Tom's in the snoratorium: Mrs Cruise's key to a good night's sleep
Forget the panic room or the nuclear shelter, this season’s must-have fad in a Hollywood home is the ‘snoratorium’.
Stars including Tom Cruise are converting guest bedrooms into a sound-proofed refuge they sleep in to give their spouses a break.
Rather than be relegated to the sofa they are creating padded and atmospherically-controlled rooms where they can snore away undisturbed.
Snoratoriums are proving popular among ageing action heroes who are now in or reaching their 40s. At this age a man’s soft palate tends to relax more and creates noises which keep their partner awake.
The snoratorium in Cruise’s £20million Hollywood home is towards the back of the property, close to the bedroom he normally shares with wife Katie Holmes, 32, and their daughter Suri, five.
A visitor said: ‘Whoever uses the snoring room cannot be heard outside the locked door.
‘It’s very small, comfortable and dark, maybe a former nursery.’
Shortly after Cruise, 49, and Miss Holmes married it was reported she no longer slept in the same room as him because of his snoring – but he is far from the only culprit.
Famous snorers include Winston Churchill who had a sleeping disorder, although he was not helped by his weight and fondness for cigars.
Liz Taylor, apparently, could snore with the best of them, as can David Arquette – his ex-wife Courteney Cox said his nocturnal noises ‘shook walls’. Hollywood estate agent Pierre Stooss said snoratoriums were catching on. It seems the perfect such room is small, comfortable and has a double bed to encourage spouses to visit if they are feeling charitable.
‘Sometimes it just starts off as a temporary measure, but then word spreads and now everyone with the space wants one,’ said Mr Stooss.
‘The key is making it as silent as you can, inside and outside. Some rooms have fish tanks to cover the noise and soothe the snorer.’
Some 45 per cent of adults snore occasionally and 25 per cent are habitual snorers. Problem snoring is more frequent in men and the overweight and usually worsens with age. In the U.S. Judith Sheindlin, 68, who hosts a daytime TV show called Judge Judy, recently admitted building a snoratorium at her 23-acre estate in Connecticut.
‘We have an extra room that we call the snoring room. It’s not necessarily for my husband. I have been told that I snore, although I cannot hear myself,’ she said.
‘We’ve had a snoring room since we moved out of a studio apartment. It’s just civilised.’
A spokesman for Cruise denied he slept in a separate room to his wife – but not that the star snored.
Stars including Tom Cruise are converting guest bedrooms into a sound-proofed refuge they sleep in to give their spouses a break.
Rather than be relegated to the sofa they are creating padded and atmospherically-controlled rooms where they can snore away undisturbed.
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The snoratorium in Cruise’s £20million Hollywood home is towards the back of the property, close to the bedroom he normally shares with wife Katie Holmes, 32, and their daughter Suri, five.
A visitor said: ‘Whoever uses the snoring room cannot be heard outside the locked door.
‘It’s very small, comfortable and dark, maybe a former nursery.’
Shortly after Cruise, 49, and Miss Holmes married it was reported she no longer slept in the same room as him because of his snoring – but he is far from the only culprit.
Dream life: It's been reported that Katie sleeps in a separate room to Tom so she can get a good night's kip
Liz Taylor, apparently, could snore with the best of them, as can David Arquette – his ex-wife Courteney Cox said his nocturnal noises ‘shook walls’. Hollywood estate agent Pierre Stooss said snoratoriums were catching on. It seems the perfect such room is small, comfortable and has a double bed to encourage spouses to visit if they are feeling charitable.
‘Sometimes it just starts off as a temporary measure, but then word spreads and now everyone with the space wants one,’ said Mr Stooss.
Some 45 per cent of adults snore occasionally and 25 per cent are habitual snorers. Problem snoring is more frequent in men and the overweight and usually worsens with age. In the U.S. Judith Sheindlin, 68, who hosts a daytime TV show called Judge Judy, recently admitted building a snoratorium at her 23-acre estate in Connecticut.
‘We have an extra room that we call the snoring room. It’s not necessarily for my husband. I have been told that I snore, although I cannot hear myself,’ she said.
‘We’ve had a snoring room since we moved out of a studio apartment. It’s just civilised.’
A spokesman for Cruise denied he slept in a separate room to his wife – but not that the star snored.
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