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Wood blinds add an elegant flair to your home’s décor, and these Serena by Lutron Smart Wood Blinds offer sophisticated and inexpensive smart home options to boot. The blinds themselves, however, are ...

Automated shades can be a cool feature for any living space, but when you start looking at the market, you might be surprised how expensive outfitting a whole home can be. That said, smart shades and ...

Motorized window treatments that open and close with a voice command, on a schedule, or even based on room occupancy are the ultimate finishing touch for any smart home. Some models will even earn you ...

Looking to transform those dumb blinds in your house into smart blinds? Lutron’s Serena line promises to do exactly that. So smart that can even help you save energy? I took the smart blinds for a ...

Lutron has announced its new Caseta smart shades at CES 2025, bringing its window covering technology to more with a lower price tag and continued support for Apple Home. Lutron is well known not only ...

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Lutron shades are an innovative leader in the shading industry and if you are thinking about saving energy costs and adding some appealing aesthetics to your home decor, they should be one of the ...

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