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WHITBY FR EE PRESS, HOME IMPROVEMENT SECTION, WEDNESDAY APRIL 18, 1984, PAGE 7 Wise.. deècoratiïn.g.-can help to quiet baby's room Insulating Shade DECORATE TO SAVE ENERGY. New designer shade with superiar insulating praperties and unique design versatility not anly works ta save energy year round, but has unlimited decorating patential as well. Showcase by Window Quilt incarparates the leading insulating shade with a revalutianary and innavative concept in windaw treatments that allaws do-it-yaurself hame-owners ta easily change the shades caver fabric at wull in a matter of minutes. This revalutianary teature, available Lnly with Windw ujit, lets hmewners add new life t existing ram settings withut the tradi- tnaigh casts af redecarating. The praduct, with an -value of 3.3, significantly increases a inadaw's insulating ability, thus allawing hameawners ta reduce windaw heat lass and cut heating bid s by as much as fifty percent. When a baby cries, the parents instinctively reach for a diaper or bottie or toy. A new scientific study in- dicate s they'd be wise to reach for car protectors, too. ..Acoustical tests done by Minneapolis Sound Engi- neers reveai that the crying of a baby can reach as h igh as 117 decibels. That's only three decibels Iess than a jackhammer, a thun- derclap or a jet plane at ta- keoff! Prolonged exposure to that level of noise (and some babies have astonish- ing endurance) can actual- Iy harm the hearing of a cradling mom or dad. Less drarnatically, it can frazzle nerves and provoke irrita- bility at a.time when new parents need ail the calm and patience they can mus- ter. Loud sounds like the caterwauling of a baby cre- ate an echo effect. Sound waves reflect off the hard surfaces of a room - win- dows, doors, walls, ceil- ing, furniture - bouncing back and forth again and again in a split second until the sound builds up ta an annoying level. Fortunately, there are some fairly simple steps that can be taken ta reduce this reverberation and help quiet a baby's room. These include: 0 Heavy linen draperies on walls as well. as win- dows. Wall hangings serve as noise sponges, too.. 0 As mhuch fabric as possible throughout the room: thickcloths on the dresser and changing ta- ble, plump cushions on the rocking chair, etc. 0 Rows of large stuffed animais arranged along shelves. These cuddly cratures wili earn their keep as sound-wave inter- ceptors.' 0 Thick carpet on the floor. It won't do much ta absorb airbomne noise, but it will help quiet the roomn by softening the sound of footsteps. 0 Acoustical tule on the ceilingý. Since the ceîling is the largest single sound-re- flective surface in a room, this can be very effective. Experts say acoustical tule can soften high-pitched "'us TIME An acoustical ceiling soaks up sound waves in the tiny hales or fissures worked into the design. It not only -dampens sound within'a room but also cuts down on the migration of the remaining -sound to ad- joining rooms. Plain, pe gboard acousti- cal ceilings are a thing of the past Toclay they corne in rnany designs deco rative enough for the coziest of nurseries. For ýexamnple, Armnstrong makes onewith a saznpler motif. It's. per- fect for a baby's roorn bc- cause it picks up the fancy needlework often found on quilts'and wall hangings given as shower gifts. Besides muffling noise, an acoustical ceiing made of m'inerai fiber provides other benefits in children's roorns. It is fire-retardant, 50 it won't feed the flarnes in case, of fire. And il- is washable, which cornes in handy when infant turns ta tot and, defying gravity, finds ways ta dirty up even the ceiling. t SHUSHINO BABY isn't aiways that easy, but there are simple ways ta quiet baby's room. Draperies, waii hangings, piump cushions, large stutfed animais and thick cioths on dressers and counters ail serve as noise sponges. Acoustical ceiiings, like this one tram Armstrong, aiso soak up sound and contribute a cozy, DODD&SOUTER PERKINS PAINT JOIN TOGETHER BIGBIG .WALLPAPER SAVINGSSALE SAVINOSSAVE ON AIL IN STOCKo BROADLOOM EXIRS PRI 3/8 ON REGULAR B00K PRICES' AND VI NYL O ORRGL SE ~t- ~/CHOOSE FROM OUR GREAT COLLECTION 0F WALLPAPER BOOKS THE NAME YOU CAN TRUST *TRADITIONAL.CONTEMPORARY.CHILDRENS. KITCH ENS WH ITBY 668-5862 AJAX 683-16OU