Does it feel like the day ends just after it begins? Is ‘busy’ your default mode? A smart home can’t run errands or attend appointments for you. But it can simplify certain aspects of your home and help you save some time.
If you’d like a little help around the house, see how these smart home solutions can provide simplicity in Westfield, IN.
Treating our homes as a space to rejuvenate and heal from the effects of a sometimes-stressful world has long been a part of our human makeup. From creating outdoor retreats to reconnect with nature to designing rooms for yoga and quiet meditation , we’ve explored different approaches to finding balance and renewing our vitality.
Today, the growing trend is using smart home automation to enhance wellness and create a healthier home. Let’s explore a few of the possibilities and how technology is helping homeowners in Zionsville, IN, live more balanced lives.
As evident in the many pictures in Architectural Digest, lighting design plays a big part in a home's ultimate aesthetics. Leaf through the magazine, and you'll see picture after picture of sunlight streaming through partially open windows, interior lights illuminating fine works of art, and well-positioned light creating a specific mood.
As Louis Kahn, one of the greatest 20th-century architects, said, “A room is not a room without natural light.” Let’s follow that quote up with the famous New York interior decorator Bill Baldwin’s statement, “Be faithful to your own taste, because nothing you really like is ever out of style.”
As lighting design and home automation experts serving Fishers, IN, we hold both of those beliefs. If used correctly, natural light can make an “okay” home extraordinary, and an essential part of the design process is the collaboration between the client and the designer. Ultimately, your vision inspires our design, and our design and experience in the latest technology add to your vision.
Let’s explore the possibilities.
What is whole home automation? It’s where connected home functions like lighting, climate control, security, cameras, and entertainment systems all work together seamlessly to make daily life easier and more luxurious. Home automation solutions are designed to improve the day-to-day life of your home, making tasks much simpler and easier to perform – often without any effort from you. Explore below how whole-home automation can elevate your lifestyle in Indianapolis, IN.
Your home is a unique expression of your personality, preferences, and lifestyle. In fact, it’s the one place where personalization is truly personified! Control4 is a smart home automation system that fully caters to your needs and desires. It’s not only a powerful platform that offers seamless control of all the smart technologies in your home, but it gives you the flexibility to customize virtually everything.
The Premier Group is a Control4 dealer that specializes in designing and setting up complete smart home systems for homeowners throughout Westfield, IN. Keep reading to discover how Control4 adds technological customization to your smart home.
The white light from outdoor security lamps blazes across your bedroom. You can make out the shapes of every piece of furniture in the room. Somehow, the Zionsville night seems to be conspiring to keep you awake. No matter what you do, your brain won’t stop racing -- and you certainly won’t get any sleep tonight.
We've all been there. Even though it's the middle of the night, we can't relax our minds. There are plenty of reasons you might not be able to sleep, but among the most common are ambient and artificial light. According to Sleep.org, “Artificial light disrupts the body's circadian rhythm—the body’s 24-hour sleep/wake cycle... [It’s] associated with sleep disorders like insomnia” that can ruin a good night’s rest.
Of course, dealing with ambient light from your windows is easy with automatic, motorized shades from Screen Innovations. Integrated shades block the light that seeps in from the corner of your windows so that you can enjoy a more restful night's sleep.
Ready to find out how smart window treatments help you rest so that you can do more during the day? Keep reading for more.
Integrated technology doesn’t just simplify your lifestyle. It’s a useful addition to your household in many ways. It’s convenient and easy to use, and the technology blends with your interior design, like motorized shades. Screen Innovations delivers beautiful looking shading solutions that improve security and energy management. And when you combine them with Crestron control, you can get even more out of them. Learn what it’s like to live with motorized shades in your Zionsville, IN home. Want to learn more? Keep reading.
The last three months of the year have the Holiday heavy hitters- Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. Whether you love dressing up in a scary costume, enjoying a football game before a turkey dinner, or decorating the house for Christmas or Hanukah, there are so many fun activities to participate in this time of year. When you have smart home automation, organizing and enjoying special occasions can be so much easier. We have some tips for you as you prepare for the holidays in your Zionsville, Indiana home.
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Whether you’re a real estate agent trying to sell homes, a builder creating new residences, or a couple trying to sell their property it’s always a good idea to consider different ways to attract home buyers. In the past, smart home automation was only enjoyed by a select few. However, builders and real estate companies are starting to realize the advantages of upgrading homes with automation in order to sell properties fast for top dollar. In this blog, we highlight the main features of a smart home that will help you sell an Indianapolis-area residence quicker and easier.
1. Lighting Control
A well-lit home will appear brighter and more inviting. Not only will a professional lighting installation ensure that the house is well-lit (no uneven spaces or dark corners), but it will also make it easy for the homeowner to manage their lighting while at home or away. Using a mobile device, remote, or touch screen, homeowners can set the lights to come on during a certain day, turn them all on or off by pressing one button and dim the lights to varying levels of brightness. It’s convenient, it can help keep energy bills low, and it’s great for highlighting a home’s décor.
Motorized shades are often thought of as a luxury item. However, when compared to traditional window treatments, there are quite a number of compelling reasons why you should consider them for your home. They are offered in endless colors, patterns, and fabrics for both decorative and blackout shades. They can also be installed in a number of different ways depending on the end look that you are trying to achieve. Motorized shades can be hardwired for new construction, or retrofitted wirelessly into your existing home. The icing on the cake is that they can be automated to match your lifestyle and the time of day, whether you’re home or away. Beyond style and convenience, here are three key benefits to installing motorized shades.
Since 2003, Control4 has been bringing smart home controls to families across the country. Their systems are affordable, easy to use, and diverse—meeting a variety of needs at home. They recently upgraded their systems and developed new features to improve the performance of their products.
If you already have a Control4 system in your Carmel, Indiana-area home and want to know what’s new, or are interested in installing smart home automation for the first time, this blog will be a fantastic resource for you.
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The Premier Group specializes in media room programming, and Control4’s video system is a fantastic solution to transform your home. Ultra-High Definition 4K technology is revolutionizing the entertainment world. To keep up with this growing movement, Control4 offers an all-new line of 4K Ultra HD multi-room video solutions with new audio and video matrix switches. It delivers four-times the picture resolution of 1080p displays, and shows vivid colors unlike any you have ever seen. With the brand new LU1082 4K AV switch, you can easily and quickly distribute content to any room in your home from 10 different sources, such as: satellite/cable boxes, Blue-Ray, gaming devices, and streaming services. Since the sources, like your cable box, are all kept in one place, you’ll have a clean and simple installation with no clutter. Control4 also gives you options for modes of control, including a smartphone or tablet, a handheld remote, or a touch screen installed in the wall. With these 4K solutions, you’ll be ready for whatever the future has to offer in entertainment.
Intercoms have evolved a lot over the years. They used to only have audio capabilities, and even then the sound was grainy and unclear. Today, you can communicate with everyone in the house, not only with audio, but video as well. Check on your sleeping baby using HD cameras and Hi-Fi audio. You could also screen visitors at your front door by bringing up the front camera to see who it is, and then let them in. Additionally, you can be selective about where you want the audio and video intercom capabilities, and when you can access them. Put only audio in the bathrooms, and video in the kitchen. Restrict intercom usage to certain times of the day with the “Do not disturb” function. With Control4, your video intercom experience is under your complete control.
