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How to Get the Best Results from Landscape Lighting

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Enjoy a Beautiful Design with Long-Lasting Lights & Smart Control 

Are you looking for something a little more impressive than string lights or a porch light? You can make the most of your Muskoka, ON, home with a professional landscape lighting installation. What difference do the pros make? Find out below. 

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Three Ways to Add Ambiance with Outdoor Lighting

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Add Function and Aesthetic Flair to Your Nights

With spring in gear in Muskoka, it's time to enjoy more outdoor pursuits after a long Ontario winter. You might be in the process of planting spring annuals, cleaning up patios for seasonal enjoyment, and getting your pool ready for some summer splashing and swimming. 

While you’re fixing up the outdoor spaces in your home, you might want to consider upgrading your outdoor lighting. Not only will outdoor lighting create a safer and more functional area, but it also adds ambiance and lets you take full advantage of your outdoor amenities. Keep reading below for three ways to create the right atmosphere for any nighttime outdoor activity with light. 

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A Smart Lighting System Isn’t Complete Without Motorized Shades

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Add Smart Window Shades to Your Existing Lighting System 

Do you already own a smart lighting system? Aren’t you in luck! Not only do you have complete control over your lights’ color and brightness, but you can also save scenes and schedule lights to follow a routine.

But controlling LED lights is only half of the equation. What if you could manage and automate natural light in your Toronto, ON home, too? 

By integrating motorized shades into your automated lighting system, you’ll add even more convenience, comfort, and energy savings to daily life. Plus, with Canada’s recent ban on corded window coverings, now is the perfect time to switch to motorized shades. 

Read on to learn how to incorporate motorized shading in your lighting control system.

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How to Use Motorized Shades for Home Security

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Make It Look Like Someone’s Always Home!

Did you know motorized shades can help improve your home’s security? And we don’t mean providing privacy when you need it (although that’s important, too!). 

With motorized window coverings incorporated into your smart home system, you can program shades to raise and lower at various times throughout the day, mimicking the appearance of an occupied house. And by syncing your shades to smart lighting, both will work together to create a convincingly occupied house. 

Read on to learn how motorized shades and a smart system work to benefit your Toronto, ON, home! 

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Why We Love Crestron Lighting Control (and You Will Too!)

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What Makes Crestron a Standout in Smart Lighting? 

Lighting has remarkable power over the way we feel. After all, there’s a reason dark winters can bring people down. Bright, cool lighting at home feels right in the morning but may seem uncomfortable and harsh in the evening. Likewise, warm indoor lighting appears stuffy and dim during the day yet creates a cozy atmosphere after dark. 

So why do so many people settle for poor lighting? They may screw in any old lightbulb, even if it’s too bright or dim, and make do with it until it needs replacing again. 

It isn’t so with Crestron. When you use Crestron lighting control in your Muskoka, ON home, you create the ideal ambience for any activity with one press of a button. There are many smart lighting brands on the market, but below, we’ll share what makes Crestron one of the best. 

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Make Your Landscape Lighting ‘Smart’ with Crestron

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Illuminate Your Home in an Entirely New Way

When people talk about smart lighting, they’re usually referring to wirelessly controlling interior lights. They may use it in the bedroom, kitchen, or across the entire house. But what about outside?

Landscape lighting can absolutely be controlled by a Crestron smart system, and with it, you can do incredible things. We’re here to shed light on how, by partnering with a Crestron dealer, you can intelligently illuminate the exterior and backyard spaces of your Muskoka, ON home. Get inspired below!

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The ‘Smart’ Way to Illuminate Your Home

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Discover the Possibilities with Remote Light Control

Remember when we could only use a landline or cordless phone for calls? And when TV shows could only be viewed live? Someday, we may find ourselves saying, “Do you remember when lights could only be turned on or off?”

Dimmers have been around for years, but their capabilities can only go so far. Now, smart LED lights let users customize the colour and brightness of their bulbs directly from their phones. But plug-and-play smart lights are vastly limited. You need to adjust the light every time you turn it on, and you can’t apply automated schedules or scenes for the entire house.

To do that, you’ll need a smart system like Lutron or Crestron lighting that merges all your lights into one ecosystem. Read on to see how remote light control by Lutron will forever enhance the way you illuminate your Toronto, ON home.

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