comes into play.
   
   "I love my job," she says.
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   Burton, a native of Centerville, is a graduate of Miami University with a bachelor of science degree in interior design.It was to be either math or art for Burton, but she was persuaded to look at retailing "because I thought I could incorporate art into that."However, after one semester she switched her major to interior design.
   
   After graduation, Burton joined Lombards Furniture Galleries as an interior designer and sales associate.She moved from there to Continental Office Furniture and NBBJ, and Mock Woodworking of Zanesville, and Huntington National Bank were she gained additional experience as an interior designer, space planner, and in sales and marketing.
   
   Burton joined IFMA because she found "facility managers to be my ideal client.

2. 2. Builders Exchange of Central Ohio - Associate Members

   www.bx.org/AssociateMembers/me - [Cached]

   Published on: 2/22/2006   Last Visited: 3/1/2006

   Betsy Burton, Dave Chapman, Allyson Chestnut-Woods