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Transform Your Home with Lutron's Palladiom Keypads 

It's time to move beyond the confines of traditional switches and mobile apps to a more intelligent lighting control solution. Remove wall clutter and streamline your routine with elegant keypads only available in the St. Louis metro area through dedicated Lutron dealers.

The Lutron Palladiom Keypad series represents a quantum leap in lighting control for the modern automated home. Designed for luxury homes, these keypads integrate a century's worth of innovation in lighting technology, offering unparalleled style, functionality, and reliability. Keep reading to learn more.

Enjoy Fast, Reliable, and Robust Connectivity Throughout Your Home

Today's luxury residences feature a wide range of connected devices for entertainment, security, and automation. While an apartment may include dozens, like locks, cameras, and TVs, smart devices in bigger estates could number in the hundreds. Since these depend on the network to function, reliable connectivity becomes ever more important.

No matter the size of your property, you’ll struggle with lagging, slow speeds, and dead zones when integrating smart home solutions using entry-level networks. That's why robust home network setups are the foundation of all our installations—to give our clients in the St. Louis Metro and the surrounding areas the tech-forward lifestyles they desire. 

A Guide to Retrofitting Your Home with Automation

Home renovations offer an opportunity to infuse new life into your living space. As you consider remodeling plans for the new year, don't forget about technology's pivotal role in your life. For those looking to renovate, starting with technology—specifically home automation systems—is a chance to reimagine daily routines. 

Most major smart home automation systems now offer wireless solutions ideal for retrofit projects. As one of the premier installers in Chesterfield, MO, and throughout the Midwest, we'll optimize any addition to match your home's unique layout and your lifestyle. Sometimes, that may mean a mix of wireless and minimal wiring, marrying the old with the new for a renovation that will transform every corner of your home. 

Below, we outline some of the upgrades we most recommend! 

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Lighting Control 

Most remodels have two goals: improving your home's overall appearance and making it more functional. Nothing fits that bill better than lighting control. Replace wall clutter with elegant keypads and create new daily routines with dedicated scenes that pull up your favorite settings for reading, watching TV, or cooking. 

Upgrade Your Daily Lifestyle with Seamless Integration

Smart home automation is meant to simplify your everyday lifestyle with a simple press of a button. But a smart home’s performance all depends on its systems and solutions. With the leading brand Control4, you can rest assured that your Town and Country, MO home will serve and surpass your needs on a daily basis.

So what makes a Control4 system stand apart from the rest? Keep reading below to find out more.

Our employees often have amazing stories about projects they’re working on or reasons why their clients chose The Sound Room. Here is a brief snapshot at 3 of our latest projects from our employee’s point of view.

Andy Hauck:

Clients often tell us they want a new TV installed over their existing fireplace but they do not want to see the wires and do not want to worry about patching holes and repainting walls.  While it is not always possible, we can often retro fit wiring and power where they are needed without creating any additional holes or requiring patching and painting.

We recently installed a TV and surround system for a client who owned a 20 year old home in the Chesterfield area.  The client wanted the TV installed over a wood burning fireplace with a full brick chimney and to have all the equipment hidden away in the existing cabinets.  Our installers were able to retro fit all the necessary wiring without cutting extra holes.  The whole project took less than a day to install and program and the client was thrilled with the outcome.  Here are a few pictures of the before, during and after. 

Jim Kuhlmeyer:

With March upon us, that means it’s time for March Madness! That’s right basketball fans, we’ve seen your posts and heard your cries of joy that March Madness is here and in full swing. Who wants to watch basketball on an old, outdated TV when you could experience the game in all its glory on a brand new 4k Ultra HDTV? Well you’ve come to the right place! At The Sound Room, we can help you find a TV that best fits your sports watching needs.

There is no better time to set up a home theater system than for March Madness; if you can’t make it to the game in person the next best thing is watching the game from the comfort of your home on a 4k TV. Here are some features that will make your March Madness viewing experience even more enjoyable:

• 4K Ultra HD TV: 4K offers four times the resolution of today’s 1080p televisions and will enhance your existing HD content for the best viewing experience.
• Projectors: A projector will create a screen size up to 200 inches- that is sixteen and a half feet of magnificent basketball!
• Lighting, acoustics and sound proofing to enhance the way you experience the game.
• A great remote! You deserve it after all.

There’s nothing worse than a system emergency in the middle of the big game, but you can rest easy knowing that we offer on-call technicians and an in-house service department; you won’t even need to put down your basketball brackets.

We have over 30 years of experience helping thousands of satisfied clients put audio and video together in their homes. The Sound Room has received the Excellence in Retailing award as Best Specialty AV Dealer in the US from TWICE magazine; let us help you make your dream home theater a reality, and in time for March Madness!

In our previous blog entry, we explored some of the benefits a fully automated security system could bring to your home. Aside from state-of-the-art security control, home automation is also perfect for controlling the thermostat in your home.

Many of our clients with Crestron home automation systems take full advantage of the HVAC control feature. Just like any other Crestron feature (security, audio-visual, lighting, shading, etc.) the thermostat in your home can be controlled from your Smartphone or tablet device.

For example, let’s say you have a vacation home at the Lake of the Ozarks. Before you hit the road, simply login to your system through the Crestron app and adjust the temperature to your liking. This way, the home will already be the perfect temperature when you and your guests arrive.

Having the ability to control the temperature of your home at all times can greatly increase the efficiency of your home. According to Lutron Electronics, a lighting and HVAC control manufacturer, implementing a temperature control panel in your home can lower your energy bill by 16%, greatly reducing your carbon footprint.

Just think: no more, “Oops, I forgot to turn the AC down when we left for the weekend.” You will have total control of your home and—better yet—your energy bill!