How Motorized Shades Enhance Privacy and Energy Efficiency for Your Design Projects

More designers than ever are integrating Lutron motorized shades into their projects. While their reasons include a selection of limitless high-quality fabrics and breathtaking designs, it's also about functionality. These automated window coverings enhance privacy and energy efficiency with no effort on the homeowner’s part. 

Here, we’ll explore the secret behind these world-class shades and the benefits they bring to designers and their clients. 

How Designers Use Coastal Source Fixtures to Create Spring-Ready Outdoor Spaces

As outdoor living continues to become an essential aspect of our lives, designers are increasingly involved with beautifying the landscape and elevating outdoor areas. One of the companies supporting them in their efforts is Coastal Source. 

Coastal Source was born in the Florida Keys out of a desire to create an outdoor landscape lighting solution that could withstand any weather, including corrosive salt air. From that idea grew a global phenomenon, an outdoor lighting and audio company that Defy the Elements™.

When Coastal Source partnered with Lutron to create the first Ketra-compatible outdoor light fixture, outdoor lighting was transformed. Here, we’ll explore how designers use this extraordinary outdoor lighting system to highlight the seasonal beauty of spring. 

Enhancing Four-Season Living with an Outdoor Sound System

Utah is world-renowned for its breathtaking scenery and incredibly diverse landscapes. This setting draws nature lovers, from hikers to skiers and rock climbers to those who simply want to lie back and stargaze. 

This love of nature extends to their homes and the growing trend of outdoor living. Here, homeowners are creating seamless indoor and outdoor transitions, prioritizing entertainment that rivals their indoor systems. One of the most popular is the latest outdoor sound system. 

These systems add value and functionality to outdoor spaces, creating a year-round retreat elevated by high-fidelity sound. Let’s explore how to enhance every season through the power of today’s outdoor audio.

Discover the Benefits of Whole-Home Automation

It’s that time of year when we look back at what was and ahead to what can be. For many, 2025 is the year to embrace a balanced lifestyle—a little less work, a bit more exercise, and more time for the things that bring joy. If you’re ready to declutter, enhance your well-being, and spend more time outdoors, creating a more efficient lifestyle is the key. 

One of the best technologies to support you on this journey is whole home automation.

While a smart home offers unprecedented ease with one-touch control of lights, shades, climate, security, and entertainment devices, automation creates more time to do the things you love. Here, we’ll explore how smart home living can improve your life in 2025. 

Extend Outdoor Entertainment Through the Seasons with an Outdoor Patio Heater

Is your home’s outdoor area calling to you? Are you tired of waiting for spring? What if you could create your ultimate outdoor entertainment space and extend its enjoyment into the colder months? Imagine a brisk winter chill in the air with you and your friends warm and toasty in your own outdoor oasis. 

How? 

Infratech, an advanced outdoor patio heater that brings warmth and beauty to outdoor living, supplies all the heat you need. 

Here, we’ll explore what sets it apart from the rest and how you can enhance your outdoor activities in comfort and style. 

Danish Design Meets Acoustic Excellence

For nearly a century, Bang & Olufsen has defined what happens when engineering precision meets artistic vision. Founded in 1925 in Struer, Denmark, B&O began with a revolutionary idea: that audio equipment could be both technically superior and visually stunning. Today, as an authorized Bang & Olufsen dealer, Argenta Solutions continues this tradition of excellence, bringing these masterpieces of Danish design into luxury homes.

How to Design a Home Theater for Entertainment Lovers

A well-designed home theater is more than just a large screen and a sound system—it’s a luxurious and comfortable space where entertainment lovers can experience their favorite movies how they were meant to be experienced. To create a theater that truly delivers on this expectation, designers must consider acoustics, screen technology, lighting, and seating placement. Then, test out your home theater setup with content designed to impress. Continue reading for five shows that were made for play in the ultimate entertainment space.

Seamlessly Integrating Innovation and Elegance to Elevate Modern Living Spaces

Luxury home design has always involved creating picturesque, functional spaces that double as convenient oases. And as luxury evolved alongside the advent of the smart home, hidden technology became a way for homeowners to integrate advanced features into their homes without disrupting the look. 

Hidden technology improves the look and value of your home. Continue reading to learn more about the role of hidden technology in luxury home design. 

Discover the Incredible Advancements in Home Security

There was a time when home surveillance consisted of grainy images and stored video that you accessed long after it was recorded. Fortunately, times have changed. 

Today, smart home security systems have transformed that experience by integrating the many automated systems and creating a home that proactively protects. When combined with the latest AI technology, peace of mind travels with you, no matter where you roam. 

Here, we’ll explore the latest smart home surveillance and how it’s transforming the way we protect what matters most. 

CONTROL4 LIGHTING AND AUTOMATION MAKE YOUR HOME MORE ATTUNED TO YOU

The lighting in your home influences focus, state of mind, perceptions, and even your general health.

Your home's illumination is often viewed through the lens of utility, merely as a means to an end. A Control4 system gives you the power to personalize your environment. For example, create some ambiance for dinner, or wake to soft light to start your day.

As a provider of automation ecosystems, we see lighting as an interconnected part of an integrated home. Working in concert, each component enhances the lifestyle of your Park City, UT home.

Are you intrigued about what adding personalized lighting can do for you? Continue reading below to find out more.

