Technology is an increasingly more significant part of our everyday lives, integral to our most personal lifestyle choices. As a result, there are many options on the market claiming to provide solutions for Rye, NH luxury homes like yours.

 Consumer smart devices present blinking lights and simple access, but their product lines lack a safe way to coordinate many disparate functions under one central controller. As a Savant smart home integrator, we know a better way to meet your needs and desires.

A home automation system creates an ecosystem of devices, controllers, and sensors. Interconnected units work in unison to manage and regulate your home’s operation, from distributed media and tunable lighting to heating, cooling and more.

Are you intrigued by the potential of personalized luxury with Savant systems in your southern New England home? Continue reading to learn more.

For multiroom music systems, we turn to the pioneers of wireless audio: Sonos. Sonos makes it easy to play what you love where you want through their smart, adaptive, and software-driven speakers and continues to refine the listening experience so that sound is as honest to the original source as possible.

Not only do Sonos systems offer a rich listening experience in any space, but they’re highly customizable and simple to use. Whether you’re a casual listener or audio enthusiast in Lake Winnipesaukee, NH and southern Maine, read below to learn why Sonos may be the perfect multiroom speaker system for you.

While most homeowners fill their homes with smart technology, they often forget that they can introduce smart devices to their outdoor entertainment area, too! If your Cape Elizabeth or Southern Maine backyard needs an upgrade, we’re here to help.

In this blog post, we share three reasons why an outdoor TV and sound system is always superior to bringing indoor technology outside. Are you ready to get started? Keep reading below.

Crestron automation provides the ultimate in luxury and convenience when you are looking to build your perfect abode. Whether you are working from home, relaxing in the spa, or enjoying a movie in your home theater, your home automation system should respond to your lifestyle needs and desires.

Begin the day as the motorized shades slowly let the sun in and the television switches to your preferred news channel. Your lights transition with you through the day, starting off soft, filling your afternoons with light that energizes you, and ending the day with warm hues to ease you into sleep. From wellness to entertainment, a smart home meshes with you.

Want to know more about what a Crestron system can do for your Lake Winnipesaukee, NH home? Read more below to find out!

Home theaters can take at-home entertainment to a new level. Whether you already have a theater in your Lake Winnipesaukee, NH home, or you’re planning a new or updated installation, you don’t want to miss out on these home theater ideas.

In this blog post, we dive into three smart technology additions you might not have thought about adding to your home theater, including lighting control, climate control, and motorized window shades. Let’s get started.

Music is compelling and can transform our moods and even be the soundtrack to our lives. Take the energy in your Cape Elizabeth, ME home to the next level with a multi-room speaker system.

In this blog post, we’re putting the spotlight on one of our favorite smart home companies—Savant. Savant’s multi-room speaker system provides the crystal-clear audio you desire and makes playing it throughout your home a simple process. Keep reading to find out why we recommend installing this multi-room speaker system in your home.

Warmer weather is coming to southern Maine, which means the outdoor entertainment season is nearly upon us. Our backyards, especially now, are where we celebrate family milestones, bring the gang together to watch the big game, or enjoy a movie under the stars.

The ability to gather friends and family or relax by the pool is one of the great pleasures of homeownership, a just reward for hard work. Just because you break free from the four walls of your house does not mean you have to leave the luxury of your smart home behind.  Installing outdoor tv and sound systems designed for the environmental challenges of the glaring sun, rain, and pests only enhances the experience.

Are you ready to make your backyard the favorite room of your Cumberland, ME home? Read below to find out more.

It’s nearly time again to get out the gardening gloves, clean the pool, and refresh your yards for spring and summer. Perhaps you also have some major renovation plans in the works for your landscaping, like adding new plants and trees or expanding the deck.

As you make changes to your yards, don’t forget to service your outdoor lighting. You may need additional fixtures around newly added foliage, pathways, and other structures. Plus, an upgraded lighting design can make your outdoor living spaces feel brand-new just in time for summer.

