How to Design With Room Dividers

A room divider is the classic answer to many decorating problems. Whether you have a large room you want to break up visually or just want to add color to a wall area, dividers may be used multiple ways to suit virtually any style. Choose the setup that you prefer and change things up as frequently as you want. Does this Spark an idea?

Instructions

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Place a room divider to act as a wall in the middle of a large room to break the space up into two areas. Arrange your furniture in each area as though the divider were a wall; for example, put the back of a couch against the divider or set a TV facing out from it.

2

Dress up a dull or unattractive wall space or corner by setting the divider just in front of the wall. Place chairs, small tables or other furnishings in front of the divider to make it look like a decorating choice for style rather than a coverup.

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Place the divider near a corner of your bedroom to create a private dressing area. This could be a small-enough space just for changing clothes, or large enough to fit a small vanity and stool behind for fully getting dressed and ready to leave the home.

4

Divide the areas of a kids bedroom to partition off a homework desk from toys or the bed. Likewise, use the divider in shared kids' rooms between beds to provide privacy for sleeping or reading.

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Create a colorful or stylish backdrop to a seating arrangement by setting a room divider directly behind a set of chairs or a couch.

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Set two identical dividers across from one another in a large room to form a hallway of sorts. Arrange the decorations on the outside of the dividers as though they were small rooms and leave the gap between the dividers clean and open.

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Separate L-shaped rooms by placing the divider at the point where the room transitions from one function to another, such as a living room/dining room or kitchen/dining room area. The divider can also block off a home office area from the living room.