Lighting control
Dimmers, switches, and load controllers for LED, incandescent, and mixed fixtures. Sized for the room, not a one-size kit.
Lighting and shades
Lights that follow your schedule. Shades that move on their own.
Lighting and shades are the part of the smart home that is supposed to feel like nothing. Lights that brighten with sunrise, dim with the movie, and remember how you want the kitchen at six. Shades that go up and down quietly, on time, and last. We design and install both for retrofits, remodels, and new construction across Wisconsin and northern Illinois.
Scenes
Room and whole-home presets
Wired + battery
Shade options by project
Retrofit
And new construction
Josh.ai
Voice and app control
Smart lighting control
Switches, dimmers, and scenes. Built to last twenty years.
Good lighting control is more than smart bulbs in a lamp. It is dimmers that feel right at the wall, keypads that set a room in one press, and schedules that track sunrise without you thinking about it. We wire it properly, program the scenes, and tie it into Josh.ai so voice and app control sit on top of hardware that keeps working.
- Dimmers and switches sized to the load and the room
- Pico remotes, tabletop controllers, and wall keypads
- Astronomical schedules for sunrise, sunset, and away modes
- Whole-home and room-level scenes
- Integration with Josh.ai for voice and app control
Lighting
Motorized shades
They go up, they go down, they last.
Motorized shades sound simple, but the difference between a shade that works for ten years and one that does not is in the motor, the bracket, and the way it gets wired. We spec battery shades where running power is not practical, hardwired shades where the build allows it, and fabric lines that match how the room is actually used.
- Battery-powered shades for retrofits and hard-to-wire windows
- Hardwired shades for new builds and whole-home projects
- Indoor rollers, dual shades, and outdoor applications
- Quiet motors, properly tensioned and aligned
- Scenes tied to time of day, light level, or the control system
Shades
What we install
Lighting and shades as one layer of the home.
Every project starts with how you use the rooms, not a product catalog. We pick the right control platform, shade type, and wiring approach for the build phase and budget.
Scenes and schedules
Morning, evening, entertaining, away, and goodnight presets. Astronomical triggers where they make sense.
Motorized roller shades
Blackout, solar, and dual-fabric rollers for living areas, bedrooms, and tall windows.
Battery shade retrofits
Motorized shades where fishing wire is not realistic. Multi-year battery life on a single charge when installed right.
Hardwired shade systems
Whole-home shade fleets with centralized power and control for new construction and major remodels.
Josh.ai integration
Voice and app control for lights and shades on the same layer as audio, climate, and the rest of the system.
Brands we reach for
The manufacturers behind most of our lighting and shade work.
We work direct with the lines we trust. Full brand coverage lives on the Top Brands page. These are the two we spec most often in this category.
Lutron
Caseta and RadioRA 3 for lighting control. Triathlon and Sivoia QS for motorized shades. Our go-to when the project needs gear that lasts past the next renovation.
Clara Shades
Motorized indoor and outdoor shades with a real fabric library and builder-friendly quoting. Integrates with Lutron, Josh.ai, and most major control platforms.
Caseta
Wireless switches and dimmers for retrofits. Quick to install, works with most existing wiring, pairs with Pico remotes.
RadioRA 3
Whole-home lighting for new builds and larger projects. Scenes, schedules, and serious scale.
Triathlon shades
Battery-powered Lutron shades for retrofits. No wiring, quiet motors, long battery life when installed correctly.
Sivoia QS shades
Hardwired Lutron shades for whole-home builds. Smooth, near-silent, and built for the long run.
"Lighting and shades are what you install when you want the house to feel right without thinking about it."
Ernst, on the long view
How a project runs
Four steps. No surprises.
01
Walkthrough
We walk the rooms, look at existing wiring and window types, and ask how you actually want the house to feel morning and night.
02
Design and quote
A specific gear list with the lighting platform, shade lines, scenes we will program, and a clear price.
03
Install
Switch swaps, shade brackets, motor wiring, and integration with the network and control system underneath.
04
Program and hand off
Scene programming, Josh.ai integration, and a walkthrough of every keypad, remote, and app surface in the house.