Different Ways to Incorporate Room Dividers in Large Spaces

If you have a large open space in your room you may need a room divider to not only break up the large area but also to define the areas that need to co-exist in this single space. These are a practical necessity when you're living in a loft, or sharing a large place with several people, either by choice or by force. If one large room is supposed to be a living room, dining room and bedroom, in order to define the room's function and allow for privacy you can either build the walls or use temporary room dividers.

So what are some options? Fortunately some of them are quite economical. You can build a 6 foot folding screen with solid panels and decorate those panels with wallpaper, paint, or even a kids chalk board to use for family messages. If you're not handy with nails and wood consider a fabric screen. Simply hang fabric or sheets from the ceiling completely to the floor. You can use a large wood stick and attach it to each end of the wall if you're making it like a wall, or simply hang it from rings you've drilled into the ceiling. We did this in our bathroom to hide the ugly half and it also serves as a way to create storage since no one can see behind the curtain.

Some people could choose to hang sheer fabric which would allow the light to continually filter through the room and also maintain a more open feeling while still defining the space.

Hanging beads and terra cotta flower pots stacked on top of each other in a fence style are some of the more old fashioned ways that designers used to create space. They definitely give a feeling of the 70s and 80s.

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