Explore Today’s Lighting as Seen from a Designer’s Perspective

Of all the improvements homeowners consider, home lighting upgrades offer some of the most impactful changes. Surprising? It’s true that a home theater provides incredible, awe-inspiring entertainment, but lighting is with you 24/7. It helps you perform tasks, highlights your home’s best features, and welcomes you in the darkest nights. 

Today’s lighting, however, offers much more.

At A.B.E. Networks, we partner with Lutron, the global leader in lighting control. In 2018, when the company acquired Ketra, they transformed the possibilities in home lighting. Together, they create stunning lighting and intuitive controls. The result is effortless management of daylight and privacy with brilliant illumination that changes instantaneously.

As Oscar de la Renta said, “The most important thing? Perfect lighting at all times.” 

Let’s discover what working with a professional lighting designer and automation expert brings to the table and what happens when we integrate the world’s most advanced lighting system into your home in Fairfax Country, VA.

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The Transformative Power of Light

In much the same way that lighting determines the mood and atmosphere of a photograph, so does it in your home. When you come home after a long day, ready to relax and unwind, you flip on the light switch, and…your lights come on. 

Now, let’s backtrack. After we’ve upgraded your lighting system, you arrive home and press a button on a custom-engraved, backlit keypad that reads ‘Relax.’ In response, your lighting transforms to the colors of a tropical sea in cerulean, azure, and seafoam green hues. You head to the kitchen for a beverage and see a space awash in lights resembling candlelight. When you head out to the patio to relax, you’re greeted by landscape lights that look like moonbeams, starlight, and fireflies. You take a deep breath and relax.

How did all this stunning lighting that transformed your mood transpire? Oh, right, you pressed a button that read, ‘Relax.’ Imagine what happens when you press the ‘Entertain’ button.

Automated for Comfort and Convenience

This same lighting system is programmed to greet you in the morning and manage your home’s lighting throughout the day. It may raise the shades at dawn while certain fixtures brighten to the color of sunrise. The lights turn on and off as you enter and leave rooms. The shades lower when UV rays enter through the windows and when darkness demands privacy. 

You can also manage one or every light and shade with a touchscreen or a voice command. When it’s time for bed, say, “Goodnight,” and all the shades lower while the lights throughout your home dim to darkness.

And we’ve only scratched the surface.

At A.B.E. Networks, our designers, engineers, and technicians have one goal in mind—to exceed your expectations and create automated systems that astound you. With over 30 years of experience as Washington D.C. Metro area’s premier design and integration firm for custom lighting, entertainment, and home automation systems, you can be confident in our abilities to succeed. To learn more about home lighting upgrades or to schedule a complimentary consultation, contact A.B.E. Networks today.