Home automation is fun, but to give our homes that luxurious feeling, the automation should be seamless and work unnoticed. Like magic!
A big part of that, for me, is to hide hardware as much as possible. Motion sensors on the ceiling, instead of on a shelf in people’s eyeline. NFC chips inside wall switches or stuck underneath surfaces, cable management, etc…
All in order to create visual peace in the home and to raise the dreaded Spouse Acceptance Factor.
I call this the Hiding Hardware initiative. Of HHI for short.
I’ll be posting guides on how I hid hardware in my home in this topic.
Some of it will be basic, others maybe a little more comprehensive.
The goal is to create an inspirational repository for others so they can easily find tips to apply in their own spaces.
Regarding the growing importance for controlling the impact of an increasing size of the smart home for the SAF, this couldnt be of more importance and so i am totally into your topic and am bookmarking it! Awesome!
Yep. I use one i made myself - a small version of something like this (https://www.houzz.com/products/rattan-rectangular-storage-basket-12x8-prvw-vr~145912884 ) that i hide everything in, and it’s easy to punch a hole or two to squeeze some cables through. But i was looking for other solutions and this popped up. I don’t know quality - didn’t buy it. But i may if that’s what she chooses.