Transform Your Space with Purposeful Lighting & Shading
Use lighting and motorized shading solutions to control natural and electric light to make your home a better place to live, work, and play. Speak with one of our Lutron lighting and shading experts at inhabit AV to optimize the lighting and shading for your Newport Beach or Orange County, California home.
Prioritizing what matters.
With more than 40 years of combined experience in the consumer electronics and custom integration industries, you can trust we never lose sight of what's important in delivering incredible, seamless smart home experiences.
Aesthetics
Our products live in the architecture. Visible hardware interfaces, finishes, fabrics, and engravings are thoughtfully customized to support the design needs of any space.
Concealment
The best technology is the technology you don't see. From speakers to motorized screens and displays, core system components are designed to be completely invisible.
Experience
Our design and engineering, products, programming, and service combine to deliver seamless, delightful performance for the full life of your system, around the clock.
It’s the light — natural and electric, working together from morning to night to shape how every other element in the space is perceived.
Lutron
Lighting System Design & Installation
Designing a beautiful home is about more than choosing the right color palettes and furniture. Lighting plays a critical role in how you experience your home.
Proper lighting isn’t simply about seeing in the dark. The wrong, monotone lighting fixtures will make your home feel cramped, fatiguing and dull. Proper lighting design is layered highlighting architectural features and high-end furnishings, and making certain colors stand out. That same lighting can also enhance your everyday life and prodivity, boosting your mood and helping you accomplish important tasks.
The Benefits of Lighting
Functionality
Proper lighting design understands the needs and function of the space by illuminating work areas, desk space, pathways, and entire rooms.
Wellness
Support your body's circadian rhythm with lighting that accurately matches the natural light of the sun throughout the day.
Visual Appeal
Enhance the beauty and drama of any space by highlighting desired features and the perception of specific colors.
Enhanced Security
Automated scenes provide the appearance of being home while your are out the house.
Energy Savings
High-definition LED fixtures consume up to 90% less energy versus traditional halogen and incandescent fixtures.
Why Hire a Lighting Designer?
Relying on electricians or interior designers to manage your lighting may seem logical at first but without the right professional the results can quickly fall short of expectations. At inhabit AV, our lighting experts blend technical expertise, scientific understanding, and the needs of you and your space to craft personalized lighting solutions that enhance how you experience your home.
- Continuous training on the latest cutting-edge lighting technology, physics, optics, electricity, codes, and environmental impact.
- Innovative designs professionally attuned to you, your space, and your lifestyle needs.
- Professional design techniques transform light into dynamic architectural elements of your space
- Cost savings through system design optimization, competitive bids, and direct manufacturer partnerships.
Color Temperatures at a Glance
See how different color temperatures can affect your productivity, mood, and well-being. Our lighting design experts craft perfectly tailored scenes and color temperatures that enhance the function, design, and overall comfort of your home using the latest tunable fixture technology.
1,700 K
Red lighting reminiscent of a match flame offers a calming effect in the evening.
1,850 K
Craft the perfect date night light with romantic candlelit or sunset hues.
2,700 - 3,300 K
Elevate warm interior colors and wood finishes with warm, soft white lighting.
3,000 K
Facilitate relaxation with neutral white lighting while reading in the family room.
4,100 - 4,150 K
Stay focused on tasks in workspaces or kitchens with cool, white lighting.
5,000 K
Employ crisp-white daylight hues to highlight artwork and bolster security.
5,500 - 6,000 K
Enjoy vertical daylight hues in the afternoon to stimulate your mood and décor.
6,200 K
Blue-white light mimics natural sunlight and delivers bright, energizing illumination.
6,500 K
Deliver lighting in main living areas with hues reminiscent of overcast skies.
6,500 - 10,500 K
Turn to blue hues for hyper-focused task lighting in your primary workspaces.
15,000 - 27,000 K
Reserve clear blue lighting for activities that require ample energy or focus.
Essential Layers of Light
Our lighting experts at inhabit AV craft our lighting designs within a layered framework utilizing the latest fixture styles and technology based upon your lifestyle and use of the space.
