We are trying to work out our switch locations for our kitchen. There are very few walls available and it is a very large space with 4 main circuits. We will have one four gang switch on one entry to the kitchen from the DR/great room to control all 4 main circuits. On the opposite side of the kitchen (around 18 feet away from the first 4 gang switch) we would like another 4 gang to control the same circuits, but we really don't have a great spot for another 4 gang on this side. We would love to use a scene control here instead as we can accommodate a single gang. So, if the first 4 gang has the same four circuits as the ones we want to control with the scene control, and all switches in the first four gang are Lutron ones, and we have a main repeater (with plug and Cat 5/6) are we good to use a scene control on this end of the kitchen? Also, do we just put an empty plastic one gang inside the framed walls (rough in electrical stage) and tell the electricians to leave it alone? Or I guess we could have a hybrid switch that turns on the island light cicuit and and also has scenes to control the rest of the kitchen circuits. Carol

Anyone have experience with the new Lutron Palladiom shades? They are beautiful but a lot of money (even more than regular Lutron shades). Also does anyone have Lutron shades with the architectural fascia as exterior mount? How does it look?

Personally I have always valued Lutron's customer service, they will really help you lay it all out.

Just to update this thread - we ended up with the Lutron Caseta shades and we are thrilled with the end result. We don't have a comparison point with Hunter Douglas and I think you can't go wrong. But for every reason we chose Lutron - the sleekness and quiet motor - we couldn't be happier. We did hard wire the windows and during construction two of the wires were cut so that was a problem. In hindsight I might have waited to order the shades after I knew we had electricity to every window confirmed. It would have been a bit incovenient but we could have ordered the battery operated shades for those windows then. Instead we had to repurchase battery operated shades for those windows after purchasing the hard wire shade. So an expensive situation. Hope this helps!