At Lake of the Ozarks, the view is the point. Floor-to-ceiling windows frame the water, and open floor plans blur the line between porch and living room. Every design choice bends toward one goal: nothing gets in the way of the view and that connection to nature.

So why do so many home audio setups ignore that rule? Soundbars perch awkwardly under televisions. Speakers take up valuable floor space. Equipment stacks up in a corner of the room and takes you away from the lake retreat ambiance. 

You want music in the kitchen while you cook. You want sound on the porch at sunset, and a movie playing in the great room, without turning any space into a showroom for hardware. It's possible once your audio gets treated as part of the house, not furniture inside it.

Hidden home audio video means speakers, screens, and projectors built into walls and ceilings, finished flush so they read as architecture instead of add-ons.