How to Divide a Long & Narrow Room Into Living & Dining Space

Curtains

• Curtains provide an easy and visually pleasing way to divide a long and narrow room. They also create privacy. Install hooks in your ceiling and run aircraft cable across the length of the hooks. Use turnbuckles to tighten the cable and rope clips to hold the cable in place securely. Hang curtains that flow from ceiling to floor. Choose curtains that match the rest of your home decor. You can hang curtains across the entire width of the room to completely divide the living space from the dining space, or you can hang them across half the width.

Bookcases

• Bookcases may be used to divide a long, narrow room, and they may be moved if you want to expand either the dining or living area. Place a large bookcase or two in the area you want segment to separate the two spaces within the room. Floor to ceiling bookcases will provide complete separation and privacy. Shorter bookcases will create the illusion of two rooms, but you will still be able to see across the space. This is an excellent way to divide a room if you are an avid reader or book collector, as this will enable you to organize and show off your books.

Dressing Fan

• A dressing fan is a simple and quick way to divide a long, narrow room. Place a dressing fan in the area you want to divide. Dressing fans are available in a wide variety of styles and colors.

Storage Shelves

• Storage shelves are perfect for dividing a room into living and dining space, and they will keep miscellaneous belongings organized. If you place two storage shelves back-to-back in the area you wish to segment, you may store dishes on the dining side and movies or other items on the living side. Like bookcases, you may use floor-to-ceiling storage shelves for complete separation or shorter shelves to keep the space more open.