Living With It
What a home we've designed actually feels like, from the shades opening at sunrise to one button at bedtime. No tech talk, just a regular day in Los Angeles.
Start the day6:15 AM · an illustration of what the house is doing right now
6:15AM
01 of 8
The bedroom shades lift a little at a time, so the first thing you notice is daylight, not an alarm. Hallway lights come up warm and low. The kitchen is already a couple of degrees warmer than it was overnight.
What the house does
7:10AM
02 of 8
Your playlist picks up in the kitchen right where it left off yesterday. The morning news is on the TV by the island, sound low. One tap on the intercom and the kids upstairs hear that breakfast is ready (no yelling up the stairs required).
What the house does
8:20AM
03 of 8
Everyone's in the car. Press "Goodbye" on the keypad by the garage door (or on your phone from the driveway) and the house takes care of the rest. If someone left the side door unlocked, it tells you and locks it.
What the house does
11:40AM
04 of 8
Your phone buzzes: someone's at the gate with a delivery. You see them on camera, talk to them through the callbox, and open the gate from a meeting across town. The camera on the front walk shows the box land on the porch, and the gate closes behind them.
What the house does
3:30PM
05 of 8
The west-facing glass takes the full LA afternoon. Before the living room heats up, the shades on that side lower on their own to cut the glare, and they lift again at sunset so you get the view back. Nobody touched a thing.
What the house does
6:45PM
06 of 8
Guests are arriving. The "Entertain" scene sets the dining room lights, turns on the landscape and patio lights, and starts the same music inside and out by the pool, at a volume people can still talk over. The gate opens for each car from the kitchen.
What the house does
8:30PM
07 of 8
The kids are in bed and it's movie time. "Watch a movie" dims the theater lights, closes the shades, turns on the projector and sound, and picks up where you left off. Pause it, and the lights come up just enough to find the popcorn.
What the house does
10:45PM
08 of 8
One press of "Goodnight" on the bedside keypad: every light off downstairs, doors locked, alarm set for the night, and the pathway to the kids' rooms glowing at ten percent in case anyone gets up. If a door is left open, the keypad tells you which one.
What the house does
Built Around Your Day
We sit down with you and ask how your family actually lives: who's up first, where you eat, what happens when guests come over, what you forget to lock. Then we design the scenes around that, and plan the keypads, shades, speakers and wiring with your architect and builder so it all disappears into the house.
Planned during design and pre-wire, so there are no visible wires, crowded walls or awkward keypads.
Control4 or Savant ties lighting, music, shades, climate and security together, with Lutron keypads that look like they belong.
The team that built it stays on call, and support plans keep it current as your routines change.
Open every room of a modern LA home and see what the technology does in each one.
Yes. We set up the scenes around how your family actually lives, and you can adjust the simple things (times, favorites, which lights come on) from the app. For bigger changes, we're a call away, and our support plans cover adjustments as your routines change.
The core of a Control4, Savant or Lutron system runs inside the house, so keypads, lighting, shades and scenes keep working without the internet. Remote access from your phone and streaming services need a connection, which is why we often add a backup internet line for homes that need it.
It helps a lot. Keypad locations, shade pockets, speaker positions and the wiring behind them are far easier (and cheaper) to plan with your architect before framing than to add later. We can also bring most of this into an existing home.
Yes. The Atrium, our showroom in Lomita, has Control4, Savant and Lutron running live. Visits are by appointment; call 213.354.8324.