As a professional landscape lighting company serving Wells and southern Maine, we have a few lighting tips that can make a big difference to the look and feel of your renovated yards. Check them out below.

Custom Window Treatments add the finishing touch to a room. Curtains, shades, and other window coverings add ambiance, elegance, and a sense of style. Without window treatments, a room can look unwelcoming, barren, and unfinished. Not to mention that you can’t control the light!

Motorized shades provide more than just fashion for your Kennebunk, ME home. They can save energy, furnishan added sense of security, and keep your home cool at the height of the day while also maximizing the benefits of natural light.

Are you intrigued by how motorized window treatments can increase the beauty of your home and reduce your energy costs? Read more below to learn how. 

If you’re experiencing sluggish internet, you can find many guides online that offer simple steps toward a possible solution: Upgrade your internet plan. Move your router. Buy a wi-fi extender. And so on. However, unless you know precisely why your connection is suffering, you’ll likely waste time grasping at straws.

Because today’s homes are chock-full of connected devices, and families are working and learning remotely, the demands on the home network have significantly changed. DIY networking solutions no longer fit the bill.

For reliable whole-home Wi-Fi that keeps everyone connected around the clock, we suggest you work with a professional. Read below to learn what you’ll gain when you call on SmartHome Solutions, Inc. for your home network installation or upgrade in Falmouth and southern Maine.

The ability to turn on lights remotely and open your door from your phone is convenient, not to mention pretty cool. Home automation systems can control everything from your security system to your lights with touchpad interfaces and voice control. Having all of your home's systems in one central interface gives you more control and reduces the amount of manual labor involved with upkeeping your home. But aside from time efficiency, it can also positively impact your home's energy efficiency. By programming all your systems to work together, you can optimize your Moultonborough,  NH  home's energy usage and save money on your utility bills. 

Your home is the place where you seek refuge from the hectic world outside. It is where you rest and relax and spend time with the people that mean the most to you. It makes sense that it would be an extension of yourself, reflecting not only your needs but the very essence of who you are. A place of that much import deserves the high quality of everything, and installing a home automation system in your Cape Elizabeth home is one way to achieve that. And when you want the best, you’ll want the professional quality of a Crestron home automation system.

Music is a distinctly human creation and is embedded in our very nature. Songs and rhythm have been with us for as long as we have written records, and possibly much longer. We hear music in our heads - creating a living soundtrack to our daily lives.

The medium has the power to lift you, bring meaning, and create a space to become centered and wind down in your home in Falmouth, ME or throughout southern Maine. A multiroom speaker system delivers energy and passion with audiophile quality, filling your entire house. Whether you want to spice up a backyard barbeque, shimmy in the kitchen, or set the mood for dinner, let the music move you anywhere, anytime.

Going to the movies is a great American tradition. Whether you are going with a date or a group of friends or your whole family, everyone gets excited when the lights go down, and the show begins in that big room with all those strangers. Just thinking about it brings up memories of popcorn and soda, whispers and chuckles during the credits. Of course, the good stuff always comes with a bit of the bad, like sticky floors and the inevitable shimmy down the crowded aisle to go to the concession stand. But with the modern home theater, you can have all the good stuff without any of the annoying bits. 

When it comes to home theater ideas for your Elizabeth, ME home, the only limit is your imagination. Keep reading for some inspiration for your own home cinema escape. 

We’ve all felt the struggle. Your kids are on their iPads, and your partner is watching TV while scrolling through Instagram on their smartphone while you desperately try to connect with colleagues over a Zoom call. You move your laptop around until you reach that one spot that, for some reason, is above the refrigerator in the kitchen, where you get the best speed.

You call your internet provider, and their suggestion is just to reset your router. And maybe put a chair near your refrigerator. Not a great solution, but what are your options? Having a high-speed internet connection is essential, sure, but how it's dispersed around your Ogunquit, ME home and devices makes all the difference. Having a whole home Wi-Fi setup is the answer.