20 creative ikea ROOM DIVIDER hacks and ideas
A room divider is a quick and often convenient way to screen off a large space into smaller sections. Whether you're aiming to define spaces or create privacy, a stylish and functional room divider or partition can help create focus and make a space more usable.
You can use it to separate living and bedroom spaces, or carve out a cosy reading nook. Or even partition out a home office keeping work and business separate from home life.
The choice of materials and design are endless. And will often depend on your storage needs, space, taste and budget. We've seen room dividers made from fabric, metal, rattan, wood and more. IKEA Hackers have turned IKEA wardrobes, kitchen cabinets and storage units into beautiful rooms dividers. IKEA BILLY bookcases and, of course, the KALLAX, are among popular room divider choices.
Whether you want a simple divider that stands between two spaces or a full fledged divider with storage options, we have plenty of DIY room dividers to get you started on your project.
Scroll down for 20 and more amazing IKEA room divider hacks that will inspire you to divider and conquer.
Expedit built in room divider
This is my attempt at an Expedit room diver, it all began with a large attic flat I have which was two rooms but someone knocked into one. I looked at ‘canned’ solutions to dividing the rooms and didn’t really like any of them. A friend gifted me a black…
L-shaped wall divider with IKEA BILLY and friends
A transformer monster escaped from the IKEAhackers website and transformed my living room. Originally there was a 3 meter wall divider from BILLY bookcases at the entry way. (See the hack on IKEAhackers). Materials: Billy Benno Moreno Stockholm DIY L shaped wall divider: Now there is an L-shaped wall with an…
Making a Living Room Partition with IKEA BILLY
I built a 3 meter wide by 2.30 tall entry way and living room partition. Materials: Billy Bookshelves Moreno glass doors Benno DVD Shelves My entry way / living room partition: The entry way has 2 Billy bookcases fixed together (back to back) as one unit, with no back attached…
Expedit Room Divider
Materials: Expedit Desk and Shelves Description: Our office is right next to our front door and there is no door to the room so it is completely open. In order to get a modicum of privacy, we decided to use the Expedit desk system and face the bookshelves towards the…
Mandal room divider
Materials: Mandal Description: For my single room flat, I was looking for a nice and beautiful way to part my room into a living area and a sleeping area. Having guests, sitting for a chat at the sofa, without seeing my bed was very important. Now I have the perfect…
Billy walk-in room divider (psst… it’s a secret room)
Door to room opened, taken from inside the room Door closed, taken from outside the room (living room) Materials: 3 40cm-wide Billy bookshelves with doors, IKEA cloth Description: We needed to create a room for our child, and decided to build it with Billys, rather than create an actual wall.…
Lack space combiner
Photo: IKEA.com Materials: Lack room divider Description: Having bought a second hand LACK room divider, it didn’t really seem to fit in my room. The thick black beams were somewhat overexposed in comparison to my other furniture. But I did need a piece of furniture to store my administration, stereo…
Stolmen into mid-century unit/space-divider/desk
Materials: Stolmen poles + wood Description: After carefully deciding the sizes of the shelves and of the “working station”, (sketchup plan appeared pretty useful to avoid mistakes) I cut/sand/tint in teak color/varnished each part from one 5′ x 5′ cherry wood board bought at a local shop. I made them…
LACK bamboo room divider
Materials: LACK TV bench, DIODER LED multi-use lighting, bamboo canes, white stones Description: We needed a great idea to create 2 spaces within our living + kitchen room. “Just place the sofa in the middle of the room.” “Ok, but it so weird to look at the back of your…
Freelancer console
Materials: Billy bookshelf Description: First you may need to saw the upper part of the furniture to get the length needed (once turned into a console), we sawed about 1/4 of it. Position the shelves where you want them, then use 2×2 screws per shelves so they can stay vertically.…
Closed Expedit wall
Materials: 2 4×4 and 2 2×4 Expedit and several custom made panels Description: My home office is actually a part of the living room and was divided by a 5×5 and 2×4 Expedit. It looked very messy and didn’t filter any noise from the kids while working. Inspired by a…
Turn your studio apartment into a 1 bedroom with IKEA PAX
My girlfriend and I bought and moved into our first apartment, with a tight budget we couldn’t afford anything bigger than a studio apartment. I can’t imagine anyone wanting to have their bed in their living room, so we brainstormed. We discussed every type of foldaway bed and room divider.…
Room divider for a loft with IKEA BESTÅ
A room divider helps in using the empty space in a loft, turning the open plan into functional areas. Kevin divides up the loft space with this clever IKEA BESTÅ hack, separating the sleeping area from the home office space. The versatile room divider does double duty as storage for…
diy a room divider from ivar units
shirley sent me her room divider hack using the ivar side unit. she says: “i needed a portable screen to a) give visiting guests sleeping on the sofa bed some privacy and b) screen my somewhat messy work area from both my and my roommate’s visiting clients. (i’m a graphic…
