Discover a Day in the Life with an Intuitive, AI-Smart Voice Assistant

Smart home automation has redefined how we live our everyday lives, and nothing is more profoundly affected than our home’s lighting. In place of light switches and beaded chains, you find beautiful keypads, high-resolution touchscreens, remotes, and mobile apps.

Is the sun’s glare affecting the TV screen? Press a button to lower one or every shade in your St. Louis, MO, home. Are you arriving home later than expected? Pull up the app and turn on the entryway and landscape lights before leaving work.

In 2016, Josh.ai was born, and managing your smart home became even easier. He’s intuitive, AI-smart, and understands voice commands that would leave other assistants scratching their heads if they had one. While Josh can manage your entire smart home, one of the many areas he excels in is controlling your lights. 

Let’s explore what a day in the life with Josh.ai at the helm looks like. 

Experience the Magic of Illumination at Your Fingertips

The appeal of living in a connected home goes beyond saving time by simply pressing a button whenever you want to turn a lamp on or off. With a lighting control system, homeowners in Chesterfield, MO, and beyond can add new layers of comfort, convenience, and instant ambiance. 

Keep reading this blog to discover three of our favorite smart scenes to incorporate into our clients’ homes that can instantly change the mood. All it takes is a tap of a button or swipe of your finger - learn more below!

Integrating Automated Window Treatments Enhances Wellbeing and Reduces Energy Costs 

The decor of your home matters and bare windows make a room feel sparse and unwelcoming: shades provide the finishing touch. Window treatments complete a space by adding elegance, imparting style, and providing a sense of ambiance. When integrated as part of a home automation ecosystem, they become a vital part of managing the comfort of your property. 

More than just fashion, smart window shades minimize energy costs, protect your assets and work in concert with your security system. In addition, shades are essential for implementing daylighting features, creating a more human-centric lighting environment.  

Are you intrigued by how automated shading systems can improve the look and the function of your Clayton, MO home? Continue reading below to find out more. 

Motorized shades are more than just home décor — they protect your valuables, insulate your home and enable better lighting control

One common misconception about motorized shades is that they’re just a luxury item — if you already have manual curtains or blinds, why bother with automated window treatments? But the truth is that motorized shades give you complete, effortless control over the lighting and sunlight in your home. They’re easier to use than manual shades and more energy-efficient too.

We can think of many reasons why window treatments are worth installing in your home, especially if you choose high-quality brands like Crestron and Hartmann & Forbes. Keep reading to learn some of our favorites. 

Create an Exhilarating Sensory Experience in the Comfort of Your Own Home

Is it time to upgrade your movie-watching experience? If your home theater consists of a few speakers, an old TV, and one overhead light, then you need to reimagine your space. Instead of simply watching a show, sporting event, or movie, get in on the action. With an updated home theater design, you’ll enjoy truly immersive entertainment.  

By installing cutting-edge surround speakers from JBL, 4K projectors or TVs, and custom lighting controls, you’ll turn your ordinary media room into the entertainment hub of your home. Whether you want a classic-looking theater or one that’s ultra-modern, you can trust Walbrandt Technologies to design one that fits your preferences. Read more to learn how a new home theater adds value to your home and luxury to your life.

Unlocking the Lighting Potential of Your Lawn with Premium Products by Coastal Source

Now that Spring has sprung, it’s time to enjoy the great outdoors again! And it can’t come soon enough. Even though staying indoors has its good points, it’s important to get outside for a while. Not only does the sun provide health benefits, but the sights and sounds of nature are refreshing and calming.

Landscape lighting products by Coastal Source allow you to extend your outdoor time as long as you want. Whether you enjoy outdoor entertainment with friends, special times with your family on the patio, or a private evening dip in the pool, you’ll appreciate the beauty that new landscaping lighting design brings. Discover how outdoor lights, along with the design and installation services from Walbrandt Technologies can improve your outdoor living.

Embrace Human-Centric Lighting to Optimize Your Time Spent Indoors 

Here’s a bright idea! Install smart lighting that thinks for you. With automated home lighting, you set it and forget it. Choose the scene, the time, the illumination, and even the colors, and your lights adjust automatically. When you have home lighting automation in your home, you experience a customized scene for every moment of the day. 

For a healthier lifestyle now that your family is spending more time inside, add the benefits of human-centric lighting to your space. Mimic the hues of sunlight throughout the day to regulate your physical and mental health.

Do you want softer tones in the evening or brighter lights to wake you up in the morning? Perhaps you want lights that gradually adjust their hues depending on the time of day. Smart home and automated lighting solutions from trusted companies like Savant and Creston offer endless options. Discover the many benefits of smart lighting by reading more.

SEE ALSO: 2 Reasons To Install Smart Lighting In Your Home Right Now

From helping you relax to keeping your spirits up during the coronavirus outbreak, lighting control systems offer many benefits to homeowners

You may not be fully aware of all the ways light affects your day-to-day life at home. We all need light to see, of course, but lighting also plays a key role in maintaining your mood, enhancing your interior design, and creating the right feel in a room. You ever notice how different a place feels with softer yellow light versus the harsher lighting you’d find in an office or classroom? That’s down to lighting.

All these reasons and more are precisely why you need smart lighting control in your home right now. That’s why we wanted to show you two reasons lighting control systems are a worthwhile investment for your Clayton, MO home, particularly in light of the coronavirus outbreak. Read on to learn more.

SEE ALSO: Save Money While Staying Cool & Comfortable with Motorized Shades

Crestron shades make a statement while making everyday life more convenient

While it’s not the most physically taxing of household chores, there’s no denying that having to raise or lower every window shade in your home individually is a boring, time-consuming process. Depending on the size of your house, you may have dozens of shades spread across multiple floors. And each shade is also a portal for light to enter and heat your home. This can be handy in cooler months, but in the summer, it means your A/C is working harder to cool your home.

What if there was a way to simplify the task of adjusting your shades that could simultaneously lower the cost of heating and cooling your home? There’s a smart technology feature that can do all that, and more: motorized shades. Today we’ll go through everything motorized shades can do to make your Ladue, MO home a more pleasant place to be.

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