Elvin Luff How to over-engineer a shelf, with smart lights My workshop has been looking like a dungeon for a few weeks now. With a small painter's light sitting in the corner, the space has been a metal chair and few zip-ties away from the dream of every kidn... 28 May 2026 Projects
Elvin Luff Building Hidden Smart Lighting into my Workshop I went a little overboard with my lighting solution for the workshop. This floating shelf has some hidden tricks up its sleeve, and it's all powered by Home Assistant and ESPHome! In this video I go t... 22 May 2026 Projects
Elvin Luff Welcome to elvinhome Hi, my name's Elvin, and I make smart things for your home. You've stumbled across a small website called elvinhome. I hope that the name is self-explanatory! Let's start off with who I am first. You ... 21 May 2026 Updates
Elvin Luff The ultimate wall-to-wall openGrid tool wall Building the tool wall of my dreams with openGrid and some nice blue filament! https://www.opengrid.world/ has links to all the models and guides you need.... 18 May 2026 Projects
Elvin Luff I built a workshop in my Amsterdam apartment New channel, new videos! I'll be posting weekly, hopefully more, on all things going on around my home. I do all things tech and DIY, armed with all the best toys/tools like 3D printing, laser cutting... 15 May 2026 Projects
Elvin Luff Monitoring my home through my kitchen cabinets When you go full smarthome and start adding a million devices, the second challenge you tend to encounter is how to interface with all of them. Sure, your Home Assistant is full of a big list of every... 28 Dec 2025 Projects
Elvin Luff The magical automated bathroom mirror One of the greatest advantages of building your own DIY smarthome solutions, for me at least, is the ability to combine sensors and outputs in ways that would make no sense for a traditional manufactu... 7 Dec 2025 Projects
Elvin Luff Light My PAX: Integrating smart lighting into my wardrobe Picture the situation: your alarm’s gone off at 5am, you’re re-thinking all your life choices that lead to setting it to 5am, and you’ve now got to get yourself dressed without annoying your partner o... 22 Nov 2025 Projects
Elvin Luff Making a smart(ish) washing machine I hate the idea of smart home appliances . Things like your fridge, dishwasher, oven, or microwave. The thing is, it’s not about the idea of them being smart, but just purely the implementation that a... 16 Nov 2025 Projects
Elvin Luff Setting the mood with a DIY IKEA smart bed hack You know what’s the biggest mood killer in the bedroom? Alright, maybe there’s plenty of situations that I’m skipping over here, but for me it would be turning on the big light, and blasting a peacefu... 9 Nov 2025 Projects
