Smart Home Tour 2023 || 7 Space Saving Ideas
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🎬 Living Room 🎬
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00:00 Introduction
00:12 Garage
02:51 Guest Room + Office
04:11 Living Room + Home Theater
05:40 Kitchen + Pantry
06:50 Patio
08:23 Studio + Gym
09:55 Master Bedroom - วิทยาศาสตร์และเทคโนโลยี
This is easily my favorite home automation channel on TH-cam. I love that you're not afraid to DIY it when there isn't a specific product that suits your needs, but you also aren't afraid to buy certain ready made components for the project if need be. Perfectly balanced. Can't wait to see what comes next!
Next project: Building a robot that cooks the family breakfast, runs the bath, gets you dressed and provides an amazing full-body massage every evening.
I could definitely get on board with the full body massage robot. There were a few of them at CES last year, but they weren't exactly compact (basically giant CNC machines with massage attachments).
@@TheHookUp How do you sleep at night while your robots are cleaning the house? Are they that quiet?
They are downstairs, I'm upstairs. Can't hear them at all. The upstairs robovac runs during the day while I'm working downstairs, and I can definitely hear it.
and the Jetson's maid
This video is worth way more than all the "ooh, look at my smarthome where I have to do everything myself" and "yoo, look at how much money I spent" combined video's that youtube is loaded with. Really love your work, hope you will keep doing your thing for years to come. Thanks for all your knowledge and honest opinions 🤗
Thanks so much for sharing your home with us! You should be very proud of what you've put together here, it all looks great. I especially liked the inclusion of mentioning the non smart homey stuff like repurposing your spaces for guest bedrooms and the cocktail machine, your hobbies, etc.
I hope to one day achieve something similar in my own home, and I look forward to future editions of this tour with even more great innovations!
45 seconds in and I'm like WHOA! I'm all about vertical storage but had no idea you could crank up some contraption and twist a whole work station down! This......changes everything. I should watch the rest!
Rob never fails to make normal smarthome stuff look like caveman toys. 😂
Between you and Linus from LinusTechTips, I swear youtubers should start their own smart home design firms, because honestly looking at new builds in 2023 it feels like most houses that are built are built by people who don't actually live in the houses they build.. It's even the simple stuff.. Ethernet in a terrible spot, rooms in bad locations so you can hear a fart in the middle of the day, absolute poor use of space.. It's insane what a little thought and consideration can do to a space and I feel like we need to have places like this actually on the market to spark innovation.
Linus extensively customized his home and somehow completely screwed up his HVAC (by passed the thermostats and tried to program it all in HA only) , smart switches by installing a wireless speaker system that interfered with them in one of the rooms when he had run custom wire for everything else.
I would not want linus or his team designing anything in my home.
@@YKSGuy tbf Linus will usually give the disclosure that the kinds of things he does for his channel are usually more interesting and complicated than the most logical way to do things. Something between his full-custom stuff and the out-of-the-box systems from Google, Ring, etc are the best balance IMO
@@goinginzane Really till recently his server / storage / networking for his core business has also been a chaotic, unreliable mess as well..
A gaming PC? Sure I would love him to build one and would expect good advise..
Networking and home automation? Still don't think LLM is the right answer. They went after a Zwave switch maker for not providing firmware updates and drove them to provide them.... However.... That was not the problem with their system, they didn't read the directions / understand the modes or how to set the attributes on top of the interference issues.
I consider myself a very detail-orientated person and thorough reviewer, and you always impress me with your finds and implementation. My career was based on implementing critical emergency systems for hospitals and the military, so I have always found home automation to be a fun hobby. You provide a lot of shortcuts to getting what I have in mind implemented into my physical reality. I appreciate that!!!
I love that pantry remodel!
Rob living his best life ever.
Dude -- you're like a Disney Imagineer!
Haha, perhaps my 3rd career if this TH-cam thing falls through.
