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Vivian has an Artistic Eye
★★★★★
“Vivian helped us furnish and decorate our new home when we moved to Hilo. She viewed the property, then flew with us to Honolulu to shop for the perfect pieces that would reflect our love of comfort and entertainment. The concept art she sketched to illustrate her vision for the property made it easy to understand all the potential she saw in the rooms. Her artistic eye, impeccable style and ability to understand our aesthetic sense made the experience absolutely flow.”
- athenadreams
brilliant creativity
★★★★★
“Vivian’s brilliant creativity is evident in all her work from her sketches to her final drawings. In the years we have worked with her, she has always provided plans with distinctive style and in a timely fashion, always exceeding our clients’ expectations!”
- Conrad Sloan
exceeded my expectations
★★★★★
“I plan to do modest (about $50,000) renovations on my small (less than 600 square foot) house, and I consulted with Vivian for design ideas. I am very glad I did, since she was thoughtful and innovative. Of particular help were her detailed computer renderings, which allowed me to see (on a room-by-room and overall basis) what the whole-house remodel would look like. Her work greatly exceeded my expectations, and I recommend her without reservation.”
- Dorte Jensen
brilliant and intuitive designer
★★★★★
“Vivian Szczepankowski is a brilliant and intuitive designer whose home designs artistically realize the greatest hopes and aspirations of the individual lifestyles of her clients. Vivian's intuitively graceful approach to each project is built upon the strong practical foundation of her husband and business partner, Kevin. As a trained engineer, he makes sure that your dreams become a reality. And as a team they provide a successful project delivery system that optimizes the potential for your custom home to be built on time and on budget. If you are searching for the premiere residential design team in California, you have found it by choosing House Arte.”
- Paul Asaro
attention to detail was amazing
★★★★★
“We just completed a huge kitchen addition to our house. It is something that we have been dreaming about for 5 years. Vivian provided us with a design that wasn't at all what we had originally imagined but was so much better. Her attention to detail was amazing, adding features that we would have never thought of and that are now the highlights of the finished project.”
- Jeff Lyon
Couldn't have done it without her!
★★★★★
“Vivian helped design the floor plan of our new custom barn home. We couldn't have done it without her! We were struggling with just how everything would fit and still have a nice flow. She took our jumbled ideas and made a gorgeous floor plan. We are now able to move forward with our project and build our new dream home.”
- Lorie Blum
A true professional
★★★★★
“When designing a post and beam barn, or home we face challenges that are not common to standard stick framing. Vivian has met these challenges without a hitch and has helped us to design two of the most outstanding examples of post and beam homes that I have been a part of. I will encourage future customers to take advantage of her creativity and enthusiasm. As a professional in the industry, I appreciate her problem solving skills and attention to detail and I will look forward to working with her again.”
- Randy Rigdon- Sand Creek Post and Beam