But the flip side of these floor plans is that in a small space, you’re often forced to cook, sleep, eat and relax in one room. That can be a blessing and a curse.

Here are 12 ingenious room divider ideas that not only expand your space visually but also elevate your interior design.

So for design novices who are looking to split one room into two, the safest bet is a modular-style bookcase that looks like open square boxes stacked on top of one another.

Interior designers recommend room dividers (including screens, curtains, and bookcases) from brands like Urban Outfitters, Safavieh, CB2, Crate & Barrel, Ikea, World Market, and more.

The upstairs bedroom/study can be left open, overlooking the living room below and making both spaces feel like one larger volume, or can be closed off to provide shade and privacy at night, all ...

Some parents have shared innovative ways they have used dividers, such as painting each half of the room a different colour or using them to hang artwork from. GoodHome Alara white modular room ...

PKMN Architectures designed “All I Own House,” a transformable home with sliding modular dividers.

8 cool room divider ideas to help partition a studio apartment or large room.

View Fiocco modular room divider, comprising twenty seven double sections, five single sections and twelve caps by Pierluigi Spadolini on artnet. Browse upcoming and past auction lots by Pierluigi ...

Established & Sons has extended its Grid collection of modular room dividers with variations designed by Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec.

Dezeen promotion: these visuals by Italian brand Arper show how its modular furniture and room dividers could be used to promote social distancing in offices and airports amid the coronavirus ...