Insights & Innovations: The Integrated Home Blog

An Interior Designer’s Guide to Motorized Shading Systems

Motorized shades add a dash of luxury and convenience to any home they’re installed inside. Users can tell their smart speaker, “Alexa, lower the shades,” and watch the blinds lower across the entire property.

If you’re an interior designer curious about motorized shading systems, Screen Innovations is a brand to have on your radar. They’re also known for manufacturing high-end projector film screens. Screen Innovations’ smart shades offer plenty of fabrics, wired and wireless control options, and let users automate the technology through smart home systems like Control4.

Learn how motorized shading systems work below to see if Screen Innovations could be a fit for your luxury home design projects. As a certified dealer in Charlotte, NC, we can implement a system customized to your client’s needs.

When it comes to home theater speakers, Triad delivers audio that makes you feel like you’re in the center of the action

Brands like Triad make our job as an integrator significantly easier when we’re designing a dedicated theater for your home in Cornelius, NC. While our expert technicians handle designing, installing and calibrating your audio system, Triad home theater speakers deliver a superb audio experience with unbelievable sound that brings every film to life.

All Triad speakers are custom-manufactured in the U.S., out of the company’s Portland, OR, facility. These high-end speakers are only available for purchase through trusted dealers like The Integrated Home. Keep reading to learn why you should consider Triad speakers for your home theater audio system.

Turn your living room into a concert hall with robust, multi-zone amplifiers from AudioControl

AudioControl has spent 40 years “making good sound great” with their line of high-end preamplifiers, amplifiers, and home theater receivers. All their products are designed and assembled at U.S. factories in the Pacific Northwest. Their passion is delivering stunning, high-performance audio that makes you feel like you’re in the middle of the action.

Choosing the right amplifier is one of the most crucial decisions you’ll make when you’re designing a whole-home audio system. For a high-fidelity listening experience in every room of your Charlotte, NC home, we recommend investing in a high-power amplifier from AudioControl. Keep reading to learn why.

Learn about the advanced features that put a GolfZon simulated experience on par with playing a real game

Social distancing measures are likely to stay in place in Charlotte, N.C., and across the U.S. for the next few months. But after you’ve already spent most of 2020 cooped up inside, you’re probably itching to get back to your favorite hobbies — including golfing.

We can’t tell you when it will be all clear to hit the greens again. But we can tell you how to bring an immersive golfing experience right to your door. A GolfZon golf simulator lets you replicate real games using advanced, hyper-realistic virtual simulation technology.

Keep reading to learn about some of the unique features of a GolfZon solution.

The Benefits of Working with a Low Voltage Contractor for Custom Lighting Designs

As an architect, builder, or interior designer, you know how creative lighting designs can transform a home or business. Smart lighting from brands like LumaStream and Environmental Lights lets users control the color and brightness of bulbs right from a smart system app, and digital signage and LED strips can show off a business’s unique character.  

But automated lighting isn’t installed like any other system. Early in your design process, it may be wise to partner with a low-voltage contractor. If you’re a builder in the Charlotte, NC, area, read on to learn why low-voltage lighting services will enhance your projects.