A love of music is what put interior designer Mariana Savage on a path toward a smarter, more comfortable home. So was infusing her new, completely redesigned 3,000-square-foot townhome with her own personal flair, which she describes as “modern eclectic with traditional finishes.” The two—awesome whole-house audio and amazing interior design—united as one recently during […]
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What Happens When Interior Design & Smart Home Technology Collide
There’s something truly beautiful about a home that’s as smart as it is visually appealing. It happens when technology such as speakers, thermostats, video components, and other smart systems have been carefully chosen and installed in a way that fuses naturally with a home’s architecture and interior design. It’s not always an easy effect to […]
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We’ve all been here at some point during our many home design projects (and if we haven’t, we will). You are preparing to remodel a room in your home and come across the perfect design. Maybe you saw it online, in a magazine, or experienced it in-person in someone’s home. Either way, it was perfect—from […]
Get the GuideYour Home Theater: If You Got It, Flaunt It
Ask any interior designer for advice on designing a home theater or media room, and he or she will have three words for you: Hide the equipment. But what some interior decorators don’t know is that there are high-tech products available to them that are as meticulously and stunningly designed as an Eames or Corbusier […]
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Speakers are ugly. At least that’s what your disapproving spouse or interior designer might have you believe, and in years past it would have been a hard argument to refute. Thankfully, the era of ubiquitous disregard for the aesthetic on the part of speaker designers has seen its day. Sure, unabashed excess still exists (you’ll […]
Get the GuideRemote Controls En Vogue Once Again
The home automation world has come to rely on mobile devices for monitoring, managing, and controlling electronic devices, but there are still valid reasons for using a trusty ’ol “clicker.” The tactile feel of the buttons, the ergonomic comfort and, recently, the sexiness of the styling, are bringing the handheld remote control full circle. A […]
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There was a time when big-screen TVs, speakers, remote controls, and other high-tech amenities were considered to clash horribly with a home’s design and decor. And in many cases, they did. Chalk it up to poor industrial design of the products and shoddy implementation and installation of them within a home. But there’s been a […]
Get the GuideSecurity Systems Get Sexy
Throw out the word “sexy” at your next dinner party, and it’s a good bet that no one will think of security systems. But many of the major security system designers and manufacturers are doing their darnedest to buck the “all brains and no beauty” stereotype. They are accomplishing it by focusing much of their […]
Get the GuideArchitect Puts 3 Times the Fun in Ultimate Basement
Instead of one dedicated home theater, this 1,100-square-foot basement has a trio of entertainment options.
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The streaming service is launching Dolby Atmos and Dolby Vision with remastered Warner Bros. titles.
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