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Tuesday, March 15th, 2016
FFDM’s Brentwood Collection features these lovely wooden ensemble. ‘Notice how the book shelf also served as a divider for the room?
Having a small home shouldn’t be considered a burden. The small square footage given to you can still be a blessing. You just need to find out how to configure the space and designate the areas that would go therein. Your goal now is to find flexible solutions that would not eat up that all too valuable space in your home. There are many clever ways of using room dividers to partition off parts in your home.
Hickory White Living Room Chaise 4239-02: Chaises are also an awesome “not-so-obvious” dividers.
Room Divider Use
- There are folding screens that are available in casters which you can easily move around. These take up very little visual weight so they can be useful inside small spaces.
- You can also effectively use wallpapers to signal the end part of a room and the beginning of another. Use patterns that are easy on the eyes such as a nature theme. Find light-colored wallpapers to balance the black paint, say, in an adjacent room.
- Do not visually close things off. Play using different levels inside a room. A child’s bedroom could be made more interesting by having an elevated bed.
- A room divider is pretty much a wall that has been freed from its structural duties. Folding screens can be easily used to serve different purposes. They can divide space, bar passages, create privacy, even conceal not-so-pleasant views.
- The room divider could also come with a lace design to make it look more chic. There are also tri-panelled models that can come with different motifs. They do not just delineate a room but also serve as beautiful backdrops especially if you have a well-chosen design.
- Minus the nook, curtains have long served their purpose as a divider. Curtains can split any room in half. Just hang one on a conduit and you’ve set up a unique divider.
- Sometimes, all that an individual needs is a narrow wall. You can have the feeling of spaciousness if you install a mirror facing a window. The entire wall can be mirrored or you can opt for the decorative ones that come in different fashionable materials.
- A headboard can also double as a wall especially if the living room stands just right behind your bed(room). This kind of partition can also be applied if you have the master bath behind the headboard.
- Find a bulky cabinet that will serve as a storage unit and as a divider in your cozy home. Extra seating can also be propped against the walls as you employ this kind of arrangement.
- Invest in bookcases. These furniture pieces are not just a perfect home for your collections of books, framed photos, and knickknacks but also a divider between the living room and the bedroom.
- Vertical spaces can be beautifully filled up by potted plants.
- You can also be more innovative by stringing a thick rope from the ceiling down to the floor. This will provide a mental sectioning of the area. Jute rope should do the trick.
- Another version of the rope trick is to create it with dowels.
- Putting barn doors on sliders is also a unique way to divide any room. These are sturdy, beautiful doors that will surely catch the eye of your visitors.
- Furniture pieces that have been placed back-to-back or right next to each other can also save space. Begin by putting a desk right by the shelving unit. You can also place a chaise right at the foot of your bed.
- Hanging pots on a ceiling rack is also a unique way to divide the rest of the house from your kitchen.
These clever uses of home dividers will give you a sort of new wall in your home. Just imagine all the things that you can do with it. Have fun!
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