Brighten Up Your Life With These Smart-Lighting Options

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One of the easiest ways to level up your environment is with the right lighting. Whether you want to light up your living room, the front of your house, or your back deck, there are plenty smart options powered by Hubspace, The Home Depot's exclusive Smart Home Platform.

Here, we'll look at some of the ways smart lighting – including an old-school light bulb with modern smarts and light strips that turn your living space into a disco – can improve your home.

Commercial Electric Canless Recessed Lighting Powered by Hubspace

Recessed lights are a simple and effective way to discreetly light up any living area, so why not make them smart? With Commercial Electric Canless Recessed Lighting, you can create the perfect atmosphere all from the Hubspace app.

These six-inch lights offer 800 lumens of brightness, making them ideal for your bathroom or kitchen. The lights are easy to install, and once they're connected to your Hubspace app, you’ll gain full control over the lighting temperature and can even use custom colors to set the mood.

Ecosmart Clear Smart LED Light Bulb Powered by Hubspace

I don’t know about you, but I’m a sucker for retro-inspired light bulbs, like the Ecosmart LED Light Bulb, which offers the best of both worlds. You get not only the retro aesthetic you’re looking for but also all the smarts that come with Hubspace.

Each bulb uses 8.5 watts but is equivalent to 60 watts thanks to its 800 lumens of brightness. With the Hubspace app, you can control brightness from 5% to 100%, adjust the color temperature to match the rest of the room, or select from one of the 16 million supported RGB colors.

Ecosmart 16.4 ft. Dynamic Color Changing Strip Light Powered by Hubspace

Strip lights are an easy and affordable way to light up and add personality to a space. This Ecosmart Dynamic Color Changing Strip Light is 16 feet long, making it perfect for a small room, workspace, or the back of your desk.

The hardest part of the setup is deciding where to put this strip light, after which you can use the included mounting hardware – screws or adhesive – to complete the installation. If the strip is too long for your setup, you can cut it down to size without damaging the rest of the lights. Or if you need more than 16 feet to go around a room, you can connect multiple strips.

Take full advantage of the Hubspace integration by creating your own light pattern or an automated schedule. And if you really want to have some fun, let the music-sync feature turn your space into a disco.

Commercial Electric Rotary Dimmer Light Switch Powered by Hubspace

With the Commercial Electric Rotary Dimmer Light Switch, you’ll be in full control of the ambiance. A simple turn of the dial will lower or increase a light’s brightness. The 15A switch supports 600 watts for incandescent and halogen bulbs, or 150 watts for CFL and LED bulbs.

The rotary dial acts as a button that turns the light on or off with a single press, or with the Hubspace app, you can set a predefined brightness level that’s activated with a double press of the button.

With the Hubspace app, you can also set minimum and maximum levels, fade duration when turning the light on or off, and set a maximum run time to help limit energy use.

Hampton Bay 24 ft. Indoor/Outdoor String Light Powered by Hubspace

The argument can be made that no patio is complete without the Hampton Bay Indoor/Outdoor String Light. Each string has 12 shatter-resistant light bulbs spanning 24 feet. The Edison-style bulbs offer a bit of a retro feel with a modern twist, and I’m here for it.

You can combine up to five strings of lights to cover as much of your living space as you need. Use the Hubspace app to sync, set the lights to display a custom holiday theme, create your own color palette, or use the built-in music feature to make the lights dance as you listen to your favorite song.