Enjoy Daily Comfort & Convenience with Smart Lighting & Shades

Imagine starting every day in a home that works for you from the moment you wake up. Automated lighting and shades bring a new level of comfort and excitement to daily life, no matter the season.

With the right setup, your home’s lights can brighten gently to wake you up, shift to energizing daylight for work, and wind down into a warm, relaxing glow in the evening. Automated shades can open right on schedule with your alarm, letting natural sunlight fill your kitchen, living room, or workspace. That means no more fumbling for cords or remembering to adjust them.

With the following lighting and shading tips, you’ll fall in love with your home all over again. 

Smart Lighting to Match the Moment 

Sunlight doesn’t stay static. In the mornings, it appears bright and cool, whether the sky is blue or overcast. In afternoons, golden hour automatically kicks relaxation into gear. 

So why shouldn’t your home’s lighting do the same? With today’s technology, smart, tunable lighting can gradually adjust its color and brightness throughout the day, like dozens of light bulbs built in one. 

We program smart lighting systems with the following settings: 

Strong Morning Light: High-brightness, cool “daylight” scenes in kitchens, living rooms, and workspaces for the first hour or two after waking. This signals “morning” to your brain and helps keep your sleep/wake cycle steady.

Midday Balance: Maintain brighter, cooler-white light in main areas throughout work hours to support focus and alertness with a “sun-like” quality.

Evening Wind-Down: After late afternoon, have your lights automatically dim and shift to a warm glow, reducing blue light so melatonin can rise and your body can prepare naturally for sleep.

Tip: A whole-home platform like Control4 makes it easy to automate these changes. With “Wake Up,” “Workday,” and “Evening Relax” scenes, your home supports your rhythm automatically, with no need to think about switches or settings.

Maximize Sunlight & Save Energy with Motorized Shades 

Imagine waking to gorgeous, gentle light streaming in through the trees, or preparing for bed with shades already lowered for you. That’s the magic of motorized window treatments. 

When your blinds, shades, or drapes are automated through your smart home system, you’ll automatically:  

• Maximize Daylight: Automated shades can open with your morning alarm, letting in as much sunlight as possible. You won’t accidentally leave the shades drawn on a busy day, and more sunlight means more chances for your body to “sync” its clock and mood.
• Insulate When It Counts: Once the sun sets or temperatures drop, cellular style shades or heavy drapery add a real layer of insulation to your windows. This helps prevent drafts, keeps rooms warmer in winter, cooler in summer, and can make a measurable reduction in your heating bill.
• Create Privacy and Control: Automated shades give you instant privacy on demand, without losing the flexibility to let in light when you want it.
• Prevent Furnishings from Fading: Shades can automatically lower when the hot sun strikes certain windows, helping preserve your photographs, artworks, and books from fading in UV light. 
• Sunbathe Your Plants: Plant lover? Make sure your house plants get the sunlight they need, whether it’s direct or indirect. Then schedule shades to lower once your plants have had enough. 

We work with motorized shading brands that can be custom-fit to any window, from skylights to floor-to-ceiling glass walls. No matter the fabric or material you desire, we can make it work. 

Try Intelligent Lighting & Shading at Lynn’s Audio Video 

Want to see how lighting and shading can transform your home experience? Visit our 10,000 square foot Salt Lake City showroom to experience smart lighting and automated shading for yourself.