Ambient Light
Illuminate the entire room with soft lighting from natural sunlight, recessed ceiling lights or pendants.
Task Lighting
Special pendant, desk or under-cabinet lights provide bright, focused illumination for specific activities.
Accent Lighting
Highlight artwork, photos and architectural details with lighting three times brighter than ambient fixtures.
Motorized Window Treatments
Window treatments are often overlooked yet they play an important role in shaping daily living. Natural light, privacy, indoor temperatures, and overall convenience all influence how a home feels. Motorized window treatments like shades, blinds, and drapery provide benefits that extend well beyond their appearance. They simplify daily routines while helping homeowners create living environments that feel more relaxing, efficient, and adaptable. Rather than manually adjusting every window throughout the day, automated scenes makes it easy to maintain a comfortable environment with zero effort.
The Benefits of Motorized Window Treatments
Aesthetics
With a nearly infinite array of customizable styles and fabric options, motorized shades, blinds and drapery can accommodate any design aesthetic or vision.
Privacy
Quickly and easily lower all your shades with the press of a button or automate them raise or lower during high-traffic times of the day.
Enhanced Security
Automated scenes provide the appearance of being home while your are out the house.
UV Protection
Automated scenes protect artwork, furniture, flooring, and rugs from the sun-bleaching damage of ultraviolet rays by automatically drawing window coverings during the brightest time of day.
Energy Savings
Automatically keep the sun out during the hot summer months and maintain natural solar heat for optimal comfort and lower HVAC usage.
Why Motorized Window Treatments?
Adding motorized shades, blinds, or drapery to your Southern California home greatly improves your morning, midday, and evening routines while allowing you to experience upgraded climate management and light control, enhanced security and privacy, and an optimized quality of life in your home. With an unlimited array of styles and authentic materials, you can create a set of motorized window treatments that complements existing decor. The tailored automation allows you to experience effortless control of your home with automated scenes that dynamically transform your space throughout the day all on its own.
- Craft perfect light throughout the entire day by integrating your motorized window treatments with a smart home automation system and adjusting lighting and shading together.
- Automate your home by creating dynamic zones for various activities and lighting needs throughout your living spaces over the course of the day.
- Enjoy enhanced precision control as your shades rise and lower in unison, quietly and right on schedule.
Types of Motorized Window Treatments
Motorized Shades
Whisper-quiet, precision-aligned, natural light control.
Roller
Maintain a connection to the outdoors & manage solar heat gain with performance roller fabrics.
Options:
- Sheer
- Privacy
- Black
Cellular
Insulated honeycomb shades conserve energy in light filtering & room darkening styles.
Options:
- Light Filtering
- Room Darkening
Roman
Cascading fabric folds in custom material provide natural light control & elegant decoration.
Options:
- Customer's Own Materials
- Exclusive Partnerships
Motorized Blinds
Fine-tuned privacy & peace of mind with auto-adjusting blind tilt.
Venetian Wood
Made from authentic North American basswood and available in various sizes, valance styles, and finishes these classic wood blinds add a crowning touch to home décor.
Horizontal Sheer
Horizontal sheer blinds combine the function of a blind with the filtering effect of a shade. Soft, sheer fabrics diffuse sunlight, while adjustable vanes modulate brightness, privacy, and the view outside.
Motorized Drapery
The sweeping drama of custom-tailored drapery—motorized.
Options
- Customer's Own Material
Control Solutions
Effortless control is vital for unleashing the true potential of your lighting design. Easily manage the diverse fixtures in your home to develop beautiful layering while maintaining a uniform feel throughout with an intelligent home lighting control system.
Types of Control Interfaces
Dimmers, Switches & Accessories
Add common-sense control over lights, ceiling fans and bathroom exhaust from elegant dimmers and switches to hands-free sensors and timers.
Keypads & Remotes
Experience beautifully intuitive, one-button control in single rooms to entire homes and estates.
Finish Options
From the carefully color-matched materials to the smooth, screwless surfaces, wall plates and accessories are crafted to feel like a purposeful design decision in any space.
Let's Work Together.
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