House Arte offers full design services, including Custom Home Design, Kitchen and Bath Design, Remodels and Additions, 3D Perspectives, Renderings House Portraits, Space Planning, Color Studies, Murals, and Feng Shui Consultations. We are pleased to serve Sacramento, CA area and surrounding counties; and Jefferson City and Osage Beach Missouri and surrounding counties.
Vivian earned her B.A. in interior design at Brigham Young University in 1983, then moved back to the Sacramento area, where she had grown up. She went on to illustrate most of the homes built in the area for the next 20 years. During this time, architects and building designers started coming to her with their design challenges and she would always find a way to help solve them.
Vivian earned her B.A. in interior design at Brigham Young University in 1983, then moved back to the Sacramento area, where she had grown up. She went on to illustrate most of the homes built in the area for the next 20 years. During this time, architects and building designers started coming to her with their design challenges and she would always find a way to help solve them.
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Vivian Szczepankowski is a creative designer who has an intuitive understanding of her clients' needs. She blends styles, practices Asian art of Feng Shui, and designs perfect solutions for clients' projects. Kevin Szczepankowski ensures smooth coordination of the home design, drafting, HOA and planning requirements for clients.
Imagine living in a home that is beautiful, relaxed, warm and inviting, that flows well and is great for entertaining, a home that supports all those who live within its walls. This is a home which delights from both within and without. Not only is this home appealing to the senses, it is also energy-efficient and easy to maintain, utilizing natural materials and energy sources and meshing well with its environment.
Many Californians have an image of how they would like their home to appear but need a way to bring their ideas to life. That's where we can help. Established in 2003, House Arte has the experience and technical knowledge to make your dream home come true with our custom design process. The custom design process is as easy as One, Two, Three.
Architectural design is the process of creating a structure that takes into consideration the elements, the space, the flow, and the functionality of the project.
For example, if one was to build a house, an architectural designer would create a house that includes what the house is for, the amount of space available, what elements exist, and how these factors can meld together to achieve a coherent, safe, and aesthetically pleasing structure that serves its intended purpose.It is a mouthful to be sure.
For example, if one was to build a house, an architectural designer would create a house that includes what the house is for, the amount of space available, what elements exist, and how these factors can meld together to achieve a coherent, safe, and aesthetically pleasing structure that serves its intended purpose.It is a mouthful to be sure.
Custom timber frame barn homes are becoming more and more popular as people embrace the beauty and simplicity of such structures. Timber frame barn homes are a designer's dream come true: they are relatively cost-effective to build, they are versatile, and they are more environmentally friendly to build.
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Kathy L.
Jun 26, 2021
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We are in the process of remodeling our home as well as adding an ADU. Vivian and Kevin have been super patient with us in our design plans and helping us get them onto paper! We are looking forward to the rest of the engineering process to take place! We thank them foe all of their hard work and professionalism.
Alex L.
Feb 03, 2021
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House Arte is a talented husband and wife team with vision. We hired them as part of a kitchen/living room remodel a couple years back and were blown away by how they creatively rearranged our layout so that we could have more space and better utilize our home.
They were the picture of professionalism from start to finish. Vivian came in and started going through ideas right away. No one has spent more time in our house than us, so we thought for sure e had the best idea of what might work best when renovating our space. In no time, she had come up with a couple layouts that were far better!
They were the picture of professionalism from start to finish. Vivian came in and started going through ideas right away. No one has spent more time in our house than us, so we thought for sure e had the best idea of what might work best when renovating our space. In no time, she had come up with a couple layouts that were far better!
Megan
Nov 05, 2020
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We worked with Vivian and Kevin when we did a major home renovation a few years ago.
We had an idea of how we wanted to transform our ugly duckling fixer upper, a general rendering of how we wanted it to look, and some "wish list" pictures from Pinterest when we initially met with them to discuss our project. To our surprise, they came back to us in probably less than 2 weeks with a design that perfectly captured our vision.
We couldn't be more happy with how our house went from literally the ugliest on the block to the one of the most beautiful.
I would highly recommend Vivian and Kevin.
We had an idea of how we wanted to transform our ugly duckling fixer upper, a general rendering of how we wanted it to look, and some "wish list" pictures from Pinterest when we initially met with them to discuss our project. To our surprise, they came back to us in probably less than 2 weeks with a design that perfectly captured our vision.
We couldn't be more happy with how our house went from literally the ugliest on the block to the one of the most beautiful.
I would highly recommend Vivian and Kevin.
Megan B.
Aug 05, 2020
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We worked with Vivian and Kevin when we did a major home renovation a few years ago.
We had an idea of how we wanted to transform our ugly duckling fixer upper, a general rendering of how we wanted it to look, and some "wish list" pictures from Pinterest when we initially met with them to discuss our project. To our surprise, they came back to us in probably less than 2 weeks with a design that perfectly captured our vision.
We couldn't be more happy with how our house went from literally the ugliest on the block to the one of the most beautiful.
I would highly recommend
We had an idea of how we wanted to transform our ugly duckling fixer upper, a general rendering of how we wanted it to look, and some "wish list" pictures from Pinterest when we initially met with them to discuss our project. To our surprise, they came back to us in probably less than 2 weeks with a design that perfectly captured our vision.
We couldn't be more happy with how our house went from literally the ugliest on the block to the one of the most beautiful.
I would highly recommend
Leah Brown
Oct 10, 2018
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We used House Arte for a major remodel of our kitchen, living, dining rooms, mud room, bathroom. We had a phenomenal experience with Vivian & Kevin. They were the perfect team & we were 100% happy with the design (and still are now that we're 'living it'!). They were collaborative, responsive, pleasant to work with and had great ideas. The computer program that Vivian uses allowed us to 'see' the design, which was incredibly helpful. I'd definitely recommend them.
Lisa Thorpe
Sep 02, 2018
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We had a wonderful experience with Vivian & Kevin! We were referred to Vivian by a home builder because we needed someone who could do a 3D modeling of a home plan we'd done with another architect. She modeled the existing plan and once we saw what it would look like, we realized the 1st architect's plan was not what we had in mind. We hired Vivian to redesign our home. She listened to how we wanted the home to feel and to function. Then she went to work on bringing it to life. What she came back with was so much better than what the 1st architect had designed. It felt warm and inviting and functioned
Kristy S.
Aug 17, 2018
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Anthony Do
May 28, 2018
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I have been working with Kevin and Vivian since 2015 on a house redesign. They provided many great designs for the project. They have been such a great help with all the issues we have had with the city and permitting. The project has had some bumps but Kevin and Vivian keep open communications and answer any questions or concerns I had. I recommend their services to anyone for design projects big or small.
Darcie Sanders
Aug 29, 2016
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Working with Vivian and Kevin was such a pleasure. They understood all our concerns and needs and ultimately delivered beautiful designs with ingenious solutions to the current issues with our home. The designs are above and beyond our expectations. I would recommend them to anyone needing to make changes to their home. They won't disappoint!
