How a Single Tap at Bedtime Changes the Way You Experience Home

Smart Home Control Handles the Details So You Don’t Have To

It's 10 p.m., and you've finally settled into bed. Then it starts. The intrusive thoughts that keep you from drifting into sleep. Did you lock the back door? Are the kitchen lights still on? Is the thermostat down, or is the garage still open?

With smart home control, those thoughts get squashed immediately. One tap on your phone brings your whole house into place: lights off, doors locked, temperature set, garage closed. This is the kind of end-of-day relief we bring to our clients in Crow Wing County, MN< and one of the many reasons we recommend a centralized technology installation. 

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Your Home Technology Weighs You Down Sometimes 

Psychologists call it decision fatigue: the mental drain from making small choices over and over throughout the day. Every decision you make, however minor, pulls from the same limited well of energy. Together they add up. 

These choices show up in your day constantly. Turning off the porch lights before bed. Wondering if the kids left the TV running downstairs. Remembering, mid-commute, whether the curling iron got unplugged.

Smart home technology helps to lower that anxiety, since tracking every little change no longer takes up valuable space in your head. It keeps you from having to remember, decide, or act on these routine tasks. It gives you back mental space for what matters more: family time, creative thinking, and proper rest.

Goodnight Scenes Showcase Technology at Its Best 

A Goodnight scene replaces your entire round of checks and second-guessing with a single tap on a keypad, touchscreen, or phone. Or you can have it run automatically on a set schedule if you have regular routines. When you activate the scene: 

• Every light turns off at once

• Your thermostat drops to your preferred sleeping temperature

• Your door locks confirm their status and secure automatically

• Your garage door closes if it is left open

• Motorized shades lower for privacy and overnight temperature control

• A low pathway light stays on in the hallway

• Your security system arms 

• Audio and video in common areas power down

No two households run the same way, so Audio Video Extremes builds your scene around your specific routines.

Scenes Built Around Every Part of the Day

Goodnight is just one example. The same idea applies from the moment you wake up to the moment you leave for work.

• A Good Morning scene gradually lights up your bedroom. Your shades open, your thermostat shifts to a daytime setting, and your morning playlist starts in the kitchen.

• A Leaving Home scene arms your security system, confirms your doors are locked, powers down your lights and electronics, and sets your thermostat back to an eco-friendly mode. 

• A Movie Night scene dims your lights, lowers your shades to cut glare, adjusts your room temperature, and turns on your audio and video system. 

You can run scenes on a schedule, trigger them by location geofencing, or start them manually through a keypad, app, or voice command. Audio Video Extremes designs and installs each one so it works the way you want, every time.

Your smart home takes care of the details throughout the day, so you don’t have to do it yourself. Ready to see what a customized system could look like in your home? Call us or fill out our contact form to schedule a consultation.