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Beyond the Walls: Elevating Your Outdoor Living Space with Purpose-Built Technology

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When you create an outdoor space, you aren't just putting a few chairs on a patio. You’re the type of person who wants to create future fun with the family and neighbors. It’s where you host evening dinners, where the family gathers on a Sunday afternoon, and where you unwind after a demanding week. But bringing the comfort and entertainment of your indoor living room to the outdoors requires more than just moving equipment outside.

It requires technology specifically engineered to thrive in the elements.

Here is why true outdoor home technology is a fundamentally different class of equipment, and why purpose-built design is the secret to an outdoor space that works flawlessly when the weather calls for it.

The Infrastructure: Enterprise-Grade Networking

You can’t build a smart backyard without a solid foundation, and that starts with your network. While one of our standards at Barrett’s Technology Solutions is to use an enterprise grade network system in our custom residences, the wi-fi created won't reliably reach the far gazebo, the boathouse, or your perimeter security cameras.

Property-wide networking relies on hard-wiring. By collaborating closely with the landscape architect before the landscaping work is started, wiring can be buried safely underground. This allows for strategically placed access points that blanket your entire property in seamless, high-speed Wi-Fi. Whether you are streaming a movie by the pool or checking an email from the edge of the property, the connection remains uncompromised.

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Four Ways to Amp Up Your Outdoor Entertainment this Spring and Summer

An outdoor space with a dinner party in the late evening. An outdoor TV is installed under a porch roof.

Got Cabin Fever? Take the Entertainment Outside

Spring in Chicago may not be the warmest in North America, but we can look forward to more temperate days and opportunities to get outside. Plus, it means summer is around the corner! With winter in the rear-view mirror, it’s time to cure cabin fever and get outside.

Getting outside is even easier when all you have to do is step out onto your patio or yard. Want a way to make the most of it? Just add audio and video entertainment! Explore some fun ideas for outdoor entertainment at home below.