Smart House Integration for Energy Efficiency and Practicality
  • Lighting Control
    • Outdoor lights on at sundown, off at 11pm
    • All indoor lights turn off at 8pm (bedtime) and 8:15am (leave for the day)
    • All lights turn off hourly from 11pm through 5am, in case someone gets up, turns on a light, and forgets to turn it off
    • Automated thermostats (can be over-ridden as needed)
    • Vacation mode for lights and thermostats
    • Away button – turns off all lights and AV as you leave the house, conveniently located in the garage
    • Good Night button – located by master bed, turns off all lights in the house, except night lights
    • “1st Floor Off” button at the bottom of the main stairs – turns off all lights on the 1st floor at any time
    • “2nd Floor Off” button at the bottom of the main stairs – turns off all lights on the 2nd floor after kids and adults are out of bed and moving on with the day
    • Pre-set scenes allowing lighting control over rooms and floors with the single touch of a button

  • Cameras
    • Motion detectors and cameras to monitor kids when watching a movie in the theater
    • Video monitor of the youngest child’s room to monitor naps and play

  • Audio
    • Buttons in many rooms to turn on music and control volume by room
    • Music “scenes” turn on the same source of music in multiple rooms
    • Speakers available in 9 zones, including the backyard, all rooms on the 1st floor, and the master suite (including the shower and walk-in closet)


First Floor
 
Living Room
  • Reading nooks in the living room built on top of storage bins/toy boxes
  • Inglenook provides significant storage for larger items
  • Integrated, hidden, drop down screen and projector with built in speakers
  • Surround sound


Kitchen
  • Efficiently designed galley kitchen with open sight lines to the family room and back yard
  • Honed granite counters
  • Custom cabinetry to the ceiling, including pull out pantry with individual drawers
  • Lower cabinets almost exclusively drawers
  • Full extension glides on all drawers
  • Drawers deep enough to hold large pots
  • Extra deep (some 24½ inches and some 28½ inches deep) counter tops
  • Extra deep (17” ) upper cabinets
  • Built in, 48” refrigerator
  • Built in shelf for storing and lifting KitchenAid
  • Built in racks to store baking pans and cookie sheets
  • 2 Miele dishwashers (full size)
  • 2 sinks
  • Hot/cold water filter
  • 48", 6 burner + grill Viking Range; 2 ovens, one is full convection
  • Pot filler over range
  • 12’ X 5’ island/breakfast bar with mahogany counter top
  • Walk in pantry
  • Built in speakers
  • Hidden storage on both ends of the island – both large enough to store large leaves for the dining room table

Dining Room
  • Built in cabinetry with vast storage space (14+ linear feet of cabinets)
  • Built in display space
  • Wooden wainscoting
  • Built in speakers
Family Room
  • Built in cabinetry including:
    • 2 tall cabinets with built in shelves and bead board doors
    • 4 locking file drawers
    • Cabinet to house computer tower, wiring, and hand held devices
    • 2 smaller upper cabinets for less “kid friendly” items
    • Upper drawer for less “kid friendly” items
    • 42 upper “bins” for organized storage of papers
    • 7 smaller upper “bins” for storing smaller items
    • 36+ linear feet of bookshelves at the top of the storage unit
    • Plasma on the wall with built in speakers

Powder Bath
  • Magazine rack built into the vanity in the powder bath
  • Wainscotting
  • Granite vanity to with undermount sink


Mud Room
  • 6 distinct storage areas for coats, backpacks, shoes, etc. with shelves above
  • 3 wide, deep storage drawers for larger items such as balls, helmets, sports gear, grocery bags
  • Top of dumb waiter (from garage) for easy removal of groceries and other items

Second Floor
 
Master Suite
  • 3 zones of audio and video with independent control (bedroom bath/closet, exercise area)
  • Balcony overlooking peaceful, beautiful, private back yard
  • Extra deep bath tub
  • High, custom built vanity with honed granite counter, 2 undermount sinks, 2 banks of drawers, and a built in, pull-out hamper
  • Custom built, in-wall medicine cabinet
  • Steam shower with 2 shower heads, waterproof speaker, independent lighting
  • Large walk-in closet with shelving, drawers, and multi-height hanging areas

Bedroom 2
  • Reach in closet completely built out with hanging area, shelving, and drawers
  • 9 X 13’ play room under the eaves of the house
  • Entrance to Jack & Jill bathroom

Bedroom 3
  • Reach in closet completely built out with hanging area, shelving, and drawers
  • Entrance to Jack & Jill bathroom

Jack & Jill Bath (full)
  • 2 vanities (separated) and medicine cabinets
  • Shower over tub
  • Private toilet

Bedroom 4
  • Reach in closet completely built out with hanging area, shelving, and drawers
  • 6 X 8’ play room under the eaves of the house
Bathroom (full)
  • stall shower
  • pedestal sink
  • stand alone cabinet
Laundry Room
  • Miele front loading washer
  • Miele dryer
  • custom cabinetry
  • granite counter
  • full height, 24" deep linen closet
  • custom medicine cabinet

Basement
Office/Bedroom 5:
  • Legal bedroom (has closet, 2 exits and windows)
  • Full size 1-car garage built out as office with 2 desks, 8 locking file drawers, 2 banks of desk drawers, and 1 set of large, tall, locking cabinets. Can be converted back to garage fit for collectible car (heated, well lit).
Office - Extra room
  • Currently being used as office and occasional guest room
Bathroom (Full)
  • Shower over tub
  • Glass, sliding shower door
Concession Stand/Snack Bar
  • custom built, gorgeous snack bar
  • 2 under counter refrigerators
  • display for candy
Theater (see separate documents for theater details)
Large, Built Out Coat and Sports Equipment Closet
Large, Built-Out Storage Pantry
Extra Deep, 2-Car Garage with built in storage, extra large water heater, 3-zone heating + AC
Extras:
  • Arts and Crafts styling and details throughout
  • Wood Floors throughout (except living room, stairs, basement)
  • Fir stained cherry wood casings and trim on 1st floor
  • Alder cabinetry stained cherry throughout much of the home (laundry room is maple)
  • Extra large water heater and re-circulating pump