Insights & Innovations: The Integrated Home Blog

Neither Wind, Rain, nor Cold Will Keep You from Your Golf

Golf is an interesting game. Some people only casually get into it. But for many, the game has an addictive quality. And for some, it becomes an obsession. Thankfully, as long as golf addiction or obsession doesn’t interfere with daily life, it’s all good!

If the colder North Carolina weather or rain puts a damper on your golf obsession, we have a solution – a home golf simulator. With the quality of today’s simulators, it’s like having your own indoor golf course. Actually, more than one, as you can virtually play on some of the best courses from around the world.

If you’re serious about golf, keep reading to see why you’ll want to add a golf simulator to your Charlotte home for this winter season.

Add the Smart Keypad Your Smart Home Deserves

Control4 has been in the home automation business since 2004. With installations in over 350,000 homes, homeowners have enjoyed the benefits of Control4’s integrated smart home platforms that help manage lighting, climate, motorized window treatments, security, and much more.

Are you a Control4 homeowner? Maybe you have enjoyed the benefits of integrated control of a media room, home theater, or even your pool equipment. Control4 is always improving and adding new devices and features. One of the latest features is the new Contemporary smart lighting keypad, which works not just with Control4 lighting control systems but also with almost any other device that works with Control4 systems. By the way, at last count, that was over 13,000 devices! We're excited to tell you more about the Contemporary keypads and how they can elevate your Charlotte, NC smart home. Keep reading below!

Integrate Home Automation That Never Stops Improving in Your Projects

If you’re a designer, architect, or builder, you know your trade, but you might not always know the latest and greatest in smart home automation. But, of course, you don't have to; that's why The Integrated Home is here to help with that. You want to know how to incorporate the smart home features your clients want within your projects seamlessly.

We are a Control4 dealer and integrator for a reason – it's a complete smart home platform that's been continuously upgraded and improved ever since its launch in 2004. When working with design and build professionals such as yourselves, we recommend Control4 as the system for bringing together all the functions of today's smart homes into one easy-to-use solution. With that in mind, we thought you might like to know of three new features recently added to Control4's repertoire that your clients in Charlotte, NC, would enjoy.

Understand Important Features that May Matter to You

Is there a perfect surveillance system for your Charlotte, NC home? As in choosing most things, it all comes down to what’s most important to you. Security concerns in one home might be quite different in another, even in the same neighborhood. Ultimately, you want the right set of features that make you and your family feel safer.

Keep reading below to explore three features you should consider when choosing from the many surveillance solutions available for your home. 

How Tunable Lighting Makes Everything Look Better

Have you ever walked into a room and been struck by the lighting? Perhaps it was too bright. Or maybe the light was too “cold.” Maybe there wasn’t enough light. Or possibly there was natural light available, and it wasn’t being used well. 

Good lighting design is part art and part science. The science comes into how to design lighting sources that provide enough light for specific purposes and give precise ways to control it. The art comes into using creativity with light to make interior details more attractive and noticeable. 

One of the newer features on the science end of lighting design is tunable lighting. Tunable lighting adds to the scientific lighting toolset and opens new creative, artful uses of light for your Charlotte, NC home. Explore more about tunable lighting and its benefits below!