Smart Home Technology isn't just gaining popularity in Residential construction… it's here to stay. When building a luxury home, technology will inevitably be included. Still, the homeowner must decide what technology is installed for how they intend to use the home on a daily basis. This sounds like a tall order, but a great builder (and a great integrator) will strive to see the end product through their clients' eyes and work with them to make it happen.

Building a custom home is a dream come true. Making that beautiful place a smart space is the icing on the cake and happens to be our forte. With this in mind, we wanted to highlight some of the most common mistakes people make in the planning phases of building a custom smart home. We talked to our design & engineering team to determine what those mistakes are and how to avoid them.

The term “smart home” has been overused to the point that it has almost lost its meaning, yet a lot of people are still wondering what they can do to make their home smarter. If you feel you would enjoy some modernity but don’t know where to start you are in the right place. Read on to learn how to begin selecting the technology to make your home a better place to live, work and play.

The first step to designing your smart space, is to understand what you want it to do for you. This can be overwhelming, as the choices are almost endless. For that very reason BRAVAS produced The Solutions Guide, a comprehensive list of the types of technologies that are available for homes right now. We would recommend starting by downloading The Solutions Guide and reading through it to discover your smart home design options, but I will cover some of the most popular below.

If you’re building a home soon in the Metro Atlanta area, we’re sure you’ve already thought about neighborhoods, school districts, house styles, nearby amenities and much more. Perhaps now you’ve narrowed your search, found an architect and builder and established a budget. Have you ever considered transforming your new build into a smart home? If so, now is the time to act!

Speaking to a smart home design and installation expert like BRAVAS Atlanta long before building your home poses a unique, short-lived opportunity. You can have the features you value the most installed directly, while your walls are still open and you’re focused on your goals. Below, we’ll give you three reasons why it’s easier to begin laying the groundwork as early on as possible.

Design-conscious homeowners know just how much of a headache technology can cause.

After all, a lifeless 4K TV screen can still distract eyes from your room’s stunning architectural features, and protruding wall-mounted smart light switches can also interrupt a space’s flow.

If you love the benefits of smart technology but are frustrated sometimes at how it detracts from your Metro Atlanta house’s interior design, a smart home design upgrade can help.

In this blog, we’ll explore three of the ways that you can improve your smart home’s interior design. Just keep reading below to find out more.

At the annual CEDIA Expo, manufacturers from all around the world present their best and latest technologies to companies like BRAVAS Atlanta – and this year was no exception.

In this blog, we’ll dive into some of the event’s new and innovative products from well-respected and trusted companies that we highly recommend for your home.

Not only do these world-class technologies feature top-notch characteristics, but they can make the perfect addition to your Alpharetta-area smart home design and elevate your entire North Georgia living space.

Keep reading to learn about our favorite picks from CEDIA 2018.

Since modernism hit the mainstream in the 20^th century, the goal of many interior designers has been to create sleek, streamlined looks. Every designer faces two primary fears in this regard: being too cluttered or being too bland. Even though it's easy to pit these two fears against each other—the more you remove, the bigger the risk of losing personality—it doesn't have to be that way.

Did you know smart home design technology is available to help you accomplish both goals simultaneously? This blog will address some tips to add a spark to your interior design and how technology enables you to achieve them without increasing the clutter in your Buckhead, GA home.

If maintaining a flawless interior design throughout your home is essential to you, you might find technology to be a bit of a nuisance.

After all, do you want to be staring at a black screen for the majority of the day or be forced to look at clunky speakers that take up unnecessary space?

It doesn’t have to be that way. With a professional smart home design throughout your Alpharetta, GA property, you can enjoy hidden audio video technology throughout your space.

That way, you don’t have to sacrifice entertainment for pure interior design. We explain how below.