There’s no doubt about it – a smart home automation system will completely change the way you interact with your Monmouth County, NJ home. There aren’t many better and all-in-one ways to add convenience, comfort, and luxury to your home this winter.

But as you learn more about what your smart home can do for you, you might also hear the phrases “smart home control” and “smart home automation”. But what do these terms mean exactly, and what do you need to know as a homeowner to make the best choices for you and your family?

In this blog, we’ll explore some of the unique features and solutions that you experience when you begin your professional smart home installation. Keep on reading below to find out more!

You already know that a multi-room audio system allows you to hear your favorite songs and albums in any room of your Essex County, NJ home. But with the new year upon us, now is the best time to bring new audio trends to your whole home audio system.

In this blog we will show you how to easily entertain friends and family with new features and learn about new ways to enjoy your tunes throughout your property. Read more about these upgrades below!

Smart technologies and solutions are meant to streamline your daily life – and automated shades are no exception. But how necessary are motorized window treatments in your home? And how can they add value to your New Jersey living space in the new year?

In this blog, we’ve listed out four ways shades take your home to the next level of automation and bring luxury and comfort to your everyday routine and activities.

Keep reading below to find out more.

If you’re a hospital administrator, nurse, or doctor, then you’ve most likely heard it before.  You’re meeting with a patient in one room and you can hear a patient talking to their doctor in the room right next door.  From what the doctor is prescribing to the patients treatment plan – you hear it all.

This is not only an invasion of your patient’s privacy, its uncomfortable for the patient or employee who is unintentionally hearing all of this as well!  Your seemingly harmless, paper-thin walls could potentially lead to HIPAA law violations and losing patients who felt vulnerable and exposed.

So how can you avoid this loss of privacy for your entire New Jersey hospital or doctors office?  Your solution is sound masking.  You might have heard of this concept before, but are unsure of how it could help your facility.

Keep reading below to learn about the many benefits of this smart solution, and how you can create a comfortable and safe space in every part of your hospital or health care facility for both doctors and patients.

Whether you are getting ready to experience a binge-worthy TV show, your favorite action film, or a new album, expanding AV throughout your home might seem like a difficult undertaking. Creating quality audio video distribution in each room in your home is important so that you can experience the best your media has to offer.

So how can you view your movies and hear your music the way they’re meant to be?  That’s where whole home audio video comes into play.  Integrated audio video in your New Jersey home will transform how you enjoy your entertainment!

But what is whole home AV exactly and how do you know which solution is best for you?  In this blog, we’ll take you through what this innovative smart concept is and how it can benefit you and your entire home.

Read on below to find out more!

Soundproofing may sound simple but is actually a surprisingly intricate and expensive topic. Are you ever frustrated by a loud upstairs neighbor coming home at 4am? Do your next-door neighbors have young children that like to play noisily outside? If you are struggling to find creative and effective solutions to soundproof your home, look no further.

Soundproofing and acoustic treatments will not only raise the value of your home but will also improve the quality of your life. Furthermore, acrylic window inserts can be the perfect complement to other soundproofing techniques to block out sounds from the outside world.

In order to set up any room for a perfect auditory ambiance, you need the proper installation and personalized features. In this blog, we’ll walk you through some sound-enhancing features and how you can maximize your Hudson County, NJ home to continually create a better auditory environment.

Keep reading below to learn more about these exciting solutions.

These days modern homeowners are looking for their new properties to have smart technology incorporated into the build.  And if you’re an architect or designer, that might seem a bit daunting to take on.

What does smart home automation mean for you?  If your clients are looking for these smart solutions in their homes, then it’s vital you learn about these features and how you can include them in your constructions and plans.

In this blog, we’ll go through the basics of home automation, and how you can bring this tech to your Bergen County, NJ clients.

Read on below for more!

The season for warmer weather is here, which means (hopefully) more time spent outside enjoying the reprieve from the harsh cold of New Jersey. And what better way to enjoy it than with smart technology to make your property luxurious, convenient and efficient?

Home automation can turn a house into a home — a smart home at that. So what exactly does that mean? As a Control4 certified showroom dealer, you can see for yourself in any of our showrooms as we participate in the #C4Yourself event on May 31 (RSVP below).

In this blog, we’ll look at what exactly smart home technology is capable of, what home automation can do for your property when set up correctly, and the importance of working with a Control4 certified showroom dealer.

Open-concept floor plans have definitely hit it big in recent years. Homes and businesses are saying no to walls and yes to open-concept. If you’re a builder or architect in the Manhattan, NY area, you’ve likely already adjusted your building plans to accommodate this trend, but have you put plenty of thought into the result?

The result of open-concept layouts is, simply put, noise. Without walls to muffle sound, the noise from electronics, footsteps and most importantly, speech, are all amplified within the space.

So what can builders and architects do to deliver home and office building designs that your customers will love for years to come? Incorporate acoustics into construction (in this case, sound masking in particular).

Motorized shades are definitely hitting it big in Manhattan lately. It’s quickly going from a rare sight to something I see in most properties.

You know what else I see a lot? Smart shading installations done the wrong way.

You don’t want to look back at your installed window treatments and wish you could have a do-over. So let’s avoid the time machine and dig into the most common problems I see on a regular basis – if you know what they are upfront, you can take steps to avoid them!