The point of this blog is to share my journey of making our home into a Smart Home.  As such, the focus is on that project, and not on the site itself.  That said, I'm extremely proud that we've already made it into the Feedspot top 100 Home Automation blogs.

Now that our Ring Video Doorbell Pro is installed, I want to show you through the user interface of the app so you can get a better idea of what you can do.  Check out the video for the full tour, and my post below for a description of the functionality both in the iOS app, and Windows 10 app.

Why push a button when your lighting can work completely automatically?  One way to achieve this with smart lighting is with a motion sensor.  Philips provide one in their Hue range, and we've now installed one into our Kitchen.  Read on for how we got on with setup!

Lightbulbs and lamps aren't the only way to add lighting to your home.  Flexible adhesive LED lightstrips can also be a great way to add lighting, and pleasant lighting effects.  Doing this with smart lighting can make installing and controlling it even easier.  With that in mind, we added Philips Hue Lightstrips to our Kitchen.

We've now 'plumbed in' our Ring Video Doorbell Pro.  Unlike some of our other kit that was rather more 'Plug & Play' - this took a bit more effort.  It wasn't all smooth sailing, so read on for our experiences and first impressions.

It's time to open up another new area of our Smart Home project - security.  After having thought a lot about where to start, we decided to give our humble doorbell a bit of a makeover.  Read on to discover more about our plans.

It's time to expand our Philips Hue lighting again, and this time we're focussing on the Kitchen, and even outdoors! We got a haul of new Hue gear to do this, including Hue LED Lightstrips, a motion sensor, and Hue 'White' bulb - none of which we've had so far before. Here, I go through the unboxing to let you know what you get!

I'd mentioned in previous videos that i'd look to get a home voice assistant at some point, and the day has finally come! We now have an Amazon Echo Dot.  In this article and video, I run through the unboxing and setup process.

There's more than one way to order your technology around, and even Windows users can get in on this fun.  Here, I explore how you can have Cortana control your smart lights, as well as look at some of the advantages and disadvantages vs other systems like Siri.

The world of science fiction long foretold of a future where we could speak to our computers.  Today, this often takes the form of voice assistants in our homes and in our phones.  In this post I explore a little about using Apple's 'Siri' voice assistant to control Philips Hue smart lighting.