Enhance Your Space with Smart Lighting: Transforming Mood, Ambiance, and Functionality

Smart lighting has revolutionized the way we illuminate our homes, adding not just convenience but also flexibility, ambiance, and more. Today, lighting is about creating a dynamic environment that adapts to your needs, moods, and seasons. With the right design and forethought, smart lighting can elevate your space, enhance your mood, and even play a role in your overall well-being. Modern lighting solutions offer endless opportunities to customize your home’s atmosphere to suit any occasion or preference, from color-changing smart bulbs to tunable white lighting.

Integration Controls Residential Networking Specialist Certification

At Integration Controls, we’re committed to staying ahead of the curve when it comes to the rapidly evolving world of smart home technology. That’s why we’re proud to announce that two of our Saint Louis team members have recently earned the prestigious CEDIA Residential Networking Specialist Certification. This achievement not only underscores their expertise but also strengthens our ability to provide clients with cutting-edge, reliable, and seamless networking solutions for their homes.

The Beauty of Home: Invisible Solutions for Home Technology

Beyond “Alexa Play That Song”: How Voice Control Can Enhance Your Spaces

Read on to learn more about a number of ways you can integrate voice control technology into your home to effortlessly interact with your environment and enhance your day-to-day experience.

Lobby Day: Integration Controls joins CEDIA for Integrators everywhere!

On March 6, 2024, Integration Controls CEO Jamie Briesemeister will travel to Washington D.C. to take part in the Custom Electronic Design & Installation Association (CEDIA) Lobby Day

Four ways an automated, integrated home reduces stress

Smart home automation isn’t just about incorporating the latest home technology in order to take advantage of the best new gadgets on the market — it’s about tailoring specific capabilities to your exact wants, needs, and desires. Naturally, reducing stress is at the top of the list when it comes to creating the right home environment for any of our clients.

The Evolution of Smart Home Design: Looking to the Future

The rise of smart home technology in the past few decades has been a revolution in the way homeowners interact with and experience their homes and lives. The early focus was product-centric, lasering in on innovations in home security (smart locks and security cameras), smart lighting and thermostats, and custom home integrations. As the home tech industry evolved, the focus became more on the integration of truly smart home technology – an interconnected web of devices that make smart home automation – and an enriching experience in your space – possible.

Home Theater vs Media Room—which one is right for me?

In most homes, having a space dedicated to entertainment has become increasingly important.

Elevating Smart Homes: A Unique Partnership

In today's fast-paced digital era, the concept of a smart home has transcended mere convenience, becoming a seamless integration of technologies that enhance our lives.

Integration Controls Introduces Bang & Olufsen to St. Louis

Integration Controls First to Bring Bang & Olufsen Products to St. Louis. Ultra-premium AV products allow consumers to elevate their acoustic and visual environments

How Much Does a Smart Home Cost?

One of the barriers for many people when it comes to smart homes, or home integration, is the fear of cost.

Integration Controls Brings Bang and Olufsen to St. Louis

Integration Controls is now the exclusive supplier of Bang & Olufsen (also known as B&O) ultra-premium AV products in the St. Louis metro area. B&O is legendary for design-forward speaker craftsmanship, which aligns with our goals to enrich your life at home through smart, integrated beauty.

Five Design-Friendly Technologies for Holiday Gifting

Before we know it, we’ll be putting together our holiday shopping list and Integration Controls Holiday Gift Guide 2022 will help you find that perfect something for everyone!

Extend Your Missouri Summer with Patio Shades

The end of summer in Missouri can be lovely as the temperature begins to drop and we all try to eke out those last moments of summer outdoors with friends and family.

10 Spring Cleaning Tips for Your Home Electronics

As the days grow longer and the sun shines brighter in St. Louis, the layer of dust that accumulated on your electronics equipment over the long winter becomes more apparent.

Lighting Design Unlocks the Beauty of Your St. Louis Home

Hey St. Louis, it’s time to level up your home with lighting design.

KOHLER, Moen Smart Water & Wall-Smart Mounts in St. Louis

In early February, Jamie Briesemeister, Co-Founder and CEO of Integration Controls, headed to Orlando to see what Design & Construction Week–a combination of the Kitchen and Bath Industry Show (KBIS 2022) and the International Builders Show (IBS 2022)—had to offer.

Small Business Saturday...All Year Long

Shop local for gifts and experiences to be remembered, long after the holidays are over!

“Sub-Wolfer”: Surprise Subwoofer Location - Integration Controls

An Origin Acoustics subwoofer installed below a Wolf Range helps to fill this great room with fantastic bass response.

Historic Home Renovation Series: Smart Doorbell Is Also an Antique!

Did you know that a smart doorbell doesn't necessarily have to look like a smart doorbell?

Quincy, IL: Designer Collab Elevates Historic Home

This historic home renovation project in Quincy, Illinois, was a huge success due to great collaboration between the design team and Integration Controls.

A Historic Home Gets a Smart Makeover

On this episode of Design Uncut, we discuss how a historic Federal style home in Quincy,IL was brought into the 21st century through careful preservation, energy management and smart home technology.

So Much More than Just a Piece of Paper...

Every industry has its share of certifications. In our industry, we have them for best of class installation, building networks, designing acoustically-accurate rooms and home theaters, and more.

Great Gift Ideas for 2018!

It's that time of year again, when turkey sandwiches are being distributed daily in lunchboxes, and Black Friday seems to extend through December.

Making Spaces Sound as Good as They Look

Today's design trends involve a bunch of hard surfaces: high-gloss lacquer, mirrors everywhere, granite and hardwoods as far as the eye can see.

Holiday Tech 5 - top five technology gifts for the person on your list!

We know technology can be confusing and, since 2004, we have been here to simplify technology in your homes and businesses.

The people behind Integration Controls...

In 2004, my husband Jeff and I co-founded Integration Controls in St. Louis, MO. Our vision was the same then as it is now: simplify technology for our clients, using the right products and solutions to meet their needs and exceed expectations.

Solutions that Simplify

As technology professionals, we are often asked to simplify home electronics for our clients here in St. Louis. The problems we hear... Too many buttons. Too many wires. Ugly boxes. Multiple controls.

Case Study: Award Winning Home Theater

Our client was building a new home and wanted to integrate a home theater experience that would trump that of traditional commercial movie megaplex. There's just one problem, there is an underwater mural in the entertainment room that absolutely cannot be changed.

CEDIA: What is it?

We're incredibly proud to be able to say that we've been a member of CEDIA since 2005. It means a lot to us, to be a part of this outstanding community, but what does it mean for you? We'd like to answer some of the common questions we get about our CEDIA certification and help show you how working with a CEDIA member directly benefits you as a client.

Case Study: Integration Controls Wins 2013 Best Integrated Home Award