About
A designer and an engineer, at the same table.
Plumbob Design exists because the best homes aren't split between someone who cares about how a room feels and someone who cares about how it works. We do both, on purpose.
Our philosophy
We eliminate the compromise between beautiful and intelligent.
Traditional interior designers treat technology as an afterthought. AV installers treat aesthetics as one. We operate at the exact intersection — elevated interiors and privacy-first automation, planned as a single set of decisions.
We speak architectural drawings and network topology with equal fluency — built to work alongside your architect and contractor as a peer, not a subcontractor lost in the shuffle.
What we believe
One discipline, not two vendors
Design and engineering are decided at the same table, so neither is compromised to accommodate the other.
Local-first, always
Your home should answer to you — not to a server in another state, or a subscription that can lapse.
The detail is the product
Hairline reveals, flush hardware, tidy racks. Craft is how we signal that the rest is handled too.
Documentation is respect
We document the system as rigorously as the design, so architects, builders, and future you can trust it.
We know where our license ends
Design, specs, and system configuration are ours. Construction and any wiring that needs a license go to your own contractor or electrician — we make sure the handoff is clean.
Serving Northern Illinois · Southern Wisconsin
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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.