Interiors × Automation · N. Illinois
A home that’s beautiful and genuinely intelligent.
Most clients are told to choose — a designer who treats technology as an afterthought, or an integrator who treats aesthetics as one. We design the space and the system as a single discipline.
One discipline, not two vendors
Design and engineering, decided at the same table.
The wiring, the acoustics, and the network are planned alongside the millwork and the lighting — so nothing beautiful is compromised to make the technology work, and nothing technical is bolted on after.
Interior Design
Rooms that feel considered
- Space planning & layout
- Material, finish & lighting selection
- Furniture, styling & art curation
- Renovation & new-build partnership
Smart Home Automation
Systems that respect you
Local-first control that keeps working when the internet doesn’t — no vendor lock-in, no cloud dependency, no listening in.
- Home Assistant automations & scenes
- Smart lighting & climate control
- UniFi networking & virtualization
- Whole-home audio (Sonos, WiiM, Klipsch)
- control
- Home Assistant (self-hosted)
- protocols
- Zigbee · Z-Wave · Matter
- network
- UniFi
- audio
- Sonos · WiiM · Klipsch
Capabilities
Homes designed and wired as one.
Why Plumbob
A technical partner who speaks both drawings and network topology.
We're built to work alongside your architect and contractor as a peer — documenting the system with the same rigor as the design, so the two never fight on site.
- One point of contact
- You work directly with the people designing and building the system — not a call center, not a subcontractor chain.
- Documented like a trade
- Every system is documented with drawings and specs your architect or builder can actually use.
- Built for this region
- Northern Illinois and Southern Wisconsin, with in-person visits when it matters.
The method
Five stages, one measured line.
- 01
Discover
We learn the home, the people, and how you actually want to live in it.
- 02
Design
Interiors and systems are drawn together, as one coordinated set.
- 03
Document
Rigorous drawings and specs your architect and builder can trust.
- 04
Integrate
We install and commission the system to disappear into the space.
- 05
Support
Local-first means it keeps working — and we stay on call when it matters.
Start the conversation
Planning a renovation or a custom build?
Tell us about the home. We’ll show you what a beautiful, private, and genuinely intelligent space looks like.