Another video that absolutely kills it! Thank you for so many ideas packed in such a quick video.
The TV/Projector setup is sooo cool. I love it.
now this is home automation!! love the amount of DiY and focus on local processing! thanks for sharing your home with us, this gives me plenty of ideas to attempt for my own home
Your garage idea is making me rethink my garage from the ground up! Such amazing ideas
Wow. Just Wow. What an awesome place with just too many great things to mention. Thanks for the vid and ideas.
Wow, Rob. That is epic! All your stuff is great but this was my favorite video since your LED strip tutorials. Well done!
Thanks!
Best channel yet. I am a very picky person but this channel is pure perfection.
Amazing! So many great ideas packed into such a short video :)
Wow Rob, that's years in the making, great smarthome
Holy crap. First time seeing your channel. I am impressed and inspired!
Thanks!
That golf simulator idea is pretty awesome! I may have to steal that idea for when I turn my barn into a mancave.
A word of warning: Your body will likely not tolerate playing golf for 3 hours a night 7 days a week :)
@@TheHookUp That's especially true with my current playing 18 holes of golf once a year if I'm lucky.
I was so excited when I saw this notification! Great tour, I added it to my Smart Home Tour playlist :)
Wiht double the square footage, I'm not sure I have the same space constricts as you. But I love the turning off the vacuums automation. I do something similar by putting HA into "Housesitter" mode when we are away, but that's a manual step. Your approach is very clever.
Like you, I'm very happy with my Alunotec pergola - thanks for your earlier video!
The standing desk / workbench is a great idea!
One of my favorite projects for sure, makes doing small projects much more manageable since getting out tools is 10x easier now.
Thanks Rob.
really beautiful home... and great video. thanks for putting it all together!
Heck yeah Govee sponsored tour!
Being Retired & 74 years old I doubt we could sell our farm & Condo and possibly even buy a house as nice as yours. Nor would I believe that I could customize it as well as you have.
You seem to have made a very nice smart design all the way around. You have educated us on so many different aspects of smart technology. At least now we know more. Thanks for sharing your experience & thoughts 🎉🎉🎉🎉
Thanks Steve, cheers!
Dude, where have you been? super stoked to finally see a video from you after so long. Currently building a new place and after watching this - i'm like OH shit, I should have done that.
Rob… my mind is blown! 🤯
Such a good video, love your channel and your content, its so professional!!!
Brilliant!
I’d freaking pay this dude to come up with ideas and execute for my space!
Fantastic video!
beautiful house and great video!
Wow...just WOW!!
WOW! That was impressive! Well done sir….
If your wife is like mine, she is not terrified of living without me if I die before her, but she's more terrified of running things in our home! LOL!
Wife here...it was decided long ago that I would put the house on the market immediately before everything breaks!
Would you be willing to tell more about the multi button switch/usb panel under your desk? I would love to know more about that setup. Thank you.
Call Them out!
I'm ready to move in!
Nice set up! First time on your channel. I’m always interested in other peoples automations and scenes for ideas. I recently installed 2 Zooz Zen32 switches to my SmartThings hub. That thing has tons of possibilities!!!! 🤙🏼
These are definitely home goals! Only waiting for the market & rates to cool down... eventually haha.
DUDE....
impressive.
Great video, such good advice. Documentation is so difficult. Even when I do document things looking back at the documentation softer a few years is still confusing but I guess it’s better than nothing. Would be really interested in hearing if anyone has found a really effective way to document their smart home.
great video
I get itchy everytime I see an American house with carpet everywhere. Really cool house tour! Makes me want to automate my home. Only have smart speakers, lamps and camera's...
Nothing itchy about carpet, it vacuums up just fine.
wow, so many ideas, one of my favorite channels
Great video. You are a legend, so don't take this too seriously, but I'm not found of the second angle cut when you are narrating as I find it distracting (even though I know its commonly used) particularly when you are often cutting away from yourself anyway.
