Carrie's looking for a room divider that creates the illusion of two room in her new shabby chic space. She'd love to use a window frame as a divider but is unsure of how to hang it:
In my new apartment my living /dining room is somewhat small. My style Im working towards is beach / shabby chic. So my idea was to use an old window pane and hang from the ceiling to create a visual division between the two rooms.
Is this possible or do you have a twist or a good alternative to this idea.
Reason I like this idea:
My questions / concerns:
ATLA's own Abby forwarded us her take on dividing a room creatively. She's hung her pots on a rack in her kitchen to visually divide her kitchen area from her dining area. S hooks let it swing gently during an earthquake although we'd suggest keeping small objects out of the way of its arc. Living Room hangs their cut metal divider in a similar fashion. If you don't want to use a window frame, we think this could be another way to go. We would suggest having the frame's panes replaced with safety glass and reinforcing them, or removing the glass altogether (rice paper?).
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I have always thought about doing this, but never did. Looks great.
Lisa Bonet's "apartment" in High Fidelity was broken up with windows in that fashion....maybe rent the video?
ah! I love Upstate just posted EXACTLY what I was thinking! I loved that idea!
Lisa Bonet's "apartment" in High Fidelity was broken up with windows in that fashion....maybe rent the video?
HAHA! Just watched this last night and was going to say the same thing! Love her apt in the film and I was desperately trying to think of a way to do it my house! :)
I would use a combination of eye hooks (screws with a loop on the end) and S hooks. If you are scared of glass, use plexiglass or some other plastic alternative. Instead of window panes, with the glass already in it, you could use a bunch of small picture frames and use a shabby chic textured paint. Cover each pane with pretty rice paper or other transparent craft paper. Or sandwich flowers in between two panes of thin transparent plexiglass in the picture frames to retain that shabby chic -esque vibe.