In addition to deleting the sconces in the great room, Agent Smith got creative and ordered some color-changing strip lights from superbrightleds.com and controllers. Unfortunately, the first set of controllers had range issues as the space is big and the giant chimney column gets in the way, so after researching other options, he opted for controllers from the Philips Hue suite. Now we can control the lights from the light switches and use the Philips Hue app to change the colors and intensity. We can also program a couple of “modes” that the wall switches can be used to activate, so he set up four quadrants, each encompassing a quarter of the space, with two upstairs and two downstairs. Below are short videos I shot last night of the lighting. First, turning it all on/dimming one or two of the quadrants, and then turning all but one of them off.
And here’s how they can be changed to shine any color light you could want.
But wait, there’s more! Agent Smith designed a way to light the sitting area. He’ll use the same approach for over the dining table once we settle on some sort of dangly lightweight fixture; we may also replace the current disk fixture over the sitting area.