Noted. It's mostly a trick to hide cuts between takes. For whatever reason I was struggling hard with my words during this video, so there were quite a few cuts to hide, lol.
Holy shit. I wouldn't want to move!
Definitely don't have plans to move any time soon. Also can make vacationing a little underwhelming, thinking to myself "I could be doing this at home", lol.
I love getting new ideas from home tour/overview videos like this!
On the 3 button switches, do they fit in a standard US box? Can you fit two of them in a 2-Gang box? They look pretty wide.
They fit into a single gang without issue, I wouldn't recommend them for 2 gang boxes.
Can you talk more about the triple switch in the garage? How are the other switches programmed? Could you actually use the switch without having it connected to anything but house main power?
Awesome smart home. I've recently moved in to my home and have a relatively basicv smart setup but I'm building on it! I'm really interested in your pergola setup, looking for something like this for my home. You should do a video on how you went about doing the install!
It was actually pretty simple. It came in 2 crates and had very detailed assembly instructions. I think in my original video I said it was like putting together a giant heavy piece of IKEA furniture: th-cam.com/video/l8dRm8PApLE/w-d-xo.html
wow dude
Very cool
Great tour! Impressive that you packed all that into 12 minutes! I just posted a smart home tour & struggled to keep it at/under 45 minutes. Lol
I should have looked to you for inspiration. Lol
My rule of thumb: Write a script, then delete half of it. Record said script, then delete 20% of that.
@@TheHookUp I like it!
Awesome channel. I have started subscribing. ❤
Looks like I am going to have to purchase a murphy bed kit tonight. I have been ratchet strapping the mattress, box frame, and frame together and flipping it up against the wall for a few years.
Definitely worth it, so much space to be recovered.
Just some terminology. Matter does not have Border Routers, Thread has. The term for Matter is Fabric. Other than that neat picking, great video and plenty of good ideas to leverage.
@The Hook Up can you share more about how you're setting up the Zemismart switches in Home Assistant? I just got one after seeing this video but I can't see any button press or hold events like you seem to be able to. Just whether each circuit/switch is on or off.
Add a second safety trip beam that the golf simulator would intersect when it's down so the garage door CAN'T OPEN when the screen is down.
I could also probably do it with a limit switch, but to me the smart outlet gives me a larger level of confidence because I can clearly see when the garage door motor is disabled by looking at the light on the opener.
I was thinking of it as in addition to your current config.
Does the outlet require internet for full functionality, or can it be controlled offline as well?
@@OfficialJohnnyNelson It's zwave, all local control.
Rob, can you make a video describing in more depth, the pool controls that you use? Thanks for the great work!!
It's an old video, but the info is still good: th-cam.com/video/QcaJlpVOJ8U/w-d-xo.html
The only difference these days is you could probably use tasmota or ESPHome to make it a bit easier.
figured you'd have an x1 carbon lol
Out of curiosity, what sort of jump did you see in your electricity usage with the garage mini-split and/or did you put a thin layer of insulation on the door or nah? I've been debating doing it for years!
It's basically not even noticeable. I did insulate the garage door with Styrofoam + radiant barrier, but the mini split is just crazy efficient.
Love the video. It's cool to see the things that you've installed in your own home after all the reviews you do.
What zigbee integration do you use in Home Assistant for your 3-button Zemismart switches? Unless I'm not searching well enough, I don't see it listed in zigbee2mqtt.
I use ZHA for Zigbee and ZwaveJS for Zwave.
Rob, what foot warmer are you using for your desk? That certainly caught my interest!
It's called the "Toasty Toes", I've had it for like 15 years and I absolutely love it. Looks like they don't sell on Amazon anymore, but this was the listing: amzn.to/3Qq2Yil
Great video! Do you have any video with details on the pantry transformation?
imgur.com/a/24zKJVd
Rob, what material did you use to make the pantry shelves? They look very nice!
