High traffic areas are fine.

Your main concern will be STEADY temps.... No big rises or drops in temps. No drafty cold air or heat from direct sunlight from windows for instance.

 

Temperature fluctuations would be my biggest concern--it can be surprising how quickly the air inside an enclosed glass case can heat up with just minimal amounts of direct sun exposure. As far as typical home/family noise, I wouldn't worry too much about it (I know someone who has a tank of breeding auratus placed next to their home sound system).

 

Welcome to DB!

It's always nice to see someone doing their research BEFORE buying their frogs!

Noise and traffic around the vivarium definitely aren't an issue. Most of my frogs are in my family room with the TV and surround sound. The only thing I've really noticed is that my Phyllobates vittatus likes to call about 2 hours after the vivarium lights go out--due to the ambient light in the room, and my O. pumilio likes to call whenever I'm playing music. In fact, even some of the "shy" species of frogs I have are out quite a bit since they've become use to an almost constant human presence.
I've been remodeling recently, and a couple of my frogs start calling to "challenge" the power tools I'm running....

Like others have said, your temperatures and any outside light are the most important factors. Remember, depending on where you live, the area within a few feet of a window or door (even if not in direct sun) can vary greatly from the temperature at which you set your a/c or heat.... Where I am in Florida, I found that the area within 4' of my front door can increase almost 5 degrees Farenheit on a hot summer day!

 

Thanks for the input y'all.

I have to say I haven't really thought about how my home behaves zonally in regards to temperature. Guess I'll have to go buy one of those fancy thermometers that track daily highs and lows and start surveying the homestead. I have a few spots in mind.

Heat could be an issue with the Texas weather but the winters are relatively mild in my area. To bad I didn't start this earlier in the year when temps were up in the 100's for weeks at a time...eh there's always next summer.

 

I think based on what you are saying here "Texas" you want to keep it away from your windows and doors, if you do choose to set it in front of a window you can do a couple things to keep your temps constant. 1) Place 2 normal fans on each side of the tank blowing on about medium power 2) Make sure you use a good background if the back of the tank will be near a window, I used tree fern Panels on mine they insulate a bit believe it or not. In Texas i would try to keep household temperature at about 74 if you have a strong enough Air conditioning unit. I am actually in VA and in the summer thats what I do because it does get awfully hot here.

 

It costs me $400+ a month (April through Oct) to keep my TX house at a chilly 78 deg... I can only imagine what the bill would be at 74 deg. Unless you've spent a full summer in TX it's hard to grasp the constant heat. It's not uncommon for the temperature to be near 100 at 10 pm.

If the OP's house is anything like mine then it's probably a good idea to fine a spot with least temperature fluctuation and plant the viv there.

 

Yobo

I understand what you are saying I have been in texas in the dead of summer (SanAntonio) and understand how hot it can get, another thing OP may want to try is creating microclimates in his "VIV" what I mean by that is making several levels each planted. In the lowest portion of the tank He may find is that a microclimate may be at around 74 degrees, Misting with cool water may help keep temps down, but what I think OP may want to try is Building the VIV hold on before buying frogs and start monitoring temps at different levels of the VIV to see what he is carrying, there are many many frog keepers there in Texas who may have other tricks, hopefully they will chime in.

 

Just want to say thanks to those who posted about noise and traffic. I was a little worried about that, but my place is like a tomb compared to those situations!

V