Regarding the lighting, you're definitely missing out on a lot of comfort by not using something like Hue or zigbee2mqtt. You could add a second layer of lighti

Regarding the lighting, you're definitely missing out on a lot of comfort by not using something like Hue or zigbee2mqtt. You could add a second layer of lighting which runs in parallel, like with floor lamps. Once it's set up you can completely forget about it and have movement sensors and dimmer switches make them useful to you.