What You Need to Know About Control4 X4 

When your home automation system is responsive, intuitive, and tailored to your lifestyle, it fades into the background and supports you throughout every moment of your day. The new Control4 X4 upgrade does just that by making your smart home experience faster, smarter, and more future-ready.

If you’ve been using Control4 OS3 or are new to the smart home realm and simply exploring what’s available, the X4 platform introduces significant improvements that address real-world frustrations while opening the door to new possibilities. 

Let’s take a closer look at what’s new and why now may be the right time to refresh your current system—keep reading!

Discover Lighting That Moves with You Throughout Your Life

Lighting has the power to energize, ground, and restore. 

Subtle shifts in tone and brightness throughout the day can align your living spaces with your body's natural rhythm. The result is a home that supports energy in the morning, clarity through the afternoon, and rest at night. 

At Fusion 9 Design, we create lighting experiences that flow with you from room to room, hour to hour.

Explore how an intentional lighting strategy supports every part of your day below.

Score a Touchdown in the Home Entertainment Department.

Summer is nearly over, and before we know it, the leaves will change colors and start to fall. With the season change comes an electricity in the air that every sports fan recognizes—we’re building up to months of must-watch TV that brings everyone together.

But here's what happens every year: you find yourself squinting at tiny screens, shuffling uncomfortable chairs, and watching guests crane their necks just to catch the action. Don’t let it happen again this year! The gap between watching the game and experiencing it boils down to one thing: your media room setup.

This is the perfect time to plan and execute upgrades before the season begins. The months before peak entertainment season offer the best shot at working with professional integrators, securing premium equipment, and completing installations without scrambling against game-day deadlines. With assistance from a home theater integration team like Fusion 9 Design, you can convert that spare room, finish the basement, or completely reimagine your current entertainment space.

Together, we can build something spectacular and turn your ordinary TV room into an entertainment hub you and your guests will love all year round! 

Get Real Smart Control Without the Headaches

You want your lights to work. Every time. Not sometimes. Not after three app updates. Not when Mercury isn't in retrograde. Every single time you press that button or say a voice command, you want the lights to respond exactly as they’re programmed to work.

That's why homeowners keep choosing Lutron. After decades of making lighting controls, they've figured out something important: the best technology is the kind you forget about until you need it, and when you need it, it just works!

While many DIY lighting solutions let you turn lights on and off from your phone, Lutron provides hassle-free, automated operations based on your routines. It adjusts based on the time of day and works in sync with your other technology systems, including shading, climate, and AV systems, to manage natural light and comfort.

Keep reading to learn why Lutron is different and why Fusion 9 Design is your best source for designing and installing a bespoke Lutron system.

What Makes Lutron Different?

You could enter a room and have the lights turn on to the right level.  When you leave, they turn off. Sounds simple. It is. That's the point.

Illuminate Your Entertaining Spaces with Innovative Lighting Solutions

Outdoor lighting does more than brighten up a space. It has the power to change the mood instantly! Creating a warm, inviting environment for your family and guests is essential for enjoying time with them, and that’s why our team loves working with WAC Lighting’s Colorscaping products for our landscape lighting projects. Keep reading to learn how to make your backyard and patio shine with this fresh perspective on outdoor lighting.

Experience Immersive Sound & Vibrant Images in the Great Outdoors

Are you ready to make this your best summer season yet? From casual barbeques with friends and family to elaborate dinner parties, there’s something special about the time spent outdoors. With today’s year-round patio shades, those summer days can extend far beyond Labor Day and into the beauty of a Northwest autumn. 

So, how can you enhance every outdoor moment? Thanks to the advancements in technology, you can elevate your backyard with audio and video. This isn’t the one-directional audio that played excruciatingly loud music in one area and whisper-soft in another. Nor is it the video that you could barely see in sunlight and had to take inside at the first sign of a storm.

If you haven’t explored outdoor speakers and TVs in a while, prepare to be amazed. Here, we’ll explore the latest AV technology and the difference it makes in outdoor living.  

Transform Your Living Spaces with the Perfect Shading Solutions

Creating the ideal aesthetic in a home feels more like art than science. It’s all about mixing beauty, comfort, and that little touch of practicality. When it comes to shading, homeowners in Camano Island and the surrounding areas are really coming around to the idea of motorized shades. These aren’t just trendy; they bring tangible benefits like UV protection and glare reduction, while also making life a bit easier. Keep reading to learn how this deceptively simple solution can enhance your indoor and outdoor living spaces.

Illuminate Your Outdoors with Style and Efficiency

Low-voltage landscape lighting has changed the game for homeowners looking to enjoy their outdoor spaces. Remember those days of harsh floodlights or poorly lit paths that felt more scary than inviting? Well, they’re long gone! Nowadays, landscape lighting integrators like Fusion 9 Design offer tunable LED lights for a customized user experience. Moreover, our low-voltage lighting options provide powerful illumination while saving energy, striking a perfect balance between sustainability, safety, and aesthetics. 

Creative Ways to Integrate Proluxe Lighting into Homes

Lighting is a creative way to reshape a home’s atmosphere, enhance design, and amplify a welcoming aesthetic. Fusion 9 Design can help you with all of this! As a Proluxe dealer, we can access high-end lighting solutions that redefine comfort and beauty with surprising simplicity. Proluxe has products that help you set the mood and highlight architectural features by integrating seamlessly into your existing smart home system. Continue reading to learn more about Proluxe Lighting and why it’s considered the pinnacle of lighting excellence.

Powering Smart Homes with Energy Efficiency, Connectivity, and Future-Ready Design

Technology and efficiency go hand in hand, and low-voltage systems are the surprising powerhouses that make it all possible. These systems are vital for creating connected, energy-efficient homes. From lighting to security, low-voltage technology is the foundation of the overall smart home infrastructure. Let’s explore why low-voltage, high-impact systems are the smart foundation of modern homes.