How to Make Decorative Room Dividers With Panel Screens

Break up a large space with room dividers.

Decorating a large, empty space can be a daunting task for any homeowner. If you have a large living room, great room or dining room, you can divide that vast area into smaller sections with an assortment of panel screens. Panel screens help you break up large spaces into smaller areas, allowing you to create a unified look and feel in each section of your large rooms.

Things You'll Need

• Panel dividers
• Photographs
• Lamps or lights

Instructions

1. Measure the spaces you want to separate with the panel screens. Purchase an assortment of room dividers large enough to separate each room, or section of room, you want.

2. Look at the overall design and decor of the room as it exists now. Choose the panel screens that most closely match that overall decor. Keep in mind that your selection of panel screens could be influenced by your existing decor. There are many diffrent styles of oriental panel screens on the market, but the selection for other room decors is often much less expansive.

3. Place the panel screen in its proposed location and expand it to full length. Experiment with moving the panel screens around, and folding the panels more closely together, until you achieve the look you want.

4. Place a large floor lamp or table lamp just behind a translucent panel screen to create mood lighting for your room. For instance, if you use a panel screen to divide a large living room, placing a table and lamp just behind the center panel gives you an attractive diffuse light source.

5. Choose panel screens with pockets that allow you to display your favorite photographs and family mementos. Choose an assortment of family photographs, and change those pictures often to create your own art gallery.

References

• Oriental Furniture: Room Dividers
• Google Shopping: Photo Room Dividers