Hal Dreyer, president of Gunderboom, an Anchorage, Alaska-based engineering company that designs and builds aquatic filters and bubble curtains, notes that a sound that is 100 decibels on the ...

For optimal sound dampening performance, Ikea recommends hanging the curtains with added folds somewhere between three and five inches from a wall. They won’t make a noisy roommate completely ...

Sound-dampening curtains, which usually cost $20 to $60 per panel, are made of a thick, heavy fabric such as velvet, and are typically lined with vinyl or a similar material that absorbs sound.

Instead, curtains can do a decent job too — just make sure they’re the thick, heavy kind that theaters use, not just typical bedroom ones. Sound blankets are also great for this too.

If needed, he said, the curtains can be retrofitted with additional layers to achieve even higher dampening. The thickest system created so far consists of a 12-layer sound curtain that can ...

Lilac Velvet Custom Curtain Pepper Home $246 Available in three widths and a choice of five hanging styles (rod pocket, ring top, pinch pleat, tailored pleat, and grommet), these luxurious velvet ...

Heavy curtains made from thick material such as velvet are often needed to keep noise out of indoor environments, but Swiss researchers have come up with another option. The Empa researchers, in ...

If you want sound-dampening without your room looking like a music studio, check out these Bubos acoustic panels. They’re made to look like wall art, blending in with your decor without looking ...