5 steps to the perfect Valentine's Day with a smart home
Are you (or your partner) a Valentine’s Day superfan or are you just looking to spend a cozy evening by yourself this Valentine's Day?
No matter what, a smart home is your perfect partner on this day to help you create the ideal setting for your ideal Valentine's Day.
Check out the 5 steps to creating your perfect Valentine's Day with a smart home below:
1. Be safe when cooking a homemade Valentine’s dinner in the kitchen
Are you preparing a Valentine’s dinner for your significant other, a date, or just yourself?
No matter the circumstances you always want to be safe and in control when cooking dinner in the kitchen (also, who wants to embarrass themselves in front of a date?).
For this, a heat alarm is your perfect wingman in the kitchen.
The great thing about a heat alarm is that it doesn’t go off all the time if your masterchef cooking generates smoke.
Instead, it lets you show off your cooking skills without interrupting, unless it detects rapidly increased levels of heat – then it will warn you instantly.
If it’s just smoke and no real danger is detected, you can keep on killing it in the kitchen.
Check out the Intelligent Heat Alarm from frient (sublime cooking skills not included).
2. Enjoy a romantic (and safe) candlelight dinner
Dinner is made and it’s finally time to indulge in your culinary creation.
And is it really a Valentine’s dinner without candle lights on the table? Of course not, so you light the candle lights for the perfect romantic setting.
Well aware that the only thing that should look smoking this evening is your date and not your tablecloth, you have, of course, installed smoke alarms that will immediately let you know if any of the candles you lit are causing danger.
If you want to take candle safety to the next level, the Intelligent Smoke Alarm from frient keeps your home safe by going off with a loud alarm and sending you a notification on your phone in case you are not around if it detects fire.
Candle crisis averted.
3. Set the mood for a special evening in the living room/bedroom
After a great meal it’s time to move the fun out of the dining room.
However, the romance doesn’t stop at the doorstep. Because as you enter the next room, a romantic and/or cozy atmosphere of preset light glows up the room right on cue.
This is your other smart wingman, the motion sensor, detecting activity in the room and telling your lights to come on. What a way to set the mood, huh?
If you want to recreate the scenario at home, you’ll need a motion sensor and a smart plug (or another smart device that can be used to control your lights).
The Motion Sensor Pro from frient can even report the temperature and light levels in the room.
And with the Smart Plug Mini you get not only smart controlling of your lights (or any appliance connected to the plug) but it also lets you track the power consumption of the connected appliance. Pretty smart, right?
4. Protect your home and belongings if you are out and about
Not home on Valentine’s Day? No worries – a smart home can help you protect your home and belongings while you are out celebrating love.
If you want to avoid burglars – or unwanted wooers – to enter your home, you can install entry sensors on your doors and windows.
If one of these smart sensors register an opened door or window, it will let you know instantly with a notification on your phone so you can act fast before the intruder/hopeless romantic can do much damage.
And with the Entry Sensor Pro from frient, you will also be alerted if someone tries to open or deactivate the sensor.
Want to up your home security even further? Add a Smart Siren that will definitely scare away any trespasser with its loud sound and send you a notification. Then you can go on and celebrate with peace of mind.
5. Is Valentine's Day not your thing? No problem – enjoy a cozy movie night at home
Does the thought of pink heart-shaped boxes filled with cheap chocolates, and cute stuffed animals make you want to lock yourself in your house with a movie and snacks?
We get it. And so does your smart home.
If the best thing you can imagine doing on Valentine’s Day is to kick back and relax with a movie and popcorn, your smart home has you covered.
Why not do it in style and convert your TV room into the perfect movie night setting with the push of a button?
With a Smart Button you can easily set the right mood by setting up your smart home for a personalized “cinema mode”. Then, all it takes is one push of a button, and you can make your lights dim to the perfect intensity while your TV turns. Movie night = on!
So this Valentine’s Day, why not show your date – or your home – some extra love and upgrade your smart home to be your perfect wingman for the evening?
