Good Questions: Really Cool Divider Tips?

Hello AT,

Okay - I've spent my NYC life in tiny tiny apartments and just moved into an 1100 sq. foot loft. Having tiny furniture and no idea how to break up the space....especially to section off the bedroom. The thoughts are paper walls, bookcases, etc. Any really cool room divider tips?

Thanks, Melissa

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Dear Melissa,

You have an AMAZING space! Wow. Ursula is drooling ;-).

You definitely want to divide up the spaces, but you don't need to use only dividers to do it. In fact we would recommend using your furniture arrangements to divide and focus a few specific areas in order to keep the room open and light.

The place you really want a divider of some kind is for the bedroom. There are many choices, including using a two sided, open bookcase to section off the bed as Alison id here in her Florida apartment.

Here are our divider links:

Tips from Mar '06
Curtainfair.com
The Bouroullec's have an amazing design for a hanging curtain available through Vitra.

Anyone else??

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I can tell a good suggestion. I needed another room in my Apartment, but i didn't have allot of money to spend.
I called some contractors to provide a bid of how much would it cost to create another room in my bed room.
They threw some really high numbers at me like $5000-$8000 that involves permits architect designer and just a long process. So i decided to do for some more searching and asked some friends of mine. I came up with company
that can put up a real wall that works on pressure meaning: temporary non-damaging avoids glues, fasteners, nails, and screws for stability. They are not attached to the existing structure. Like an office devider but way better, the wall reaches your ceiling height and can be installed with a standard door and so on. It cost me way under the price that i had been quoted for from these contractors . What's so great about it there was no need of of permits nor architect designer. they installed them with in 4-5 hours.You can see them at:
http://www.1wall2rooms.com,http://www.1wall2rooms.com/gallery.html

Same information here. The New York Wall Co. has been doing this for 15 years. In fact, they started the industry. They know what they are doing and come up with some pretty ingeniuos ideas (www.thewallpeople.com).

Maybe placing the bed behind a taller piece of furniture - so it faces toward a wall. Furniture like a credenza, maybe even a larger desk, etc....it would be divided without having to build a wall or hang a screen. You'd just be looking at the wall sitting up in bed.

I would hate to see you build a wall - it's a very nice loft. Maybe some curtains or something to the like across where you want the bedroom area to be. Might as well pick one end farthest from the kitchen. I would think overlaying some sheers would look best in a loft.

I had a similar issue with my Loft in Dallas. I found a new company with a new product called LOFTwall. You can customize the wall to match your theme or style. Pretty cool stuff!!

Check it out http://www.loftwall.com