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Partner Spotlight: Savant Systems
We’re proud to partner with Savant Systems to bring you the latest in home automation technology. Keep reading to learn what Savant has to offer you! What is Savant? Launched in 2005, Savant is a luxury home automation system that is a pioneer in personalization. It’s...
Upcoming Tech Trends
Smart Lighting Smart lighting is becoming more popular as people realize the benefits of it. The convenience of turning lights on and off remotely, setting them to turn on right before you get home, or when the sun goes down, has drawn more attention. The automation...
An Automated Home for the Holidays
The holiday season is always known for being the busiest time of year. Since your home should be your sanctuary, home automation can be the best solution to make your life more stress-free! One of the biggest fears in traveling during the holidays can be the safety of...
Designing Your Smart Home
Think about it - you’ve been on the slopes all day, and you want your house to be nice and toasty when you get back home. So you pull out your smartphone and set the heater to a nice 70 degrees. Or you’ve been working all day, and you know you have to put dinner in...
The Great Outdoors
There is a wide range of technology solutions available that are created to withstand outdoor elements without compromising performance. When creating your outdoor space, here are a few things to consider. Music/Speakers Arguably the most important part of outdoor...
Upgrading Your Sports Viewing Experience
With COVID eliminating any chance of attending your favorite sports games, it’s important that the place you watch your team is decked out in the latest technology. Whether it’s your man cave, your living room, or your backyard, Cloud 9 is here to give you the...
Elevate Your Stay At Home Experience
As home life has transitioned into something new in 2020, we want to help improve your experience. Whether that be enlightening you about integrations that would be useful for your work, or informing you about exciting ways that technology can enhance your...
Is Your Family Protected?
Securing your home is one of the most valuable things home automation offers for you and your family. How well do you know your security system? Do you have an action plan in case of an emergency? Simply owning a security system is the first step to warding off...
Life in Steamboat Springs
Steamboat Springs, Colorado Steamboat Springs, Colorado is where people from all around the states come to escape! Full of adventure, incredible views, and a mountain town so friendly you’ll never want to leave… Steamboat is the place to be. If you’ve never been or if...
Customizing Your Home & Where To Start
It’s hard to imagine what a custom home could bring you when you’re not sure of the products and systems offered. However, the opportunities are truly endless. If you have an idea, odds are that there is a system in place for what you’re imagining. Here are a few ways...
New Home Technologies In 2020
As we make our way through a new year and new decade, it gives reason to check out the new technologies that have recently come about! Specifically, to what you can integrate into your home, we are going to check out some of the hot items on the market right now and...
The Sites & Sounds of Custom Home Automation
Living in a custom home can quite possibly be the answer to your dreams. When you’re sitting in your living room, look around. What’s missing? What additions could be made to further improve your current situation? The sites and sounds of custom home automation bring...
Three Must-Haves for Your Home Theater Design
Elevate Your Home Cinema with these Smart Features A home theater can be described differently by many people. At a minimum, however, a home theater needs to provide a big screen, big sound, comfortable seating, and an immersive entertainment experience. How all of...
Add Panache to Your Home with Custom Window Shades
3 Ways Motorized Window Treatments Add Style and Comfort Despite the incredible views we enjoy in the Vail Valley and the Colorado mountains, windows still need some type of covering. Coverings help control light, assure a level of privacy, and provide aesthetic...
What’s the Latest Trend in High-End Home Audio?
Escape to Your Own Private Listening Room Music is everywhere these days, from elevators to the background music in the grocery store. Chances are you pay little attention to it, and never mind that the playback quality is unlikely to move you. If you love great sound...
5 Creative Ways to Use Lighting Scenes in Your Colorado Home
Lutron Lighting Control Systems Make Life Easier Lighting control systems are considered a great way to be green, efficient, and save energy. Leaving on lights that don’t need to be on wastes both energy and money. But there’s more to lighting control than efficiency....
Take Advantage of Smart Technology and Design in your Home Theater
Hidden Technology Lets You Blend the Tech with the Décor For some people, a home theater is a space that is a smaller replica of a commercial theater, only more luxurious. For some, it might be a tech showcase with visible components, and homeowners may want to show...
Crestron Control Systems – The Ultimate in Customized Home Automation
For Home Control Your Way, Go with Crestron Crestron is the oldest name in home automation. For three decades, they have offered state of the art automation systems for both residential and commercial markets. A key area where Crestron distinguishes itself is in...
Ease Into the Holiday Season with Home Automation
Take the Stress Out of the Holidays With These Smart Home Features The holiday season is a time to celebrate with family and friends, and a time to refresh and recharge. Unfortunately, it can be a time of high stress, too. The shopping, the entertaining, the traffic,...
Why Lutron Lighting Control is Smart for Your Business
From Offices to Restaurants, Smart Lighting Control Systems Bring Efficiency and New Capabilities Most businesses strive to improve their operations by any metric possible – increasing sales, reducing expenses, enhancing products, increasing customer satisfaction and...
Upgrade Your Conference Room by Going Wireless
Crestron AirMedia is the Solution for the Missing Cable Imagine this: a conference room is full of people, and a presenter wants to connect to the display or projector in the room. While a cable is available to connect, the presenter has a Mac instead of a Windows...
Have You Truly Experienced High-End Home Audio?
A Look at Two High-Performance, High-Design Speakers It’s fair to say most people like music. Music can both energize and relax, make us dream, and transport us to a different time and place. Some people are more passionate about music than others. Some people are...
Looking for the Ultimate Home Cinema Experience in Vail Valley?
Let Cloud 9 Design Your Dream Home Theater Just type “home theater design” into an internet search, and you will likely be overwhelmed with the amount of information you can sift through on home theaters. Everything from the nuances of projectors, screens, and sound...
Crestron is the Complete Home Control System
From Motorized Shades to Audio, It’s the Comprehensive Solution You may never have heard of Crestron, but you could call the company the grandfather of home automation. In the past thirty years, the company has introduced a long list of technology firsts that have...
Lutron Palladiom Allows You to Elegantly Control Light
Create a Radiant Home with Lutron Lighting and Shading Solutions Sometimes technology and aesthetics don’t mix well. More likely than not, you can think of a technology product that was an incredible innovation, yet its looks and design left much to be desired. Ford’s...
Enrich Your Business’s Ambiance with a Commercial Sound System
The Right Background Music Sets the Mood What’s installed in your business? If you don’t have an audio system, you might be missing a great way to make your enterprise stand out from the rest. Whether it’s a brewery tasting room, a gym, a bar, restaurant, or a medical...
Trust Your Home’s Automation to a Certified Company
Why HTA Certification is Important Is this the year you’ve decided to build the automated home you’ve always wanted in Vail? Whether it’s a remodel of your vacation home or a new build for your retirement dream home, any large project is the perfect time to add the...
Master the Light with Automated Custom Window Treatments
Add Efficiency and Style to Your Vail Home If you live in Vail, you are fortunate – there are no shortages of fun things to do during any season of the year. From skiing and snowboarding in the winter to hiking and biking in the summer, exploring the Colorado Rockies...
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