If you’re already living in a Control4 Smart Home, you know how simple it is to set the mood with a single touch of a button. Now, with the new Control4 Smart Home Skill for the Amazon Alexa family of devices—including the Echo, Dot, Tap and FireTV—it’s even easier to control your smart home with just your voice and a few simple commands. At Control4, we are proud to deliver true whole-home automation with devices that actually work in concert. “Scenes”, as we call them, o

When my husband and I were looking at purchasing our first “official” home, he only had one prerequisite—he wanted a large backyard. Fast-forward four years and that big yard has been a work in progress—a very expensive one. And although our basement is bare-bones, our actual living space is significant enough that it, too, is hard to keep up on. I’ve often wondered when we’ll be ready to simplify our way of living. After all, the more space you have, the more crap you acquir