Room Divider Ideas for Studios

Furniture

• Place a piece of furniture between two rooms to create a visual separation that doesn't obstruct the flow of movement too much. For example, if you want to separate your dining area from the living room and lounge area, use the couch as the divider. The back of the couch will serve as a sort of wall between the rooms. Or try a funkier furniture item, like a reclaimed pew from a demolished church. If you want a larger, more private divider, purchase a folding screen divider instead. Screens range from high-end, hand-carved wooden masterpieces to inexpensive, paint-it-yourself wood or canvas pieces.

Plants

• Arrange plants on stands, stools or a long, narrow table to separate rooms and add a touch of greenery to your studio. For example, if your style veers toward the artistic and eclectic, collect an assortment of weathered garage-sale stools. Place the stools in a line between the rooms you want to separate. Put one potted plant on top of each stool. Use with succulents or vertically oriented plants rather than long, draping vines to avoid growing a tripping hazard. Extremely large houseplants like potted ficus trees can be used as dividers without being elevated on anything.

Curtains

• Hang curtains between the rooms if your primary division concern is privacy or if you want to add theater-style drama to your studio with a set of velvet drapes. Fabric can also be used in the place of curtains. Suspend the fabric or curtains using the method that makes the most sense for that particular space, which could mean installing a curtain rod, screwing hooks into the ceiling and fitting the curtain eyes onto the hooks or simply affixing the fabric to the ceiling with thumbtacks. Check your lease before causing damage to walls.

Shelves

• Divide your rooms with shelves in order to augment your studio's storage space while dividing its rooms at the same time. Shelves range from industrial-looking metal shelves like you would use in a car garage; stately, traditional wooden bookcases to modern, chic storage "cubes" that can be stacked and configured to suit your specific preferences.