Featured residence · Rye, NY

Two centuries of architecture.
Not one visible wire.

Architectural lighting design, dimming, and motorized shades brought into a historic colonial without disturbing its character.

The project

Every system planned as one.

The owners of this colonial loved the house exactly as it was, and wanted it to work like a new one. That ruled out visible keypads on original paneling, surface conduit, and anything that read as technology in the principal rooms.

Lighting was redesigned room by room with fixtures chosen to disappear into the architecture and dimming tuned so low levels stay warm. Motorized shades were fitted inside existing window reveals, with fabrics chosen alongside the interior designer. Keypads were kept to a minimum and engraved to match the hardware.

The result is a house that adjusts itself through the day and still looks, to a guest, entirely untouched.

Systems integrated

Three disciplines.
One platform.

On this project

How it was delivered.

01

Discover

Room-by-room review of how each space is used morning to evening, and what could not be touched.
02

Design

Lighting plans and shade schedules issued with the interior designer, fixture samples approved on site.
03

Integrate

Wiring routed through existing chases and closets; shades installed after window restoration.
04

Support

Scenes refined over the first season as the family settled into the new rhythm of the house.

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