User:Lb34/Dining room noise

people have (not) asked me (yet): why is there a bookshelf above my head?

defining the problem

• dining room is one of the noisier rooms at the moment
  • especially when having dinner with kids
• noise seems to be a unhealthy
• room may exclude people who are in a sensitive state

possible solutions

• remind people to be quieter
  • pros: it’s good to articulate what you want
  • cons: feels bad to hold ppl back, doesn’t work for long
  • probably needs to be done from time to time
• not joining dinner when feeling sensitive
  • pros: no changes needed
  • cons: passively excluding, could lead to frustration, sickness
• put things in the room to trap sound reflection

About reducing sound reflection

Problems

• people make quite a science out of it and only spend time with reading about different options (it’s a science though)
• requires changing a room, which also affects people
• hanging stuff on the wall over head height might scare people

inital approach/copy from come

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• [Liou] “I’d like to attach more bookshelves there in order to establish noise reduction and free up space in piano room. Please share your thoughts.[…]”
  • Desire to have less clutter in dining room, Larissa seems she may start doing stuff
    • [Liou] could someone elaborate more on the clutter part?
  • Desire to keep Piano room as main book room
  • (Book sorting as a parallel issue mentioned, Marynia mentioned interest)
  • Desire for there to be a clearer concept
  • Doug find is a bit claustrophobic, and enjoys rooms without stuff above head heigh, but not opposing