Custom Home - May 2000 Nowadays, one of the first things architect Joe Luna asks new clients is how wired their lifestyles are. More often than not, clients say "very". That was the emphatic answer the owners of this renovated colonial gave. They wanted their suburban Boston home to grow not only in size but also in technological capabilities. Luna's plan bookends the original house with two two-story additions; one extends the family room and adds a master suite above, the other contains a three-car garage with home office upstairs. The home office and the family room got most of the high-tech treatment, but the whole house was also upgraded with Cat 5 wiring, network cabling, a LAN system, and a lighting control system. The biggest design challenge Luna faced was integrating a sophisticated video system into the family room. He worked closely with the A/V consultant to configure the custom cabinetry to accommodate all the A/V components and provide them with the proper ventilation. Lighting the room also required extra planning to avoid reflections in the big-screen, rear-projection TV. Luna minimized the use of recessed lights and speced tiny, low-voltage, xenon-gas lights spaced 2 inches on center in the ceiling coves to give the room ambient lighting that doesn't reflect on the screen. - L.E. Project Credits: Builder: Phil Lemire, Topsfield, Mass; Architect: Luna Design Group, Lynnfield, Mass.; A/V consultant: A/V Design, Wellesley, Mass; Cabinetmaker: Appleton Woodworking, Newbury, Mass.; Living space: 3,500 square feet; Site: 2.2 acres; Construction cost: $159 a square foot; Photographer: Alex Beatty. * Resources: Bathroom plumbing fittings/fixtures: Kohler, Circle 424; Entry doors: Pella, Circle 425; Garage doors: Raynor, Circle 426; HVAC equipment: Lennox, Circle 427; Insulation: Owens Corning, Circle 428; Lighting fixtures; Halo, Circle 429; Paints: Benjamin Moore, Circle 430; Roofing: Certainteed, Circle 431; Skylights: Wasco, Circle 432.