The Super Official Homeowners Thread

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Does anyone know anything about smart-home shit? For my specific example - in the new house, the switches are wired to the absolute dumbest receptacle in each room - i.e. the TV and all components are on a switch, because that's the only outlet on the wall that makes the most sense for where the TV goes. I want to somehow turn on lights in other parts of the room without hitting a switch on the wall, and without having to walk across the room in the dark to turn on a lamp. Phone apps? motion sensors? any ideas?

Separately - for rooms that have a switched lamp but need multiple lights on - is there anything where if one light comes on, it will tell the others to come on? I'm talking IoT lightbulbs here