Josh, since you got married you're turning into the Martha Stewart of the audiophile world.  What's next?  Here's a "good thing":  
http://www.marthastewart.com/page.jhtml?type=content&id=channel1105&catid=cat294What on Earth would you use these for?!?  Why under the the turntable of course.  Much higher WAF than a sandbox.  And when she asks what sort of improvement they have you can be a smarty pants and tell her "Well honey it CLEANS up the sound by keeping the table isolated from all those DIRTY little vibrations"  hardy-har-har!  
 
 Or how about:  
http://www.cfainc.org/breeds/profiles/persian.htmlStuffed Persians as DIY acoustical room treatments.   One in each corner to absorb standing waves.  Not sure how you feel about taxidermy though.  The wife might think it's a bit tacky.