After we’ve unpacked more, the room no longer seems too loud. I do have the tuner coming on Wednesday, so I will ask him what he thinks, but at this point, I feel like the room probably doesn’t need acoustic absorption. Although if I end up deciding it does, I think three panels placed strategically would do the trick, and there will still room for panels with the different artwork I’m planning to put up.
Ultimately, I don’t want something that looks DIY, and if I do it, it will look DIY 😅 so I’m going to be kind of choosy about what I hang in there.