In Harmony with Technology
Green Amber is a family run business which specialises in taking fairly normal houses and elevating them into the world of the rich and famous. Not only do they create an aesthetic home inside and out, but they stock their houses with the finest embellishments. The technology is never an eye-sore but an integral and discrete yet powerful part of the finished house. Green Amber found the system easy to use with very little practice and they are well-positioned to champion this aspect of technology for their customers. If they find the system straightforward to use then their clients will too. However, don’t be fooled by the apparent simplicity, beyond the simple front-end interface the control systems are all pervasive, installed into the very structure of the building.
Living Control
The wall-based interfaces from which you access the Living Control system offer access to a number of pre-programmed lighting scenes which can be tailored to suit whatever needs the user requires and recalled with the utmost simplicity. These are well-positioned around the home. For example, in each bedroom there is a panel either side of the bed, ensuring after a hard day at the office, residents movements can be kept to minimum. From the lobby to the kitchen the combination of the convenient i-Light system behind this lighting control and carefully selected ambient options really help to set the scene and draw the most convenience doesn’t end there, however and an effective system of remote control has been worked into the mix allowing the users to levy control of their lighting no matter where they are via text messaging commands.
Bathrooms and Kitchens
The combination of rich textured woods and marble give the bathrooms a classical aura and yet the technology is discretely there. At the touch of a button you can dim the lights, put on your favourite soothing tunes and simply relax.
The huge luxurious galleried kitchen featuring at one end a large 42” Philips screen mounted seamlessly into the lightwood cabinet to keep whoever is slaving over the oven entertained whilst they work.
Cinema Pleasure
For those seeking the ultimate viewing pleasure, the cinema room will not fail to impress. The fully specified home theatre features a vast, taut screen and Sim 2 projector combined with some of the finest kit from Denon and B&W to create an enthralling and impacting cinema system. The unusual angle of the screen helps to provide the optimum viewing experience and gives the room a unique look –something much prized in the upper echelons of the housing market. For day to day viewing, the family lounge has a 50” plasma surrounded by comfortable contemporary seating.
Feeling Studious
A modish looking desk sits in the conformable study, assuming pride and place. With designing considerations always a priority, the study comes wired up and ready to receive all the computers, printers, modems, phones etc that a businessman or woman can throw at it. All the necessary connections are already imbedded, ensuring the cabling is always unseen, even at the desk. The home is completely pre-wired and comes equipped with internet connections and CAT5 cabling to absorb future developments.
The distributed music system is sourced from a remotely located Living Control system that affords the whole house access to a veritable jukebox, hidden away near the study. With a music hard drive and radio receiver integrated into the system, throughout the house and even on its patio, users will always have a healthy slice of entertainment at their fingertips. As well as the Audio system the house has been fully integrated with centrally controlled heating, A/C and CCTV recording to a secure hard drive which monitors the house exterior, gardens and drive.
Home Luxury
The master bedroom boasts a huge window running across 2 walls of the room and capped with a large skylight which allows natural light to flood in. These are fitted with integrated blinds which can be remotely controlled to open and close at the whim of the home owner from the control panel by the bedside. At the foot of the bed is a chicly mounted Hitachi plasma.
As the interior designer, Green Amber set the budget and specifications for what they want to achieve, then Smartcomm advise on the kit and solutions that will fit the brief. This is one interior designer who has created the epitome of modern, luxurious living with intelligent technology and home entertainment thrown in for good measure. This is off-the-shelf opulent living at its finest in an age when the consumer prizes convenience more than ever, and interior designers are quickly learning that technology and design can work in harmony.
