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I saw these awhile back and even though they are very nice looking it's just too expensive. You have to purchase them by parts. Plus their only purpose is to divide a room. I'll just go to Ikea and purchase an Expedit bookcase. At least than can hold books and divide a room at the same time for a lot less.

Way way too pricey for something to shove into a corner. But, it does give me some good ideas on what to do with a 1/4 wall in my new place.

They look too much like something I'd find in a hospital room.

The price is outrageous when you have two spring poles and a length of fabric. Nothing new here, except a new level of greed. JMHO

yep. medicinal looking and pricey.

Another ikea solution would be to use the standing poles from their Stolmen system with your own (ikea?) fabric.

If you want to DYI, they make spring-loaded poles that are used in construction to quickly hold plastic sheeting against the ceiling, etc. to contain dust, keep out rain, etc. The one's I've seen were red plastic. They would be more industrial looking than these "clean" looking ones.

Yeah, the stolmen poles ($40CDN each) work just as well. You can buy some fabric and with some nice sewing work to thread the poles through, the faux wall might look pretty good.

absolutely ridiculous price point--so glad im not the only one that thinks so!

The price is insane.

You could do the same thing for much less money. And if you didn't want to do a do it yourself thing, you could even buy a photo studio background support system for around $200.

I agree with the ikea sentiment. A couple of Stolmen Poles combined with some frosted glass doors could do wonders for a fraction of the price.

Autopoles, that's the trade term.
Company is ALU.
Not sure if they will sell outside of the wholesale world.
Having used these for years in retail environments I HATE them, and would never use them at home....but if you must...

I find it funny that people here FREQUENTLY ask for temporary room divider things like this, and now one gets posted, and everyone's bitchin' about price (and suddenly providing a slew of alternatives).

As far as the construction poles, I priced those once and they seemed fairly pricey for the poles alone. Then you'd still have to provide your own yardage, which ain't gonna be free...

I love the idea these can be customized with your own graphics. Scan your favorite wallpaper or Marimekko fabric (or, if you're Curtis, your favorite vintage paint-by-numbers painting) and these could be awesome.

As for them looking too "hospital," ya think just maybe that has something to do with so many of the pics showing them in all-white lab/spa/salon applications? C'mon, where's that signature AT creativity, visualization skills, and out of the box thinking?!?

And how high do the Stolmen poles go? Not loft-ceiling height, that I remember.

screw eye, bolt.

The best room divider I've seen is in Syd's Hair Shop, Chapel Hill, NC. It is made of paper clips and you can see a close up picture of it on their website. It looks more beautiful in the room because you see it as a delicate, shimmering curtain before you realize that it is paper clips.