4 Home Spaces That Benefit Most from Motorized Window Treatments

Installing Smart Shades in These Rooms First Gives You More Bang for Your Buck

Motorized window treatments are a multitalented smart home solution: They offer convenient control of the light and climate inside your home, increase privacy and security, beautify your interiors with a wide array of styles and fabrics, and come in both wired and wireless options for optimal installation.

If you’re just getting started with motorized shades, you might wonder where they’ll benefit you and your Greenwich, CT home the most. After all, not everyone interested in smart shades wants to upgrade every window treatment in their home. Some homeowners want to start small!

Below, learn where to begin with motorized shades first if you want to get the most bang for your buck.

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Entryway/Foyer

The foyer is the first space that you and your guests enter when walking through the front door. This area makes a big first impression and should be illuminated with energizing natural light during the day! At the same time, you don’t want outside onlookers to peek inside your home after the sun goes down.

By adding motorized shades to the windows in your foyer or entryway, you’ll have greater control over your home’s first impression and your privacy. Automate your shades to open in the morning and close again after sunset to ensure your privacy is protected at night.

Bedroom

Light can make or break your sleep/wake cycle. Have you ever tried falling asleep in a brightly lit room or waking up in a pitch-black room? It’s not easy! Motorized window treatments can help improve your sleep quality by blocking or letting in light at the right times.

For example, schedule your bedroom shades to open when your alarm goes off in the morning so that you wake to a room full of natural light rather than a dark and drowsy environment. Or, if you crawl into bed in the evening and forget to close the drapes, you can do so by voice command or with a quick tap on your smartphone. There’s no need to get out from under the covers.

Media Room

You use your media room for several activities. Sometimes you want natural light for reading, and other times you need to block out natural light to eliminate the glare on your TV. Who likes spending several minutes closing all the window treatments in their media room just to see the TV screen? No one.

With motorized window treatments, managing sunlight takes just a few seconds and doesn’t require you to get up from the couch. Use a convenient tabletop tablet, a mobile app, or a voice command to adjust the shades to your liking. You can even create and use one-tap scenes like “Movie” or “Reading” that instantly transform the light in your media room for the activity at hand.

Spaces with Sun-Facing Windows

How many windows in your home face the sun? While you may enjoy the ample natural light that makes its way through these windows during the day, sun-facing windows are also susceptible to heat in the summers and cold in the winters, which can work against your HVAC system.

By adding motorized shades to these windows, you’ll enjoy more efficient control of your home’s temperature in any season. During summer, schedule them to close in the late afternoons to keep out thermal heat. During winter, schedule them to open on sunny days to naturally warm your home. You can also pair them with temperature sensors that trigger your shades to open or close based on the temperature of your room rather than opening and closing them based on the time of day.

Ready to upgrade? Call on the technology experts at Rich AV Design. Our team works with Lutron, the industry’s leading manufacturer of motorized shading systems, to design and install custom window treatments for our customers in the Greenwich, CT area. From roller and cellular shades to drapes, wood blinds, and more, Lutron has a smart and sophisticated match for your style, needs, and budget.

Schedule a free consultation by calling (203) 653-5025 or filling out our contact form. We look forward to working with you on your motorized shading project.