Minnesota 2025 road trip
Skylines, Superior sunsets, and a cooler full of squeaky cheese curds. Full album below.
grahncloud.com
Welcome to GrahnCloud
Our family’s digital home base.
Photos, projects, playlists, and the everyday experiments happening inside the Grahn house. Hosted on our own gear, for our favorite people.
About us
Midwestern roots. Retro taste. Cloudy ambitions.
We’re the Grahns—collectors of vinyl, lovers of road trips, and proud home server nerds. GrahnCloud tracks whatever we’re excited about so family can catch up anytime.
Where you’ll find us
- 📍 Minneapolis suburbs
- 🧺 Saturdays at the farmer’s market
- 🎶 Record hunting + impromptu dance parties
House favorites
- 🍳 Retro brunch experiments
- 📽 Backyard movie nights
- 🎮 Co-op Mario Kart marathons
Always building
- 🛠 Smart home automations
- 🔊 Whole-house audio scenes
- 📚 Digitizing old family scrapbooks
What’s happening
Current projects & obsessions.
Consider this the living room bulletin board. If we’re tinkering with it, it shows up here.
New Synology expansions
Added more bays and a UPS so GrahnCloud keeps humming during storm season.
Mid-century mix
Chet Baker, Leon Bridges, and some synthwave for night drives. Ask for the playlist.
DIY tiki cart
Rolling bar cart with rattan accents and hidden smart lighting. Debuting soon.
Family albums
Stories we’ve been capturing.
New shared albums appear here automatically—no manual updates required. Everything opens in Synology Photos, still hosted at home.
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Home lab
The stack powering GrahnCloud.
Everything lives on hardware humming in the basement—because nothing beats hosting it yourself.
Synology Photos + NAS
Primary photo library with daily snapshots to offline drives. Customized share links for family.
Home Assistant
Automations for lights, HVAC, and arrival scenes. Integrates with GrahnCloud calendar + playlists.
Networking & backups
UniFi stack, WireGuard remote access, and Backblaze B2 for encrypted off-site copies.
Web front-end
Static HTML + JSON feed, synced via git. Albums refresh automatically when new shares are published.
Stay in touch
Ping us anytime.
Need a photo, want to visit, or just curious what we’re streaming? GrahnCloud is the fastest way to reach us.
Drop a note to hello@grahncloud.com for invites or album access.
Calendar
Need to sync plans? View the family calendar (ask for access).
Guest Wi‑Fi
Visiting? Scan the QR code on the fridge or ask for the nightly rotating password.