Eight Ways to Smarten Up Your Home: Gallery

Renovating? Future-proof your home’s wiring
“As good as WiFi is, the spectrum is busy and will only get busier,” says high-end AV installer Stephen R. Kraus. For the foreseeable future, wires will still distribute the best audio, video, and data signals throughout your home. To avoid undue ­expense when you want to add new equipment, run bundled cabling (left), or at least a pair of CAT6 (Ethernet) cables through the walls while you’re renovating.

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