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Essential Tech Updates for the Modern Home

March 25, 2019
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Improving your home can be done in a variety of ways. Whether you choose a more aesthetic update or install cutting edge technology to help your home run more efficiently, there’s an option for all budgets. If your home is more outdated than you’d like, following ideas can help give your home a fresh new look or feel.

Read more after the jump:

Technology Must Have – Security

One of the most important improvements you can make is installing a home surveillance system. Look for a customizable and flexible system that fits your home’s security needs. At the minimum monitor the entry and exit points of the exterior and interior of your residence. Choose a system that integrates into your lifestyle and includes smartphone notifications to keep you alerted. There are many choices when installing a home security system from DIY to monitored to wireless to wired. Although it can be overwhelming, take the time to learn about the different options. After all the purpose is to improve the overall safety of your home.

Technology Wish LIst – Sound System

For those who love high-qualiy audio and want to enjoy their music or movies in the best possible way may want to install a home stereo system. Thanks to retro styles with a modern look, you can find a premier CD stereo system that fits your home’s unique style. Most modern stereo systems are wireless, usually small, powerful, and can be connected to your smart devices. This means you can install speakers around your home and use them to hear what you want throughout your home, including your favorites from your favorite streaming service or CD collection.

Futuristic Appliances

Some of the aforementioned additions just touch on what is possible with smart technologies. There are a number of smart appliances you can install now that you are updating your home, like a smart thermostat that allows you to control the temperature in your home from your phone. You can also install a smart doorbell that allows you to see who is knocking on the door and even lets you lock or unlock the door remotely.

Better Lighting

You might want to consider installing smart lighting that can help you use less energy and also increase safety. Smart lighting comes with sensors that will help specific interior lights turn on when you are nearby, and they will turn off when you leave. This helps you preserve energy and keep you safe because you do not have to fumble in the dark looking for the switch. Keep in mind that night vision gets worse with age, so this update might be especially important for people of a certain age.

Easier Concealment

Technology is great, but that does not mean you want your gadgets to be too invasive. Part of the reason people love tech upgrades is that many appliances are a lot smaller and can easily be concealed, like the speakers mentioned earlier, but you can do this with almost anything. For example, those who want a TV but do not necessarily want to see the device all the time may install a pop-up ceiling lift that hides the TV in the ceiling when not in use. Consider these kinds of updates for other appliances in your home.

Upgrade – Electric Needs

As you add more gadgets and systems to your home, you need to figure out if your electrical system is equipped to handle some of your updates. What you want to do is talk to an electrician to find out if you need to update your wiring to meet your new needs. Sometimes, there are rooms in your home that need a little more power than they currently have. Try to do this before you install the updates mentioned earlier to make sure your home can handle them.

These are just some of the updates you can make on your home, but there are always more to consider. Talk to your home interior designer or a tech specialist to see what other little changes you can make to your home.

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