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Improving Home Acoustics Near Bedford, OH
There are certain noises in our homes that we don’t mind hearing. We don’t mind hearing our friends and family laugh when we are all gather around the dining room table. We don’t mind hearing soft music playing from our spouse’s office. We don’t mind listening to our children play in the room upstairs, having a great time. However, there are some things that can be heard inside the house that are less than pleasant. If you have a lot of hardwood flooring throughout your home, you might find that noise travels a lot easier than if you had carpeting. Soft window treatments can stop those echoes, music, footsteps, and voices all throughout the day - including all those other noises you might not want to hear. Fortunately, with window treatments by Hunter Douglas, we have various ways of improving home acoustics. Read on to discover our tips.
Tip 1: Upgrade Your Windows
Improving home acoustics doesn’t mean that you have to add an area rug if you like your floors as they are. In fact, if you’ve been thinking about upgrading your window treatments, then this is a wonderful way to also improve the acoustics within your house. Similar to an area rug, the soft material of a window treatment can absorb noise and prevent sound from carrying throughout your house via bouncing off your floors and walls. Fortunately, we have a variety of Hunter Douglas window treatments that absorb sound well and look fabulous while doing so. These include:
- Design Studio™ Custom Drapes: With over 250 fabric options and color choices, these gorgeous Hunter Douglas drapes elevate any space and improve the acoustics in your home with its supple build.
- Duette® Cellular Shades: Created with a cellular construction, Hunter Douglas Duette® Cellular Shades not only improve your home’s energy efficiency, but they also help improve sound as well. This will keep your home comfortable and quiet all year long.
- Heritance® Hardwood Shutters: Made with genuine basswood or poplar, Hunter Douglas Heritance® Hardwood Shutters add timeless beauty and noise control to your home.
Tip 2: Add to Your Floors
One of the easiest ways to improve home acoustics is to add something that counters the hardness that causes the echoing. As mentioned before, you might notice noise traveling throughout your home because of your hardwood floors. While we aren’t saying you should tear up those gorgeous floors and replacing with carpeting, adding a floor runner or an area rug can improve interior acoustics dramatically. This is because the fabric material of the floor runner or the area rug will absorb the noise and prevent it from bouncing around your house. There are many gorgeous area rugs that you can choose from to match your home’s aesthetic, including patterned, neutral, bold, and more. An area rug or floor runner is the perfect way to add some character to your home while quieting things down!
Contact Us
To learn more about improving home acoustics, be sure to contact or visit us today at Designer Accents at Home. We are located in Bedford, Ohio, and proudly serve the greater Cleveland, Ohio area, including Gates Mills, Shaker Heights, Beachwood, Lyndhurst, Pepper Pike, Moreland Hills, Solon, Cleveland Heights, University Heights, Orange Village, Fairlawn, Stow, Aurora, Hudson, Twinsburg, Montrose Aurora, Hudson, Medina, and Bath, Ohio.