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Room Dividers: 20 Chic Ideas to Partition Spaces

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Julia Fairley
Julia Fairley16 October 2019
Houzz editorial team. I love design and architecture that is thoughtful, sophisticated and champions an element of the unexpected. Before graduating with a Bachelor of Arts at UNSW and becoming a journalist, I studied interior architecture. For over a decade I have interviewed inspiring creative minds from around the world to write about design in its many different forms. Recently, I have also become an accidental gardener, to everyone's surprise.
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Less than a wall, not quite a door, more than a window. Partitions and room dividers come in myriad materials and styles, and can slice off a sliver of space or a whole section of room. Keen to think outside the square beyond brick and glass? Then look no further than these 20 creative examples of flexible space dividers at their best.

And remember, you can get more details of a project and see more of a professional’s work by clicking on a photo.
Egue y Seta
1. Outside in. Madrid, Spain
Designer: Egue y Seta
WRKBNCH
2. Petite perforations. London, UK
Designer: Wrkbnch

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nimtim Architects
3. Seeing double. London, UK
Designer: Nimtim Architects
Transition Interior Design
4. A cut above. Paris, France
Designer: Transition Interior Design
Transition Interior Design
…Take a look from the opposite direction.
New Stone Age
5. Timber tune. Miami, USA
Designer: New Stone Age
DTDA pty ltd
6. Mind the gaps. Perth, WA
Designer: DTDA
Cherie Lee Interiors
7. Almost French. Hertfordshire, UK
Designer: Cherie Lee Interiors
Claudia Dorsch Interior Design Ltd
8. Make it a double. London, UK
Designer: Claudia Dorsch Interior Design
Weisshouse
9. Mondrian mood. USA
Designer: Weisshouse
Jo Cowen Architects
10. Barely there. London, UK
Designer: Jo Cowen Architects
Feinmann, Inc.
11. Oh so Zen. Boston, USA
Designer: Feinmann
Space Craft Joinery
12. Batten the hatches. Adelaide, SA
Designer: Space Craft Joinery
Space Craft Joinery
…Here’s a detail of how those battens meet the desk.
Woods & Warner
13. Poles apart. Sydney, NSW
Designer: Woods & Warner
Kerman Morris Architects, LLP
14. Space slicer. San Francisco, USA
Designer: Kerman Morris Architects
European Home
15. Fight fire with fire. Boston, USA
Designer: European Home
BarlisWedlick Architects
16. Heavy metal. New York, USA
Designer: BarlisWedlick Architects
cristina gomes architecture and design
17. Let it slide. Sydney, NSW
Designer: Cristina Gomes Architecture and Design
cristina gomes architecture and design
…Here’s what’s behind the perforated sliding screen.
Rethink Design Studio
18. Learn the ropes. Atlanta, USA
Designer: Rethink Design Studio
Kitty Lee Architecture
19. Breezy beauty. Sydney, NSW
Designer: Kitty Lee Architecture
MN Builders
20. Curtain call. San Francisco, USA
Designer: MN Builders

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