Attractive room treatment is it possible?


I have in the past while searching on the web wondering why there is not a more attractive room treatment out there? I have in the past like many experimented with different treatments such as RPG,Sonex,Roomtunes and yes the diy treatments. I have also read audiophiles placing huge roles of toiletpaper in the corners for tube traps.I for one have always been somewhat embarresed with inviting people to listen because of the "NUT" factor with room treatments. I was once made fun of by a ex when she told her friends I was living in a padded cell "Sonex on the walls" Even using corner traps way up high made some eyes role around. I am now at the point that I have not treated a room in years and the major reason is the riducule factor. This is a major reason for avoiding this important part of sound production. I am wondering how many of you feel the same and have you tried to mask the treament by trying in someway to make it more attactive looking, if this is possible? Thank you all for reading this and I hope I hear and receive some good feedback. I just wish a Van Gogh or a Picasso would take up the hobbie of room treatment.
schipo

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start while the room is under construction or going for complete rebuild on existing space.
Mr Porter you room with gear are a dream for most of us. The problem is that most of us don't have the convenience with a new construction project and tearing down where we live to accomplish that dream room. My argument is with the industry not creating a more attractive room treatment. The many on the market and the diy done by most of us make us look like rejects from a funny farm. Padding and foam on walls just make's us look like we all have accuired a form of "OCD" and should be locked away at a Bedlam style asylum. I am hoping that the members on audiogon will take this post a little more serious and relize how important room acoustics and how much better the sound of their stereo's would take on in the right room. I know many have hit this post but I feel more should reply.
Rlwainwright
Thank you for this wonderful response. I believe you have said all that I wanted to say about the use of pebbles as a room tuning devise. But I was afraid that the Audiogon censors would rip me a new you know what.