Smart-Home Design Technology for Interior Designers
Coordinate lighting, shading, entertainment, and smart-home controls with the spaces you create. GHT Group brings dedicated lighting designers, experienced project teams, and ongoing client care to your next project.
Your Design Vision Guides the Technology
Your clients trust you to create a home that feels considered in every detail. GHT Group works alongside your team to coordinate smart-home technology with that vision. from lighting that brings out a room's character to entertainment that blends into the interiors.
Since 1989, we’ve helped homeowners enjoy thoughtfully integrated technology, personal attention, and dedicated service. We partner with interior designers, architects, and builders throughout Atlanta and surrounding Georgia communities, Birmingham, Alabama, and the Florida Panhandle and 30A.
Whether you’re designing a new home or updating an existing space, we’ll help you explore options that respect the interiors, support your client’s routines, and fit the project’s priorities and budget.
Collaboration
A Technology Partner Who Understands Your Priorities
The best time to discuss technology is while the design is taking shape. Early conversations give us room to coordinate lighting, speakers, displays, shades, and controls with the architecture, furniture, and finishes you’re selecting.
Our team listens to your vision and helps translate your client’s technology needs into practical design decisions. We consider both the finished appearance and the details behind it, including equipment locations, wiring, access, and everyday operation.
Start with the Design and the Client
A free, no-obligation consultation gives us time to understand the project, your client’s preferences, and the experience you want to create. Depending on the scope, we may visit the home or meet at an Experience Center to explore possibilities together.
Develop and Refine the Plan
We prepare recommendations and proposals for review with you and the project team. For lighting projects, our in-house lighting designers develop renderings, CAD drawings, and photometric plans that help inform decisions before installation.
Coordinate the Work
A dedicated Project Manager coordinates equipment preparation, programming, and job-site communication. We work alongside your team and the other trades to carry out approved technology plans through installation.
Introduce the Finished Home
At the final walkthrough, the homeowner meets with the Project Manager, salesperson, and a service team member to review the finished technology. The service technician also learns equipment locations, wiring routes, and other details that support future care.
Solutions
Lighting and Technology Planned Around the Interiors
Every room presents different opportunities. We help you evaluate how technology will look, where it will live, and how your client will use it, with recommendations shaped by the design rather than a predetermined equipment list.
Lighting Design, Fixtures & Control
Bring lighting into the design conversation from the beginning. GHT’s two dedicated in-house lighting designers collaborate with interior designers, architects, and builders to plan light around the architecture, materials, furnishings, and activities within each room.
Our lighting services span design, fixtures, and control. Renderings, CAD drawings, and photometric plans help the team evaluate the proposed lighting, while coordinated controls make it convenient for the homeowner to adjust the finished spaces.
From highlighting artwork to creating comfortable evening scenes, we help make lighting an intentional part of the interiors.
Motorized Shading
Balance daylight, privacy, and glare with custom motorized shading solutions selected to complement your design. We coordinate fabric choices, hardware, placement, and operation with the windows and surrounding finishes.
Shades can operate via convenient controls or schedules, with compatible lighting integration to support how your client uses each room.
Concealed Audio & Video
Keep the interiors in focus while giving your clients the entertainment they enjoy. Our audio/video solutions include architectural speakers, small-aperture and invisible speaker options, concealed equipment, and displays that can retract or blend into the room.
We work with your team to evaluate placement, sightlines, finishes, and service access. Whether the goal is music throughout the home or a flexible media space, the technology is integrated into the overall design.
Controls That Fit the Room
Make everyday adjustments approachable with carefully placed keypads, touchscreens, remotes, and mobile controls. We help coordinate control finishes and engraved buttons with the interiors while considering where the homeowner will naturally reach for them.
Personalized scenes can bring compatible lighting, shading, and entertainment together for activities such as arriving home, hosting dinner, or settling in for the evening.
Infrastructure & Networking
Thoughtful infrastructure planning helps support the experience your client sees and uses. We coordinate wiring and equipment locations with the project team, considering the room layout, construction conditions, and access needed for installation and service.
Our home networking solutions support connected controls, streaming entertainment, home offices, and everyday devices, with coverage planned around the home.
Security & Surveillance
Bring smart security solutions into the design conversation early so cameras, entry controls, and other devices have considered locations.
We help balance coverage, visibility, and convenient homeowner access, coordinating compatible security features with the broader technology plan.
Craftsmanship
Attention to the Details Your Clients Live With
The quality of an installation shows in everyday use: a keypad that feels natural, speakers that complement the ceiling, and lighting scenes that suit the room. GHT coordinates these details with your team, taking into account how the technology will be maintained over time.
Our Project Managers serve as a consistent point of contact as equipment is prepared, programmed, and installed. We discuss scope, timing, and changes with the project team so decisions can be made with a clear understanding of their impact.
At completion, we walk through the controls with the homeowner and introduce the service team. That handoff helps your client feel comfortable using the technology and know where to turn for assistance.
Qualifications
Experience, Personal Care, and Resources Behind Your Referral
When you recommend a technology partner, your client’s experience matters. GHT combines an established team with an owner-involved approach and dedicated resources for design, project coordination, and service.
Experience Since 1989
GHT Group began as Georgia Home Theater and has spent decades designing, installing, and supporting home technology. That experience informs both our recommendations and our long-term care.
