For any audio-video enthusiast, a home theater or media room isn’t just an area that houses electronic equipment – it’s a sanctuary. It’s where you become immersed in film, celebrate big game wins, laugh and cry with your favorite TV characters, and create memories with friends and family.

Such a cherished environment requires specialized AV furniture that maximizes the life and performance of your gear, keeps you comfortable, and highlights your home theater design. Below, learn three reasons why AV furniture is a worthwhile investment and how our team can help you select the best options for your Bellevue, WA-area home.

Motorized shades are a coveted solution for homes of all sizes and styles. By choosing powered shading solutions, homeowners can effortlessly master natural light with one-tap controls or automated schedules while improving privacy, security, and home décor.

If you want to go from manual to motorized, battery-powered shades are faster and more budget-friendly to install in an existing home than hardwired solutions, which require opening walls to run wire. But that’s where the benefits of battery-powered shades end. Ultimately, hardwired solutions offer more advantages related to style, performance, convenience, and sustainability.

To get the most out of your motorized shades, it’s best to plan for this smart home solution during new construction so that running wire can be pre-planned and more efficient. Keep reading to learn more about the advantages of hardwired custom window treatments for your Scottsdale, AZ home.

We live for summer in Washington and the Pacific Northwest. It’s the time of year when the sun is a reliable partner for outdoor activities, from boating on Lake Sammamish to relaxing in our backyard patios and pools. It’s also the time many people plan outdoor living upgrades to update patios, install hot tubs, and add other outside amenities.

If you’re planning an outdoor project right now for your Issaquah home, it’s the perfect time to add a piece that makes every activity more fun – a backyard sound system. Whether it’s an update to something that’s already there or a complete outdoor makeover, here are four popular outdoor amenities made better with an outdoor audio system.

Integrating home automation into your Redmond, WA home is not an easy task. While there’s no shortage of DIY smart devices and systems, making them all work together might seem daunting when you get beyond the simple things. If you’re a Microsoft or Google engineer, perhaps you enjoy dabbling in home automation for the fun and technical challenge. But even the most tech-savvy homeowners discover that doing serious home automation projects demand significant time and attention to detail. For most people, debugging things that don’t work consistently or quite right or is not how they want to spend their time. That’s the value you get from engaging a professional home automation company for your project.

How do you evaluate a home automation professional? To an extent, you will perform due diligence as you would with many other service providers, looking at verifiable reviews and getting recommendations from trusted people. But there are a few specific questions you can ask to get a better sense of what company will be the right smart home partner for your project. Let’s look at them in more depth below.

Home theaters and media rooms have been around for a long time, and the technologies powering them have seen significant change. Video, audio, and control technologies have made significant improvements, and sometimes we forget how far they have come.

The home theater of a dozen years ago might be equipped with a Blu-ray player as a primary source of high-quality movie content. Today, while many still use this, it’s more popular to stream video in excellent quality from Netflix, Amazon Video, Vudu, and a host of other online services. In audio, surround sound was just beginning to go beyond the standard 5.1 surround setup with a front stage and two surround speakers. And with video, high definition 1080P was the standard resolution, just entering its growth phase as people replaced older standard definition TVs and projectors.

Fast forward to today, and we now have not only 4K but 8K resolution available, immersive Dolby Atmos audio, and supremely intuitive control systems. Let’s explore how you can update your media or home theater design in your Scottsdale, AZ, home to elevate your entertainment experience.

Motorized shades are an extremely popular option for smart homes in the Phoenix area, especially because they make it ultra-convenient to tame the Arizona desert sun. You might think that shades are the only option for powered solutions, but you’ll be pleasantly surprised to learn there are many more options for motorized custom window treatments.

Lutron is a world leader in lighting control solutions. An integral part of those solutions is about managing natural light, and they offer an incredible variety of window treatments to fit the décor and architecture of just about any home. Read on below to explore eight of Lutron’s custom window treatment styles.

One of the greatest complements to life is music. It entertains us while we work and sets the mood for parties and holidays. It aids in relaxation, helps us concentrate, and lifts our spirits. Such a powerful tool shouldn’t be confined to a single room. Break the boundaries with whole-home audio!

A whole-home audio system lets you enjoy music anywhere and everywhere in your Scottsdale, AZ home. Beyond the luxury of whole-home listening, a professionally installed system like Control4 offers simple control of music sources and room locations without the clutter of unsightly audio gear—a big perk for homeowners who put great care into their interior design. Learn how below!