johnnycamp5 Messages: 356 Registered: June 2015 Location: NJ
Grand Master
Plush furnishings can help damp reflections and help calm a live room.
If after setting everything up you still find it too live sounding, you can add panel absorbers.
Of course thick throw carpets or wall panels are easier to incorporate than ceiling treatments.
Treating the ceiling in it's entirety is a common treatment amongs mixers/studio engeneers.
It is often refered to as "lifting the ceiling".
The best sounding (to me) rooms I have been in were this way,
with wood floors.