Greetings! I'm Jeff Altom, the designer and owner of Artisan Home Design.
Homes and design have been my passion since childhood, with my early school projects involving houses made from clay and passive solar science experiments. I was fortunate to be able to watch and learn from my dad as he worked on a long list of remodeling projects for the family, teaching me his love of creating things and the importance of doing things right the first time.
So while my career path led me to engineering and a successful career in technology, I also spent much of that time helping clients and friends design new homes and redesign existing spaces on a part-time basis. After the sale of my first tech company in 2002, I was blessed to be able to switch careers and pursue my passion full-time, starting a design/build firm in Wisconsin. Over the next 10 years we completed more than 65 new home builds and remodeling projects, working with great clients and refining my process for design, budgeting and planning.
Things were going well until 2009 when the Great Recession made life really difficult for my company and thousands of other small builders across the country. While we survived the downturn and stayed busy, I made the difficult decision to close the business in 2012. So back I went to the tech field to help rebuild a small IT company and create different solutions for those clients ... while continuing to design homes on the side.
Having recently transitioned that company to new owners, I've once again been blessed to be able to focus on home design on a full-time basis. Which brings me back full circle to pursue my passion for helping clients create homes that work for their families and enhance their lives!
When I'm not drawing house plans or helping clients plan for improving their home, you'll find me working on my house, playing with our grandkids, or hiking around the Blue Ridge Mountains with my wife Stephanie from our home base in Roanoke, Virginia.
I look forward to getting to know you to see how I can help!
