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Jared Walth

How Lutron Lighting and Shades Save Energy Without Sacrifice

Automated Lutron shading and lighting system in a modern mountain home with large windows.

Energy Efficiency Meets Luxury

Most homeowners think they face a choice between beautiful home technology and lower energy bills. Wrong. Lutron lighting and shading systems prove you can make a significant dent in energy consumption while getting more responsive, intuitive control than you'd ever achieve manually. Mountain homes face particularly challenging climate conditions—intense high-altitude sun that strains cooling systems and severe winters that demand robust heating. The solution isn't sacrificing or remembering to flip switches and adjust shades all day; it's intelligent automation handling thousands of micro-adjustments that nobody bothers making manually. Two systems working together deliver the results: smart lighting that dims and schedules itself, and motorized shading that blocks heat before your HVAC even notices. Luxury and efficiency aren't diametrically opposed with Lutron.

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Jared Walth

Explore Motorized Shading with Lutron

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A Look at Lutron’s Triathlon, Sivoia QS, and Palladiom Lines

When you start exploring motorized shading for your Bountiful home, the questions pile up quickly. Can you wire them, or do you need wireless power? Do you want shades hidden in architectural pockets or showcased as design elements? What control system makes sense for both your lighting and shading? Lutron offers three distinct motorized shading solutions—Sivoia QS, Triathlon, and Palladiom—each engineered for different scenarios. With deep experience in Lutron lighting and shading solutions in Utah homes, we've learned a few things about how to match the right system to your specific situation.

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Jared Walth

What to Know About Recessed Lighting

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Diving into Details of Lighting Design with Architectural Lighting

Recessed lighting seems straightforward until you actually sit down to make design decisions. Do you understand beam angles? Trim styles? Tunable white versus full spectrum? After years of installing recessed lighting in Park City homes—from mountain modern estates with soaring ceilings to sleek downtown condos—we've learned that thoughtful downlight design separates spaces that feel professionally lit from those that simply have lights in the ceiling. The difference comes down to understanding a few key considerations that most people might not consider in the crush of making many home design decisions. 

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Jared Walth

Why Ketra Lighting Is the Gold Standard for Smart Home Illumination

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Redefining What Light Can Be

Most smart lighting focuses on dimming and scheduling—turning lights on and off, and perhaps fading them during movie night. Ketra lighting by Lutron goes miles beyond those basics. It's the lighting system that finally makes artificial light feel genuinely natural, the kind that shifts and breathes like sunlight streaming through your windows. After installing scores of lighting systems in Utah homes, we know when a product deserves the "gold standard" label. Ketra earns it through technology that even lighting skeptics notice the moment they walk into a room. There's something unmistakably different about the quality of light it brings to Bountiful homes—though most people can't quite put their finger on what’s different. 

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Jared Walth

Show & Tell's Top 5 Home Audio Cable Brands: Expert Picks for Audiophiles and Enthusiasts

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The Cables that We Think Really Make a Difference

Audio cables are one of those things that enthusiasts love to argue about—either one is better than the other, or that no cable makes any audible difference at all. As a hi-fi retailer and technology integrator, we're here to tell you that cables do matter. We're also here to tell you that you don't always need the best cable for every speaker or interconnect, but if you've invested serious money in your audio gear, it makes no sense to hobble it with cheap cables. You wouldn't outfit your C8 Z06 Corvette with SUV tires, would you? We didn't think so. Here are our favorite home audio cable brands and why we like them.

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