In-House Lighting Design
Two dedicated lighting designers work alongside our system designers and your project team. Their plans help coordinate lighting design, fixtures, and controls with the interiors.
Dedicated Project Management
A Project Manager coordinates the installation and communication with the people involved, helping carry the approved design through the work taking place on-site.
Service After Installation
Each office has a Service Director and technicians dedicated to supporting existing clients. Your homeowner has an established service team to contact after the project is complete.
Owner-Involved Care
Owner Kenny Ellis remains personally involved and accessible. Our long-standing team values familiar relationships and understanding the homes we continue to support.
Investment in Design Partnerships
Through ASID involvement, Lunch & Learns, and manufacturer education opportunities, GHT invests in understanding the design community and sharing practical knowledge.
Support That Continues After the Final Walkthrough
Your client’s relationship with GHT continues after installation. Our dedicated service teams help homeowners address questions and issues as they use their technology over time.
The proprietary GHT App provides a central place for service requests. Requests made directly to a salesperson are also logged there, helping the team track the homeowner’s needs. The app is available to all GHT clients and serves as a service resource; everyday home controls use the interface selected for the installation.
On-call technicians are reachable 24/7, with a guaranteed callback within 12–24 hours of every service request. Appointment and repair timing depend on the issue.
We also make personal check-in calls at six months, one year, two years, and five years to ask how everything is working. For your client, that means a clear path to ongoing care. For your design team, it means knowing who will support the technology after your work is finished.
Education
Explore Practical Applications for Your Next Design
Understanding what technology can do, and how it can fit into a room, makes it easier to discuss possibilities with clients. GHT supports designer education through conversations, demonstrations, and opportunities to learn directly from manufacturers.
Lunch & Learns
Explore topics such as lighting, shading, discreet audio, and convenient controls with your team. Our Lunch & Learns create opportunities to ask questions and discuss how these solutions can apply to the spaces you design.
Manufacturer Education Opportunities
GHT sponsors manufacturer education trips involving companies such as Lutron, Crestron, Sonance, and James. These experiences give designers opportunities to explore applications, see solutions firsthand, and bring informed ideas into client conversations.
Connection with the Design Community
Our involvement with ASID reflects an ongoing commitment to the people shaping residential interiors. We value the opportunity to understand your work, exchange ideas, and develop lasting professional relationships.
Explore the Possibilities with Your Clients
Bring your clients to an Experience Center to see how lighting changes a room, explore control finishes, and discuss technology in the context of everyday living.
Atlanta Experience Center
Our Marietta location features a Lutron Experience Center with Ketra and Rania lighting, along with two theater demonstrations and high-performance audio. Explore how different experiences could fit your client’s home before making selections.
30A Experience Center
Visit our Santa Rosa Beach team to experience Ketra and Rania lighting in our Lutron Experience Center and discuss options for your Florida Panhandle projects.
Birmingham Experience Center
Meet with our Homewood team to discuss your design priorities, explore technology options, and plan the next steps for your client’s home.
Interior Designer Partnership FAQ
We work alongside your design team to coordinate lighting, shading, audio/video, controls, networking, and compatible security features with the interiors. Our involvement can include consultation, design recommendations, lighting plans, installation coordination, homeowner orientation, and ongoing service.
Bring us into the conversation as early as possible, ideally while layouts and design decisions are still being developed. Early coordination allows time to discuss wiring, equipment locations, lighting, shade placement, and controls. We also work on renovations and existing homes, where recommendations reflect the available access and infrastructure.
Yes. GHT has two dedicated in-house lighting designers who collaborate with interior designers, architects, and builders. They develop renderings, CAD drawings, and photometric plans for lighting projects, helping coordinate the lighting with the home’s design.
Yes. GHT’s lighting capabilities span design, fixtures, and control. We discuss the appropriate scope with your team and coordinate those elements so the finished lighting supports both the interiors and the homeowner’s daily use.
Yes. Depending on the room and project requirements, options include small-aperture or invisible speakers, concealed equipment, and retractable or disguised displays. We help evaluate appearance, performance, placement, and access for future service.
Yes. Our Atlanta and 30A locations feature Lutron Experience Centers with Ketra and Rania lighting. Atlanta also offers two theater demonstrations and high-performance audio. Contact the local team to arrange a visit around your client’s interests.
A dedicated Project Manager coordinates equipment preparation, installation, programming, and job-site communication. They work with the people involved in the project to carry out the approved technology plans through installation.
Each office has a Service Director and dedicated service technicians. A service team member participates in the final walkthrough, and homeowners can submit requests through the proprietary GHT App. On-call technicians are reachable 24/7, with a guaranteed callback within 12–24 hours.
Yes. We discuss the client’s priorities, design goals, and budget before developing recommendations. Whether the project involves focused lighting, entertainment improvements, or technology throughout the home, we help the team evaluate appropriate options.
GHT hosts Lunch & Learns and sponsors manufacturer education opportunities. Contact our team to discuss upcoming topics, events, and any course-specific continuing education information.
We collaborate with designers across our established service areas in Atlanta, Birmingham, and the Florida Panhandle/30A. Contact the nearest office to discuss your project’s location and scope.
Let’s Plan Your Next Project Together
Tell us about your design vision and the experience you want to create for your client. We’ll help you coordinate lighting and technology with the interiors, explore options that fit the project’s priorities and budget, and plan for support after completion.