We chose the phrase "room dividing solutions" versus just "room divider" because not all of these are traditional room dividers. Yes, a nice screen or room divider will give the biggest amount of physical and visual privacy, but lots of other things like shelves can help break up a space visually and create specific areas. Depending on your level of privacy needs, you might like how a shelf can divide without feeling too overwhelming and create additional storage. Of course, a simple and slim room divider is also a great solution for many spaces. Pick one that works for you:
Top Row:
1. Brave Space Tetrad Mega Piece starts at $3500
2. Index Four Bookcase $3200
3. IKEA EXPEDIT $129
4. Chiasso Coil Room Divider $398
5. Photograph Panel Room Divider $99
Bottom Row:
6. West Elm Rolling Storage $229.99 – $599
7. Gaiam Natural Bamboo Screen $229
8. CB2 3.14 White Bookcase $450
9. Do It Yourself Canvas Room Divider $89
10. Basic 4-Panel Room Divider $75
Images: As linked above.
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A number of these are relatively inexpensive--nice.
Thanks for this post-genuinely helpful.
I love the Index bookcase. I've loved it for years but can't bring myself to pay that much!
That's how I feel about variations I've seen for years of the photo #1 solution, so pretty but I won't pay that price. That's OK, my rooms are small enough not to need dividers.
The first photo makes my brain itch - they have an empty square hole. Must. Fill. Rows. However, I'd like it if the blocks were rotated to fill all the spaces fully, haha.
It would be a pain, but you could build those out of wood yourself, it would just take careful measuring and a lot of cuts. You could miter the corners like they did, or just use right angles (as long as your finishing was good and you used a consistant pattern for how the corners met, I think it would still look good). Maybe that just comes from too many hours visiting ana-white.com
Good timing; thanks for the roundup.
Curtains have great potential, too. You can use a combination of ceiling-mounted curved and straight tracks (think hospital curtains) to create dynamic breaks to spaces with updatable fabrics; winter velvets, summer linens...
I will now forever be in love with that tetris bookcase. And $3500 - 7000?? Unrequited love.
#1 looks like a step tansu crossed with a Tetris game. Cool.
I have the IKEA EXPEDIT as a room divider, like so many others. It serves two purposes, separating the space and being an eye sore. After 5 years and 3 moves, it has not held up well. Moreover, it makes the place look cluttered since it is filled to the "brim" with books, photo albums and items in the drawers (you can buy separately). Its great for textbooks and photo albums but part of me wants a plain white curtain...
When I needed some space for a guest room in my one bedroom loft, I used the Gaiam Natural Bamboo Screen as an alternative to an expensive murphy bed installation. I leaned a queen mattress on it's long side against the wall. The screen completely covers the mattress and is sculptural in itself. No one can tell we've got a mattress back there. Sneaky and stylish.
I actually plan to have something similar to #1 made, to use as a stairway to the loft in my upcoming yurt home. Not using the stacking pieces, though...too unstable, of course. And needs to be wider. I'll let you know how much a DIY will cost. We're planning to use birch veneered plywood. It'll be the backdrop for my LR, I have plans to fill the cubbies with artwork and cool things but not books...too unsightly, they'll go around the corner, out of sight.
I love the first one, my cats would adore it. But just imagine dusting that....
I use a 4-panel room divide at my front window. I can keep the blinds open a bit. That way I don't feel "caged" . It's right behind the couch with a Crate and Barrel floor lamp that is low level and enhances the screen.
$7000 of that first one is ridiculous. It's just 10 boxes (yes there is one formed by the negative space). It's a DIY waiting to happen. For half that investment, you could equip and entire workshop. Not handy? For less than $1000 you could have a local carpenter custom make you 10 boxes in your choice of wood species. This is one of those things that was created for people with more more than brains...
And yes, it's $7000 for the one in the photo. $3500 only gets you 5 of the boxes.