Thanks! Just melamine with PVC face boards.
Great video, I really appreciate the full tour and now have some ideas! What camera are using in the garage on your pegboard? It looks like a Yi maybe? I’ve been looking for something small that works with BI.
UniFi G3 Instant
Please make a video on Xgimi 3
All the projects are awesome! There are many things which make space savings. I am curious - what is the stand for Google Hub you have in the kitchen?
It's actually an echo show mount from Thingiverse, there used to be an echo show there, we like the nest hub better because of the picture frame function: www.thingiverse.com/thing:4652774
What Video Doorbell are you using?
How did you hookup sonos Arc to 2 tv outs? Just curious!
Great content as always!
I'm using a stupidly expensive HDMI splitter/matrix called HDFURY VRROOM: amzn.to/3XHdLWI
It also does a lot of cool things like sending low latency dolby vision over HDR10.
Do you have a video on the pool automation, really interested in that
Brace yourself, it's an old one: th-cam.com/video/QcaJlpVOJ8U/w-d-xo.html
I've been piling more and more home automation stuff on the past two years and love it, but have to wonder how much your family is on board. I feel if something happened to me, my family would just drop the keys and walk off into the sunset to find another home because they wouldn't know how to even turn on some lights. But I'm not discouraged in the least!
The family loves the automations and they use them all the time, but yes, if something were to happen to me my wife has instructions to move ASAP before home assistant goes down.
@@TheHookUp Thank God I'm not alone and need to find a new and improved family!!!
Nice home automations, thanks for the tour.
I started working on my version of your camera setup using Blue Iris and the used PC as a server from a previous video and I'm very happy with the results. Thanks for sharing what you're doing and helping others wade through the world of home automation.
Why do you have the camera in the garage? I don't see the purpose if you have cameras outside.
I have a security camera to be able to cover all entry points into the house. Also nice to be able to visually see the state of the garage door.
@@TheHookUp Good point, I never thought of that. I'll have to add a couple more. Thank you.
Awesome. What type of camera system do you have?
I use a software NVR called Blue Iris.
Any luck getting that Zemismart roller blind onto local control (assuming it's the wifi variety)? I love these, but: 1) esphome instead of tuya would be so nice and 2) via tuya, it only goes in 10% increments, which makes it hard to open/close slowly, or use it to block out a certain amount of sun. Any info on these points would be amazing!
Yes, mine is flashed with Tuya.
You should do a little vinette movie, where you use this stuff, like a day in the life thing. You wake up, command the curtains open, adjust the bed, move throughout the house, etc. Sometimes it's hard to get an idea of what it's like from just you describing what each thing does. Man, you are really all-in on this. Most of this stuff I don't even want, but it's still pretty cool. Nice work.
My largest issue is getting power to these devices. How do you do it? A lot of cable runs?
Your Home "features" would cost more than my whole 3br 2 ba.....🙃
I need ur help!! If I use a reolink RLC-823A will I have to use a reolink NVR to get full capability or can i continue to use my ubiquity UNVR pro?
No, the UNVR can only use UniFi cameras.
Go on about the Tonal. Do you recommend it or not? I am currently on the fence about getting one.
Tonal is great. If money is not an issue for you then you will be happy with it. I got it right before the first lockdown and it was amazing to be able to work out from home.
All in all it's much more expensive than having a gym membership, but if working out from home is easier or more convenient for you it could still be worth it.
It would be awesome if you had a video of making this bunk bed.
Built those pre-youtube channel, so I don't even have any random B-roll.
@@TheHookUp is it actually DIY coz I saw a couple of videos and it seems extensive.. Also how much did you end up paying for all materials.
It's not flat pack furniture, you'll need to cut some wood, but it's definitely an entry level woodworking project. Materials when I built it were like $200, but that's like $500+ in today's lumber prices.
