Creating A Smart Home Office With Thistlewood Farms

Home decor and DIY blogger KariAnne of Thistlewood Farms wanted to make her home brilliant. She was looking for a solution for her home office that married style and smarts. She found the answer in Somfy-powered motorized shades. 

Living on a busy street, she wanted to protect her privacy while still letting in light. She also wanted to be able to easily manage the light that flooded into her home office. After all, it’s hard to write a blog post when you can’t even see your computer screen because of the glare! 

She added motorized shades to the three windows in her home office. As a home decor blogger, it was important to her that these windows coverings weren’t just smart, they also had to be beautiful. Since Somfy motors work with a wide variety of shade fabricators, KariAnne had her choice of fabrics, shade styles, and openness. The shades she chose matched the decor of her room perfectly. 

With our 5 channel Situo remote, she can control each of her motorized shades individually or all together as a group. If the sun is shining brightly through the left window, she can lower just that shade with the press of a button. Or if she wants to tune out the world and focus on her next blog post, she can lower all three shades together. 

The addition of the myLink™ allows her to control her shades from a smartphone/tablet app or even with voice control. Now she can set schedules to lower her shades while she’s working or raise them so her dog Buddy can enjoy an afternoon nap in the sun.

“At the risk of stating the obvious…they are brilliant.” - Thistlewood Farms 

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