Seamless Style: Blending Technology with Interior Design
Enjoying Your Best Life with Hidden Technology
With the incredible advancements in home entertainment and automation, our homes have become technologically advanced masterpieces of light, sound, and vision. But how does that affect the aesthetics? Can we have both modern minimalist design and smart home technology, or are they mutually exclusive?
You’ll be happy to know you can have both in your Memorial, TX, home.
Today’s hidden technology allows you to enjoy all the benefits of smart home living without the clutter typically associated with it. Even home entertainment, with today’s large, vibrant displays and high-fidelity speakers, can fade into the background when not in use.
Technology no longer disrupts the aesthetic beauty of your home. Instead, it blends in seamlessly, working in the background to manage your property effortlessly and provide unrivaled audio-video integration.
Here, we’ll explore some of the best approaches to hidden technology.
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Redefining Light
While artistic light fixtures that create a focal point are still in vogue, another type of lighting is gaining traction. This light illuminates your home from a hidden source, creating soft, diffused light that adds ambiance and a touch of mystery.
LED linear fixtures and strip lights are used in coves, under cabinets, as toe-kick lighting, and under stairs. Sleek, elegant keypads blend seamlessly into your home’s design, allowing you to press a button to adjust the lighting for various activities. Customizable color temperatures turn light into every hue imaginable.
Another trending technology is 2-inch aperture recessed lights. Aligned with the quiet ceiling, a minimalist design focused on clean lines and compact, high-performance lights, it provides a sleek look, as well as task, accent, and ambient lighting.
Whole-Home Audio
Do you remember when a home’s audio system was in one room? Then came Bluetooth speakers, and we began carrying our music with us.
Today, whole-home audio systems deliver high-fidelity music to every room, including outdoor spaces. This sound comes from in-wall and in-ceiling speakers, so it’s not cluttering up your space.
Some look like recessed lights. Others are covered by grilles and painted to match the surrounding color or finished in the same material that surrounds them. Some disappear entirely into a wall.
Outdoor satellite speakers blend into the landscape, barely seen but beautifully heard.
The result is stunning, lifelike audio, whether watching a movie or streaming Andrea Bocelli throughout your home and into the outdoor spaces.
Hidden & Camouflaged Displays
One of the most obtrusive technologies to a home’s aesthetics are large TV displays. While delivering brilliant, vibrant images, the large black screens are anything but designer-friendly.
Today’s technology offers numerous options for hiding these mega-entertainment devices. A motorized lift can hide your televisions in the ceiling, walls, or custom furniture. They can also hide behind paintings and panels. Video manufacturers have also developed incredible technology that transforms screens into works of art or mirrors.
When you’re ready to watch the big game or settle in for Friday movie nights, one press of a button brings your TV out and turns it on.
At Relative Home Systems, we help homeowners maximize the enjoyment of their properties by merging unseen technology into their homes' designs. This allows for elegant, functional environments that elevate everyday living.
To learn more about hidden technology or to schedule a complimentary consultation, contact Relative Home Systems today.
