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 Room dividers are used make the most of the space in a home, creating manageable activity areas that still allows to enjoy the benefits of open-plan living.
Most rooms in the house have to serve more than one function whether one has open-plan areas or not, all of which are equally important. The living room may serve as a quiet reading to music practice place from watching television to formal dining. The kitchen is often the place where family meals are eaten as well as prepared. Bedrooms double as dressing areas, playrooms, or studies; children`s rooms are often shared.
Multi-purpose areas require some form of internal organisation to avoid chaos and confusion. Room dividers don`t increase the space at one`s disposal but they make better sense of it.
A room divider can be as permanent as a half-height wall or as temporary as a freestanding screen. Furniture like a shelf unit or sofa can also used as to serve as distinguishing one part of a room from another. Dividers that provide practical advantages of their own multiply the benefits. For example, a counter that hides kitchen clutter can also serve as a breakfast bar. Open display shelves offer additional storage space for ornamental pieces and books while partially enclosing a section of the living room.
Again, the dividers should be placed in a way they do not destabilise the basic qualities of the room. It should be planned carefully to avoid blocking light or creating traffic bottlenecks. Equally, it is important to work with the inherent proportions and decorative character of the room so that the final effect appears well considered rather than makeshift.
First of all, a rough sketch of the room should be prepared to assess how best it can be divided. Special attention should be paid to entrances, windows and traffic routes through the space. Ideally, dividers should be placed so that each portion of the room receives natural light. This means the position of the windows is a crucial factor in layout. It should be noted that main entrances are not obstructed or it does not make difficult to move around the room.
Study areas can be quite compact, for example, whereas a dining area requires more space so that chairs can be moved comfortably back from the table. Dividing a shared bedroom usually means splitting the room in half to provide each person with an equal amount of space.
Dividers don`t have to follow straight lines. A curving counter is an attractive way of separating a kitchen area in an open-plan space. In a similar way, a pair of narrow dividers projecting out from opposite walls to frame an area can provide more visual interest than a single divider extending some way across the room.
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Posted On : 08 May 09
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