Optimize Your Movie and Gaming Nights with a Home Theater Installation in Park City

When you’re considering what to add to a home theater system, the first thing that comes to mind probably isn’t integrated smart home features. However, by syncing your 4K screens and surround sound speakers with a larger home automation platform, you can effortlessly create the ideal viewing experience. A professional integration company like Argenta can seamlessly connect your home theater installation with additional smart home solutions, allowing you to control everything from one device. Whether you’re enjoying a movie marathon with the family, a solo TV binge, or a game night with friends, you can relax and appreciate the luxury of a unified smart home. 

Keep reading to learn how to make your Park City, UT, home theater experience as comfortable and convenient as possible! 

With Ketra tunable LEDs, your home and wellbeing will never be the same

People need light to work and live. When natural light can’t reach indoor spaces, your next best option is Ketra tunable lighting. While standard light systems may be too harsh, too dull, or too one-dimensional, Ketra tunable lighting takes on a more natural and dynamic approach.

Read on to learn more about why this smart lighting solution is right for your Salt Lake City, UT home.

Enjoy More of the Movies and Music You Love with AV Services by Control4 and Savant.

Movies and music hold a special place in our lives; they motivate and move us in ways other art forms cannot. A smart home offers unique and superior ways to access and enjoy the content that gives you comfort and inspiration.

Motion pictures are the premier form of entertainment. In just over 100 years of their existence, the stories, stars, and sounds have come to dominate our cultural landscape.

Music is an integral part of our human nature, and it reaches every region of the brain. With connections this deep, you should demand AV services that respect this legacy while exceeding your high expectations.

Are you ready for a better way to experience content in your Park City, UT home? Continue reading below to find out more.

Origin Acoustics has solutions that deliver high-fidelity outdoor sound year-round

Unlike indoor audio systems, outdoor sound systems must contend with weather, large, open spaces and a lot of environmental noise. These factors can make it difficult for you to achieve high-quality sound outdoors, especially if you’re undertaking a DIY project and don’t know what kind of system components to buy.

At Argenta, we trust Origin Acoustics to deliver clear, immersive outdoor sound, no matter what kind of setup you want outside. If you’re looking to install outdoor audio in your Park City, UT, backyard, let’s explore some of your options from Origin Acoustics based on how and where you want to enjoy music.

One-touch control of outdoor audio, video and more adds comfort and convenience to your outdoor system 

If you already have home automation in your Park City, UT, home, you love the ease it brings to your daily activities. Within a few minutes of waking up in the morning, you can have the window shades rolling up to let in sunlight, the thermostat warming up the house and music playing in the kitchen while you make breakfast.

Why would you not want to extend that kind of comfort and convenience to your outdoor spaces? Home automation makes outdoor entertainment more enjoyable because you’ll spend less time fiddling with technology and more time soaking up new music, the latest summer blockbusters and vitamin D. Keep reading to learn 3 ways home automation improves your outdoor setup!

DIY AV installation can quickly spiral out of control. Instead, trust the AV specialists at Argenta Solutions to get it right the first time around

Summer 2020 is shaping up to look very different from the summers of years past. As the threat of coronavirus lingers, you may be contemplating fewer family vacations and more time spent at home in Salt Lake City, UT. If that’s the case, what you need is a high-end home audio video system for music, movie, TV and gaming entertainment.

Before you decide to install a new system yourself, stop and read our blog. At Argenta Solutions, we’ve seen all kinds of DIY disasters. For a clean, high-quality installation, turn to an AV specialist for help. Here are some of the most common problems DIY projects run into.     

Equip your conference rooms with the latest audio/video setup to foster more collaborative and engaging meetings 

After months spent working remotely, you may be preparing to head back to the office soon. But before you do, take a fresh look at your conference rooms. Are your meeting spaces equipped with the technology you need to communicate effectively with a mix of in-person and remote workers? As employees, customers and business partners shift to conducting more virtual meetings, your business needs to start looking at commercial audio video companies that can upgrade your conference rooms with the technology you need.

At Argenta Solutions, we have the knowledge and expertise to install the large-scale commercial solutions that your Park City, UT, business needs to operate more efficiently. Keep reading to learn 2 smart upgrades your business can make today.

Unlock the full potential of automated lighting, climate, audio/video, security and more with the right whole-home automation system

Whole-home automation can truly elevate your lifestyle from ordinary to luxurious. With home automation, you have the power to enjoy all the little things in life: lights that turn on by themselves when you enter a room, a thermostat that adjusts itself to your desired temperature during the day and a smart coffeemaker that starts brewing coffee as soon as your alarm goes off in the morning.

To achieve this bliss in your Salt Lake City, UT, home, you must start with the right home automation system, the brain of your smart home. Keep reading to learn what the ideal automation hub looks like and why you should consider hiring a professional integrator to install your new system.

Our homes have become an even more important part of our lives the past few years and we have learned to optimize every part of the home.  Relaxing outside or working on that never-ending list of projects is better when you add music.  The days of dragging your old boom box out to the yard (along with a bunch of d-cell batteries) are over.  With Origin Acoustics we can deliver solutions that vary from listening to the game while grilling or having the rager that causes the police to come knocking on your door.  All these solutions are engineered to handle the toughest extremes of weather and exposure to other elements of nature.  We can seamlessly incorporate them into your audio system creating a convenient way to bring your tunes outside!

Up until a few years ago, living in a smart home was a thing of the future. Smart homes were seen in movies like Tony Stark’s mansion in Iron Man, or the cartoon TV series The Jetsons. Now, there’s so much smart home tech available you can get it anywhere from Walmart to Amazon. All of these smart devices, lights, thermostats, cameras, doorbell cameras, flood sensors, robot vacuum cleaners and more are controllable from your smartphone or with your voice. As different as all these devices are, they all have one thing in common. They need a smart home hub to control them.