Ikea’s Sound-Absorbing Curtains May Broker Peace Between Noisy Roomies

Good fences make good neighbors, however placing up a picket fence inside a small condo to assist maintain the peace between two roommates simply isn’t an choice. As another, Ikea, which has been all in on sensible residence units currently, now sells sound-absorbing curtains, which could truly be its smartest home accessory but.

Given the form the world is in proper now, there are loads of causes to shell out $189 for a aspect desk air air purifier to assist cut back the quantity of air air pollution you’re inhaling, or to assist take care of a roommate’s determination to prepare dinner fish final night time. But what about noise air pollution? No one desires to spend their life sporting a pair of noise-canceling headphones as a result of a roommate doesn’t watch TV at an inexpensive quantity stage whereas consuming Doritos as loudly as a cow chewing its cud. A greater answer is only a curtain rod away.

Ikea claims its new Gunnlaug curtains are constituted of chenille yarn with a particular weave within the cloth that “has 50-100% greater absorption of medium and high sound frequencies than other fabrics with similar quality and weight.” The Swedish furnishings maker even boasts that the Gunnlaug curtains are ISO 354-certified, which is an official commonplace used to measure and confirm the sound absorption capabilities of “materials used as wall or ceiling treatments.”

For optimum sound dampening performance, Ikea recommends hanging the curtains with added folds someplace between three and 5 inches from a wall. They gained’t make a loud roommate fully disappear, however Ikea guarantees they’ll assist to cut back echos and reverberation in increased frequencies, like when a roommate is clanging dishes and cutlery within the kitchen at 3 a.m. The Gunnlaug curtains will price you $50 for a 5-foot-extensive part, so masking a whole condo might get costly, nevertheless it’s nonetheless cheaper than dwelling by yourself.