A room divider in a theme that compliments your décor can add a unique look to the corner of your room while doubling as a screen to hide a messy area or provide extra storage in the back. A decent room divider can be quite costly, but if you consider yourself to be handy with tools, then you might be able to save a bundle while making a nice custom accent piece for your room.
When deciding on making a room divider, you must first pick out which kind you want to make. There's 3 basic types of dividers - the folding screen, the flat panel and the hanging curtain.
The folding screen style of room divider typically has 3 or 4 panels, but you can build it with as many as you want. It stands on it's own when the panels are set at slight angles. To build this type of room divider, you simply make panel frames out of wood - you can build them to any size that suits. Then add the inside panels - insides can be glass, fabric, stained wood, painted wood or anything else that suits your fancy! Finally, assemble each panel to the other with hinges so that each piece folds against the other.
The room divider that is one panel and has feet that hold it up is the easiest to build. Just build the panel frame from wood and put whatever material you want in the middle. Then add some feet on the bottom to hold it up. You may be able to get pre-made feet for it or you can simply build them yourself. Make sure the feet are long enough so that the divider is sturdy when standing.
If you want to build a fabric or beaded divider, you will have to use something to suspend it from the ceiling. A track is nice because then you can slide the divider back if you want to expose the sections of the room. Something like a curtain rod could work, if you can rig something up that doesn't look strange. Then simply add the curtain or bead panel. You can even use a store bought curtain or make one yourself.
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A few years back, I used to live in Washington DC in a studio apartment. A few months of the year , I needed to share this space with a room mate also. It was a really small space with a living and dining attached and a small kitchen. Even though I did not have much stuff, I was constantly looking for different ways to accommodate my meagre possessions. I also found it difficult to maintain some privacy especially when there was a room mate or when I had friends over. For the decorator inside me, this situation was a real nightmare. Moving to a bigger apartment was out of the question because of the high cost of apartments in the DC area. When I was literally going crazy trying to find a balance between maximum utilisation of the small space and adding privacy and a touch of decor to the place, my roommate suggested that I should buy a room divider screen to solve my problem.
At first I was not impressed. I thought all room dividers were very heavy, plain looking and very expensive for my tight budget. Then she showed me a few divider screens on a few websites and I was immediately hooked to that idea. Not only were there a variety of room divider screens in various materials like wood, metal, cloth etc, they were also available in different price ranges. There were light weight ones which could be easily moved, foldable ones which could be used when wanted and stored away the rest of the time, heavy and tastefully handcrafted wooden dividers, oriental dividers, shoji room dividers and so much more. I purchased one which was light weight, with 3 panels and fitting my budget.
That was my first room divider. From that time onwards, I have moved around a lot and presently live in my own home, but I have always included the room divider screens to be a part on my decorating ventures, whether it is for the living room, the bedroom, kids room or even outside on the backdeck, swimming pool area and so on. It is the perfect solution for dividing a large room into smaller areas, adding privacy to a smaller living space or just for the purpose of decoration.
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