Smart Lighting for Your Home

From smartphones to smart cars, it seems like everything is “smart” these days—did you know they’ve even created smart toilets and showers? So it’s no surprise that smart home lighting is becoming more and more popular as well. It makes home life more beautiful and convenient, and it offers an array of additional benefits and bonuses. At Windows, Walls & More here in West Bloomfield, we love helping people take their homes to the next level, including introducing them to things like smart lighting. Read on to learn about the benefits and to see if smart home lighting is for you.

Benefits of Smart Home Lighting

Obviously, traditional lighting systems are switch-based and usually require that you adjust individual lights individually. But with smart lighting, you can integrate with a whole-home system like Alexa to use voice commands or your smartphone to adjust your lights. And you can even create schedules for turning it on and off. On top of that, smart lighting systems can measure if the light in a room is excessive or if it should be turned on because the room is too dim. Plus, with smart lighting, you can reduce your energy costs by not wasting electricity and by using all LED bulbs. Additional benefits include:

• Safety. Many smart lighting systems can integrate with security systems to make it seem like someone is home when they’re not and to brighten those dark areas where burglars like to hide.
• Personalization. You can set your system to use different colors or brightnesses of light or even use themes for occasions like holidays or parties. In addition, the smart light system can adjust the color temperature of its output—for example, cold light is more suitable for morning while warm light is best for the evening.
• Entertainment bonuses. Some smart lighting systems can monitor your video signal, to gauge dominant colors playing on your TV and sync with those colors. For example, if the show features an explosion, the lights will sway toward yellows and oranges, to bathe your entertainment zone in the experience.

Natural Rhythms

Not too long ago, humans lived in nature, with the sunrise and sunset dictating when to eat, wake, and sleep. That circadian rhythm has diminished in our built world with electric lighting. But we can still tap in to the natural light of day through our windows, including with automated elements like window treatment operating systems such as PowerView® Automation from Hunter Douglas. With PowerView, you can program your window fashions to open and close at set times, including local sunrise and sunset times. If you’d like to see PowerView Automation in action, be sure to contact one of our representatives today!

Smart Home Lighting in West Bloomfield

Windows, Walls & More was established in 1977 and has become the leader in window treatments and window treatment motorization, as well as wallpaper, interior design and more. With a beautiful Hunter Douglas Gallery showroom in West Bloomfield, Windows, Walls & More serves West Bloomfield and the surrounding areas, including Franklin, Livonia, Birmingham, Farmington Hills, Bloomfield Hills, Commerce Township, Northville and Novi. Stop by our Hunter Douglas Gallery to see our many functional window covering displays. For more information, or to schedule your free in-store consultation, give us a call today at 248-661-3840.