@@TheHookUp thanks. I'll watch some other videos of people buying cut wood from home depot or something but still a lengthy project
Lol! Have you slept in the last year's?! Great job 👍
I love keeping busy :)
How did you incorporate the mini split with home assistant? I need to do this!
The one I bought has a USB dongle that is supposed to allow it to do smart control, but I didn't buy it. Instead I'm using a shelly EM to monitor the power consumption to know on/off status.
Do you have a video on the smart home patio door lock that you mention briefly ?
Yep: th-cam.com/video/uqdU-KLTzwY/w-d-xo.html
@@TheHookUp I was also looking for this. It would be helpful to add it to the video description as well.
Great stuff as always!
I would love to see a hackathon with you can Dr Z where you free these terrible internet reliant products free from their cloud bonds. Can’t be that difficult as the hardware is all their and Node MCUs can do anything the OEM controllers do.
For simple stuff that's definitely the case. The Tonal runs android at its core and needs video content to function, so it would be hard to free from the cloud. The Eight sleep is probably do-able, you'd lose some metrics, but I bet it would function mostly the same with a simple controller.
Do you have any details about your “camera and lighting rig on rails” build? Specifically, I am curious about the rails and sliding mechanism. I need to build a projector slide as I have some throw ratio limitations which will require me to move my projector (a larger JVC RS400) back to increase my screen size but in doing so it would block the attic access in my theater. I was looking at using either unistrut or even pocket door hardware to build the slide. What did you use?
Linear rails: amzn.to/45hvOGl
@@TheHookUp Thanks for the reply! You got a new subscriber here!
The perfect WALL-E home 😂
Did you remove the year round outdoor holiday lights?
Nope, still going strong.
Anyone know what rolling shade is being used in the studio/ gym?
They used to be on Amazon, but are only on AE now for some reason: s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_DFTcs21
what epic thing do you have planned for your mid-life crisis?
I'd love to see an Amazon affiliate link for the hoist you are using at 0:40 in the garage.
Unfortunately not for sale anymore, this was the listing: amzn.to/3WonLUj
@@TheHookUp Thanks. I've been looking for something similar to hoist equipment in my garage. Best I've come up with is ratchet straps and this is so much more elegant.
Do you have any bugs sometime or it's really stable? It scares me ! We have a simple fire tv and we need to restart it often, can't be different than smart home equipment right?
For the most part things are stable. I also have a rule that even if the entire system is down the house should just go back to being a "dumb house", meaning original functionality is preserved and all "smart" stuff is just a layer on top. I would say that 90% of the time if I have an issue it is network related, not smart home related.
@@TheHookUp Glad to see jt works great, thank you !
The video starts here: 0:12
Smart garage door opener ?
Older style doors can be easily automated with a shelly: th-cam.com/video/WEZUxXNiERQ/w-d-xo.html
Newer style doors use a cloud service (which is annoying), but can be "hacked" by using one of your garage door remotes.
Really unfortunate about the 8sleep mattress… I wonder if there’s a similar alternative.
I always have my eye out for alternatives at CES, but I haven't found any that want to be cloud free. In fact, I think even big names like sleep number are moving towards cloud/subscription models.
@Levon it's no doubt an amazing product. I'm more concerned about the fact that eight sleep could go out of business and my mattress would lose all of its functionality.
@@TheHookUp Companies are loving the recurring revenue of the subscriptions.
@@TheHookUp that's my exact thought... Can't trust companies nowadays.
That's a massive shame about the 8sleep. Its expensive, but for something you do every single day and can make a big impact it seems like it could be worth it.
Lots of stuff in your house that just pours your personal info and biometrics into the cloud. Not a huge fan of that aspect. Loving many of these automation touches though. I've just gotten a house and started my home automation journey... it's a bit tough going, mainly due to the plethora of options, so not sure what to go with much of the time.
Local control is always preferable. However, the biggest personal info and biometrics thief is in our pockets all day every day.