Assembling a ready-made is already a plus, but a small

. I think a good start would be to think about whether you want it to go outside the room at some point or stay within the four walls.
You could do something non-developmental in the room, i.e. lights only on/off to start with, same with blinds. You would have to develop modules with relays, which you would plug in in parallel with the existing switches. You would feed a pair of wires into each relay, and the main controller would feed 12V into the relay when the end device was to be switched on.
A terribly crude solution, but one that can be solved in a few weeks.
Of course, it is much better to build modules with some logic, i.e. in addition to relays, you add a microcontroller, choose one of the existing bus standards (RS232, 485, etc.) and then connect all the devices with one "cable". Here you also have to come up with some kind of data frame, some kind of acknowledgements, etc. A developmental topic, but much more labour-intensive.