Acoustic wall decoration is art that works twice: it absorbs echo and softens ambient noise while looking like something you chose on purpose, not something you tolerated. FeltArt does this with high-density PET felt. This is a recycled material that converts sound into negligible heat and reaches a tested NRC of up to 0.85, on par with professional architectural acoustics.
Most people meet room acoustics the ugly way: grey foam wedges glued to a wall, clinical studio tiles, ceiling panels that turn a room that should feel warm into something that feels like a waiting area. Acoustic wall decoration exists to make that trade-off disappear. You get the quieter room and the wall you actually wanted.
What acoustic wall decoration actually is
Acoustic wall decoration is a wall-mounted object designed to do two jobs at once.
- The first is decorative: it's a finished design piece, chosen for colour, texture and composition like any other artwork.
- The second is functional: its material and construction absorb sound energy, reducing echo and reverberation in the room.
That dual purpose is the whole point. Traditional acoustic treatment prioritises function and ignores looks. Traditional wall art prioritises looks and does nothing for sound. Acoustic wall decoration refuses to pick one and when it's done well, you can't tell which job it was designed for first.
Our FeltArt panels at MyWallArt.com are a clear example: each one is cut and hand-finished as a design object, but the material underneath is doing measurable acoustic work. Or, put the way the brand name does: FeltArt literally is felt art, it's an acoustic painting.
Why your beautiful room sounds so loud
Modern interiors are built from hard, flat, reflective materials: concrete, glass, tiled and wooden floors, large bare walls. They look fantastic. They're also acoustically brutal.
Sound travels in waves. When those waves hit a hard surface, they bounce back into the room instead of being absorbed. The reflections stack on top of each other and build up into reverberation: that faintly exhausting sensation of sound lingering and getting louder, where a busy café becomes a wall of noise and a video call turns into a struggle to be understood.
It rarely registers as a “noise problem.” It registers as fatigue, broken concentration, conversations you have to repeat. Good acoustics don't fix this by making a room silent. They fix it by bringing the room into balance. They're absorbing enough of the reflection so that speech stays clear and the space simply feels calmer.
How felt absorbs sound
Felt is a porous, fibrous material, and that structure is exactly what makes it work acoustically. Instead of bouncing off, sound waves pass into the fibre structure of the panel. As they travel through it, friction converts that sound energy into a negligible amount of heat. Less energy reflects back, less reverberation builds up, and the room feels quieter.
Mass and density matter here. Thick, dense panels perform strongly at lower frequencies; thinner panels excel at absorbing the mid-to-high range: speech, consonants, the everyday sound of a busy room. With FeltArt we've built both behaviours into the panel design, which is why the goal is balanced acoustics, not just “less loud.”
Why PET felt specifically?
Not all felt is equal, and the material choice is where FeltArt earns its case in our opinion. We've chosen PET felt (felt made from recycled PET plastic) for three reasons that reinforce each other:
- It performs acoustically
- It carries a genuine environmental story
- It stays recyclable at the end of its life.
The numbers
FeltArt panels are tested and perform at a Noise Reduction Coefficient (NRC) of up to 0.85. NRC runs on a scale from 0 to 1, where higher means more sound absorbed. To put 0.85 in context:
| Surface | Approx. NRC |
| Concrete or glass | 0.05 |
| Wooden floors | 0.10 - 0.15 |
| Heavy curtains | 0.60 - 0.70 |
| FeltArt PET felt panels | up to 0.85 |
FeltArt is placed firmly in the high-performance category, level with dedicated architectural acoustic solutions, while still reading as decoration. Real-world results depend on how many panels you use, their size, and the room itself, so there's no one-size-fits-all promise. But the material's absorption is measured and proven.
The environmental case
PET felt is where performance and sustainability stop competing. Up to 85% of the raw material in FeltArt panels comes from post-consumer waste, mostly discarded single-use plastic bottles. A significant share is ocean-bound plastic: waste intercepted within 50 kilometres of coastlines that lack adequate waste management, caught before it can break down into polluting microplastics.
The manufacturing itself uses an estimated 70–80% less energy than producing panels from virgin synthetic fibre. And at the end of their life, the panels are fully recyclable. At FeltArt we're calling this the “New Life from Waste” philosophy: a circular loop that starts with a plastic bottle on a beach and ends with a considered acoustic piece on your wall.
For a home owner, that's a reason to feel good about the purchase. For a business specifying materials (an office fit-out, a hospitality interior, a medical clinic's waiting room, an architect building a project) it's documentation that supports real sustainability commitments rather than vague green claims.
> More about our eco-friendly designs
The design case
Acoustic performance and recycled content still wouldn't matter if the panels were ugly. They aren't. The FeltArt designs are developed by our dedicated designer from the Netherlands, Juul Hagemeier, who has shaped the collection from the start and consistently balances acoustics, simplicity and the distinctive character of PET felt.
The result is Dutch design in the fullest sense: developed in one of Europe's most influential design cultures across eight collections (Aura, Harmoni, Linoa, Naturale, Oasis, Modura, Serene and Estile). From organic biomorphic shapes to structured geometry and Japandi-inspired minimalism, in a palette of four warm tones: Olive Mist, Pale Sand, Soft Dune and Terra Bloom.
The image below shows our FeltArt Naturale L (70x110cm) design in Soft Dune.
Where acoustic wall decoration earns its place
FeltArt acoustic art performs where hard surfaces, high ceilings or large glass areas create echo. Which is to say, almost everywhere in a modern interior. In practice:
- Living rooms and open-plan spaces: where hard floors and bare walls build up reverberation.
- Home offices and studies: where clear, echo-free audio makes a measurable difference on calls and video meetings.
- Bedrooms and reading rooms: where reducing ambient noise supports rest and focus.
- Studios and creative spaces: where acoustic control is a functional requirement, not a nice-to-have.
- Offices, hospitality and commercial interiors: restaurants, meeting rooms, reception areas, co-working spaces: anywhere sound directly shapes how customers, staff and guests experience the space.
That last group is where acoustic wall decoration becomes a business decision. In a restaurant, guests who can actually hear each other stay longer and come back. In an open-plan office, controlled reverberation means people can concentrate and calls stay private without redesigning the floor plan. And because the panels look intentional, they reinforce a brand's interior rather than apologising for a noise problem.
What about our 3D sugarcane panels?
If you're exploring MyWallArt.com, you'll also find our 3D wall panels. And it's worth being straight about them. These are made from sugarcane fibre, not PET felt. They're a striking, sustainable decorative option with some sound-softening benefit thanks to their material and relief texture, but their acoustic performance is more modest than the tested, felt-based FeltArt range.
The simple rule: choose the 3D sugarcane panels primarily for sculptural wall texture, and choose FeltArt when acoustic performance is a real goal alongside the look.
> Discover our 3D Wall Panels.
Buying FeltArt direct from the source
FeltArt is a brand of Goldlabels Agency B.V. in the Netherlands, and MyWallArt.com is the official webshop. We're not a reseller, not a marketplace listing, but the direct sales channel run by the company that actually develops and designs the product. Buying direct means the full collection, accurate product information, direct support from a team that knows the product in detail, and the best price without middlemen.
A few practical details:
- Every FeltArt product is a set of two panels.
- Three sizes: 60 × 60 cm, 60 × 80 cm and 70 × 110 cm (from €149.95 per set).
- Each set includes a mounting system; installation is simple, needs no specialist tools, and no permanent wall fixings.
- Free shipping across the EU, dispatched from Eersel, the Netherlands.
If you want a space that sounds as considered as it looks without the grey foam and without the compromise, then that's exactly what our acoustic wall decoration is designed for.
