With the holidays just around the corner, it’s the perfect time to start preparing to host friends and family. Getting your luxury home ready is going to take more than some late spring cleaning; why not invest in design and technology upgrades that leave a lasting impression? One upgrade to consider is a home lighting automation system. With intuitive control of your lights, it’s easier than ever to be a gracious host this holiday season. Read on to learn the many ways you can use this technology in your Atlanta, GA home.

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Offer a Warm Welcome

The effects of a home lighting automation system can be felt before your guests even enter the house. Create elaborate landscape lighting displays through intuitive control of your lights to fit the holiday spirit. Cover your shrubbery with eerie orange tones for Halloween then transition to a festive green and red for Christmas. All it takes is a few button-presses on your custom touchpad.

You can also use motion sensors to guide your guests to the front door once they arrive. As they pull in, the driveway lights up to guide them to the proper entrance. When they exit their cars, the walkways illuminate to guide the way and eliminate any possible tripping hazards.

Bring Out Your Best Features

You've gone to great lengths to get your home ready for the holidays. You cleaned from top to bottom, put your best furniture on display, and even bought new artwork. Your posh interior décor isn’t complete without the right lighting. It’s easy to make adjustments through many devices including dedicated touch panels or simple switches so you can choose specific artwork to highlight or raise the lights to bring out the color of your walls.

That's not even the best part, though. Once you find the perfect settings, you can save them into your system as scenes and recall them up at a later time. A dining scene, for example, dims the lights in the living room while raising those over your dinner table and the artwork surrounding it. When it's time for post-dinner drinks, press the ‘Bar' scene that turns on the lights in the game room as well as the feature lights behind your premium liquor bottles.

Make Guests Comfortable

Wall switches and advanced devices can be clearly labeled to let anyone navigate advanced lighting without training. With your dedicated touchpad or tablet, guests can access everything through clearly marked menus. There’s no need for them to feel awkward having to ask which fixtures go with which switches. Incorporate motion sensors along the hallways and in the kitchen so your guests won’t have to fiddle with light switches as they navigate through the house in the middle of the night.

Scenes are also a great tool for guests, especially if they’re incorporated into your smart home automation system. If they wake up before you and want to watch television in the living room, all they have to do is press the ‘TV’ scene on the touchpad to activate the necessary lights and turn on the TV simultaneously.

Are you looking for a way to make the holidays unforgettable this year? Take your hosting skills to the next level with the help of a lighting automation system and your local BRAVAS partner.