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Brentwood Smart Home — Whole-House Motorization
This project is a conceptual design study created to explore custom window treatment solutions, fabric applications, motorization systems, and architectural integration. Images are illustrative renderings and do not represent a completed installation.
Whole-House Lutron-Integrated Motorized Drapery — a design project in Brentwood, CA. The studio's specification practice in design intent, fabric, hardware, fullness, and installation, written from Olga's perspective.
A new-construction smart home with thirty-six motorized openings, an existing Lutron HomeWorks RA3 system, and a brief for full keypad and voice control of every drapery in the residence.
Specified Lutron Sivoia QS Triathlon hardwired DC motors across every opening — the only specification that integrates natively with HomeWorks without bridges. Drapery types varied by room (French pleat in formal, ripple fold in living spaces, blackout in suites), but the motor platform was unified for control consistency.
Three coordinated linens (heavyweight in formal rooms, medium in living spaces, blackout-lined in suites) sharing a single tonal palette. Motor specification was independent of fabric; control consistency was the priority.
Lutron Sivoia QS Triathlon motors with field-tunable limits, hardwired during framing. Concealed track in living areas, exposed iron rods in the formal rooms; both motor types specified for the same control surface.
Motors commissioned and addressed by the integrator before any fabric was hung. Each opening field-measured to 1/16 inch. Fullness tuned per room type. Total motor count: 36; scene presets: 8 across the system.
Every drapery in the house operates from a single keypad, integrated with shade and lighting scenes. My recommendation for smart-home motorization: standardize on a single motor platform across the residence, even when drapery type varies. Mixed motor platforms create control-surface inconsistencies that survive every other change to the home.
- Whole-house motorization
- Lutron HomeWorks
- 36 openings
- Mixed drapery types
- Unified motor platform
Related from the Studio
The reasoning behind this work
The decisions behind this project — how the room was read, what the drapery was asked to do, and why each specification was chosen — follow the same written method the studio applies to every commission.
For the specification work behind this project, read Custom Motorized Drapery in Brentwood, Custom French Pleat Drapery in Brentwood, and Custom Ripple Fold Drapery in Brentwood. For the broader practice in this neighborhood, see custom drapery in Brentwood. Pricing for projects of this scope is set out in the 2026 Custom Drapery Pricing Guide.
The work on this project draws on the studio's reference library. For the heading style at the top of the panel, study French Pleat, and Ripple Fold. For the fabric itself, see Blackout.