We have officially crossed the unofficial first weekend of summer. Are you ready to enjoy all this season offers? Is your outdoor space ready for al fresco dining and sitting by the fire with friends and family under a starry sky? 

At Wipliance, we create homes and outdoor spaces designed for enjoyment and ease of living. One of the features that genuinely makes a difference in outdoor entertainment is today's landscape speaker system. 

Check out this video of an outdoor speaker installation we completed on Mercer Island, then dream of the possibilities at your Seattle, WA home. Let's explore what the latest audio offers and how it can bring friends and family together in the great outdoors. 

Automating your lights to follow a schedule is handy, but a schedule can’t predict what’s really going on at home. If it’s a stormy, cloudy day (a common occurrence here in Medina, WA), your Lutron lighting system won’t know that it should open the drapes and turn on the LEDs to get some light. Likewise, if it’s starting to get darker earlier each day of fall, a schedule won’t be able to account for the changing night sky. 

That’s where sensors come in handy. Lutron’s occupancy and daylight sensors are essential to a complete smart lighting experience. Learn how they work and can enhance a Lutron lighting system below. 

Adding a home automation system does wonders to turn an ordinary house into a luxurious home full of amazing “smart” experiences. You can completely modify your surroundings to create a lifestyle that satisfies your family’s unique needs by simply pressing a button or saying a voice command. 

Want to see how smart technology elevates your living experience? Wipliance is your trusted home automation company! Keep reading our blog to learn more about the high-tech solutions we can integrate into your home.

The great Pacific Northwest is one of the most beautiful places in America and is blessed with mild weather, but it has its colder seasons, too. When the summer sun fades, and late fall turns into winter, grayer and wetter weather prevails.

In the colder season, the damp Seattle weather may seem chillier than it actually is. But with smart climate management with a Control4 home automation system, your home can stay comfortable until the warm rays of the spring sun return – and after that too. Keep reading to learn more.

Smart lighting control is widely celebrated as a convenient and energy-efficient home technology solution. It allows homeowners to personalize their spaces with the perfect light for any task or mood using simple one-tap controls and automation. So, how might that look in a real day of your life?

While there are virtually endless ways to use a whole-home lighting control system to simplify and enhance your unique lifestyle, let’s walk through a few inspiring examples so you can imagine what it might be like to live with intelligent lighting control and automation in your Fountain Hills, AZ home.

Got an itch for a home improvement project? You can’t go wrong with a custom home theater. It’s a fun addition for the whole family! Experience the immersive thrill of the movies, get lost in a virtual gaming world, or recreate the energy of a sports stadium—all without leaving home.

Getting started on your dream movie room is simple: Just contact Wipliance! As an experienced home theater company and home technology integrator, we specialize in providing entertainment solutions that are easy to use, reliable to own, and offer best-in-class performance.

Read more to learn what our home theater company can do for you, and get inspired for your own project in Sammamish, WA by watching the video below that highlights an epic home theater makeover we recently did for a Seattle customer.

One of the smart home features our client request – and love – most is lighting control. When you equip your Redmond, WA property with a whole-home lighting control system, you’ll have an incredible tool for managing illumination in your home, inside and out.

But there’s more to lighting control than just the lights. With elegant Lutron programmable keypads, you can do more than turn lights on and off and dim them. Much more – read more below to see how lighting control keypads let you manage the rest of your smart home. 

Ever since office workers got a taste of remote work during the pandemic, more people than ever are hesitant to return to the office. People like the convenience of working from home or at local coffee shops, and to return to the office, the environment has to be worth it.  

That’s why more business owners are rethinking their workplace design to make it more hybrid-friendly and welcoming for full-time work. As workplace design consultants, we help businesses create a space that fosters creativity, innovation, and employee well-being. 

You may be wondering: what is a workplace design consultant? What do they do? In this article, we'll explore the valuable role of workplace design consultants and how we can help transform your Seattle, WA, workplace into a thriving hub of productivity and satisfaction.

