Smart Homes
Living Smart
Designer Dann Foley never shies away from a challenge. When asked to design his ideal “smart” living room, Foley combined rich colors and sumptuous materials and finishes to create a room that feels…
Home Smarts
Back in March, I attended the bi-annual Light + Building fair in Frankfurt, Germany. The show’s tagline, “digital future meets hotspot for design,” accurately depicts the emphasis on both…
What Amazon's Alexa Blueprints Means for Smart Homes
When Amazon first released the Echo with its voice assistant Alexa, many consumers thought "Yeah, this is cool, but do I really need this?" While consumers can connect to their Echo via bluetooth,…
Hydra Smart Fan
At Lightovation last January, Modern Forms, a WAC Lighting company, released a new line of smart fans that could be controlled via Wifi and the Modern Forms app. The Hydra Smart Fan is just one…
What’s Hot in Kitchen Renovation Trends
Homeowners these days are obsessed with decluttering their kitchens, Houzz’s latest Kitchen Trends Study found. This is just one takeaway from the annual study which surveyed 1,734 U.S. homeowners…
3 Reasons Why 2018 Is the Year of the Smart Home
The year 2018 is expected to be the year of the smart home — the year consumers finally embrace the true smart home movement — and there's good reason to see why. LED bulbs are coming down in price…
Legrand's Smart Move and What It Means for Smart Lighting
An estimated 10 million Amazon Alexa-powered devices have been sold, according to a recent report from the Consumer Intelligence Research Partners. This past July, the company sold three times as…
PURillume Creates Personal Lighting Experiences
Light matters. The latest research shows that bright light in the morning and low light in the evenings help regulate circadian rhythms, which means more sleep and better health overall. In an…
What the 2017 Houzz & Home Report Tells Us About Home Renovation Trends
Home renovations continue to be a booming business according to Houzz.com's annual Houzz & Home report. Today the home improvement social media site released its annual survey with over 100,000…
Smart vs. Connected: What's the Difference?
The average home has 24 electronic devices, and almost all of them are connecting with the internet. So with that logic, all of us are living in smart homes, right?
Well not quite. Although a lot of…