diff --git a/ard/__init__.py b/ard/__init__.py
index 0f68643f..90a2fe64 100644
--- a/ard/__init__.py
+++ b/ard/__init__.py
@@ -8,3 +8,17 @@
 
 BASE_DIR = Path(__file__).absolute().parent
 ASSET_DIR = BASE_DIR / "api" / "default_systems"
+
+
+def get_house_style(use_tex=False, dark_background=True):
+    house_style_dir = BASE_DIR.parent / "assets" / "house_style"
+    ard_stylesheet = (
+        house_style_dir / f"stylesheet_ard{"" if use_tex else "_notex"}.mplstyle"
+    )
+    nrel_stylesheet = house_style_dir / f"stylesheet_nrel.mplstyle"
+    styles = []
+    if dark_background:
+        styles.append("dark_background")
+    styles.append(ard_stylesheet.as_uri())
+    styles.append(nrel_stylesheet.as_uri())
+    return styles
diff --git a/assets/house_style/stylesheet_ard.mplstyle b/assets/house_style/stylesheet_ard.mplstyle
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c415b71f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/assets/house_style/stylesheet_ard.mplstyle
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+
+text.usetex: True
+font.family: ['serif']
+text.latex.preamble: "\usepackage{amsfonts} \usepackage{physics}"
+axes.spines.bottom: False
+axes.spines.left: False
+axes.spines.right: False
+axes.spines.top: False
diff --git a/assets/house_style/stylesheet_ard_notex.mplstyle b/assets/house_style/stylesheet_ard_notex.mplstyle
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..333b7453
--- /dev/null
+++ b/assets/house_style/stylesheet_ard_notex.mplstyle
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+
+text.usetex: False
+text.latex.preamble: "\usepackage{amsfonts} \usepackage{physics}"
+axes.spines.bottom: False
+axes.spines.left: False
+axes.spines.right: False
+axes.spines.top: False
diff --git a/assets/house_style/stylesheet_nrel.mplstyle b/assets/house_style/stylesheet_nrel.mplstyle
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9546f3ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/assets/house_style/stylesheet_nrel.mplstyle
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+
+axes.prop_cycle: cycler('color', ["#0079C2", "#F7A11A", "#5D9732", "#933C06", "#5E6A71", "#5DD2FF", "#FFD200", "#C1EE86", "#FE6523", "#DEE2E5", "#0B5E90", "#A16911", "#3D6321", "#6F2D01", "#4B545A", "#00A4E4", "#FFC423", "#8CC63F", "#D9531E", "#D1D5D8"])