I hired an illustrator to draw my house. Now it's my Home Assistant dashboard
4 hours ago
- The user built a custom Home Assistant dashboard featuring hand-drawn, interactive floor plan illustrations to make the smart home system more appealing for the whole family.
- After struggling with a complex automation setup that required app usage, the user commissioned an artist to create day/night illustrated floor plans with device animations (WebP) and separate layers for easy integration.
- The dashboard uses Home Assistant's picture-elements card, conditional elements for day/night switching, and state_image to animate devices; it runs on a TV via a kiosk add-on to avoid remote friction.
- The final setup includes a full-house view on TV (with exploded floors) plus individual floor views; the TV schedule and family adoption of the app solved the original problem of low engagement.