Incorporating natural light into a home’s design is increasingly popular among homeowners, interior designers, and architects. As homeowners’ desire for healthier home environments continues to evolve, natural light has become an integral part of the solution. Our bodies, after all, rely on cues from nature, such as natural light and darkness, to increase or diminish hormone levels, produce vitamins, and manage the sleep-wake cycle.

This same breathtaking light, however, can damage your home’s interior, resulting in faded floors, furniture, artwork, and beloved photographs. And, so, we tend to close our shades when direct sunlight enters a room and leave them there for the rest of the day. In the process, we miss out on all the benefits natural light brings.

Fortunately, there is a better way. It’s called motorized shades, and it’s reimagining how we manage daylight and darkness in our Manhattan, NY, homes.

Let’s explore the possibilities.

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Managing Light Intuitively

While you can manage motorized shades with the touch of a button or voice command, it’s this technology’s intuitive aspect that leaves one spellbound. With programming and sensors, you find your home environment in constant flux, with shades automatically adjusting based on the time of day, level of sunlight, and temperature. 

As the sun travels across the sky, your shades let in the filtered sunlight that provides its many benefits while keeping damaging UV rays at bay. They become part of your daily routine, rising at sunrise, lowering at midday, and closing at night for privacy. They provide the ultimate comfort with no effort on your part.

Enhancing Architectural Windows

Floor-to-ceiling windows have become a part of the return to nature our souls seek. Yet, managing the natural light pouring in has proven challenging. The same is true for unique architectural windows and skylights. Customized automated shades are made for every type of window, managing this once-challenging source of direct sunlight.

While the views outside these magnificent windows can inspire everyday living, sometimes you need privacy or the darkness that magnifies the stunning images on the latest TV displays. You can close one or every shade at the touch of a button or voice command. Press ‘Movie Night,’ and the blackout shades in the media room lower. Press ‘Good Night,’ and every window covering closes.

Styles for Every Aesthetic

Motorized window shades are designed to disappear when raised or blend into the modern home’s aesthetics with exposed applications. Fabrics let you choose the amount of sunlight and protection, with sheer window coverings letting in diffuse sunlight and retaining your views. Blackout shades provide complete darkness and privacy.

You’ll also find these window coverings come in nearly limitless styles and fabrics, from draperies to Roman shades, Venetian blinds, and beyond.

Are you ready to transform how you manage the natural light in your home? Total Home Technologies is here to help. For over 30 years, we’ve helped homeowners integrate the latest technology in a way that enhances their everyday lives, is easy to use, and elevates their home’s design. To learn more about motorized shades or to schedule a complimentary consultation, contact Total Home Technologies today.