If you’re building or renovating your home and are interested in features like smart lighting or security, you may have been advised to work with a home automation contractor. But what exactly does a home automation contractor do? 

Home automation is a relatively new industry that’s only expanding as solutions like multi-room audio and lighting control grow in demand. A home automation company has experience installing and integrating technologies into a centralized control system that simplifies everyday life. 

If it’s your first time delving into smart home technology, here’s what you can expect when you partner with a home automation contractor like our team at Wipliance in Kirkland, WA.

Based in France, Focal has been known for audio innovation and its dedication to acoustics since its beginnings in 1979. They design, manufacture, and assemble almost all of their products at their Saint-Etienne factory. Because of their attention to detail and dedication, they’ve created what many consider one of the best high-fidelity loudspeakers in the world—the Grande Utopia. 

In 2021, Focal came out with their new 1000 Series—a customized audio solution for home theaters and hi-fi setups that takes audio to a whole new level, producing an unrivaled level of performance. As a home audio specialist, Wipliance is excited to share what this means for home theater and hi-fi enthusiasts in Seattle, WA.

In the age of wireless technology, why are we talking about prewiring for a smart home? Can’t all smart home devices connect wirelessly to the network? Well, it’s a little more complicated than that.

A smart home automation system featuring integrated solutions like lighting and shading, multi-room audio, and home security requires a strong foundation to work reliably and scale easily within an expansive property. Additionally, wiring for smart home technology before the walls go up mitigates expensive and intrusive installations for technology later.

If you’re an architect planning a smart home in Seattle, WA, the Wipliance team can help you integrate value-added technology solutions within your preliminary design. Keep reading to learn how a wired foundation can underpin the key solutions in your next smart home project.

When someone sees the sleek and sophisticatedLutron Palladiom shading system, they instantly love it. Palladiom motorized shades by Lutron are designed for elegantly exposed applications, feature smooth, whisper-quiet performance, and look beautiful from every angle.

But bringing Palladiom shades to your Seattle, WA home requires a lot of planning. Unlike electric window treatments that you can buy online and install yourself, Palladiom shades are hardwired and can only be installed by an authorized Lutron dealer. If you’re interested in the Palladiom shading system, below are a few key things to know about this solution before planning your project.

So you are looking to add smart technology and automation to your Medina, WA, home. In an enclave full of successful technology entrepreneurs and executives, there’s no lack of technological savvy. However, that alone does not ensure a successful smart home project. The Bellevue-Seattle area has no shortage of smart home consultants and solutions; how do you choose the right one for your project? Keep reading below for four key considerations. 

If you’re building a home theater in your Scottsdale or Seattle-area house, one of the first questions you might have is whether you want to feature a TV or a projector-screen combination.

Technology advances have blurred the lines between the two solutions, making it more difficult than ever to decide which one is best for home theater systems. Because both solutions offer large, stunning picture at similar costs, the decision likely comes down to the environment in which your display will live and how you plan to use that room in your home.

For a helpful nudge in the right direction, read our tips below for when to consider each solution. Plus, get a sneak peek into one of our home theater makeovers where we upgraded a couple’s audio/video system from a moderate TV display to a cutting-edge projector-screen setup.

When it comes to outdoor speaker manufacturers, we love Origin Acoustics  for their unwavering commitment to quality and love of great sound.Their outdoor speakers are specially designed to withstand the elements while delivering the perfect musical ambiance for spaces large and small.

With warm weather on the way, now is an excellent time to prepare your backyard for those anticipated activities under the sun and stars. And what’s a better addition to outdoor events than music? Get ready to rock out or relax at the first sign of spring with a backyard sound system from Origin Acoustics.

Explore Origin Acoustics’ four outdoor speaker collections below and learn how the audio specialists at Wipliance can help bring your dream backyard sound system to life in Kirkland, WA.