The reasons that prompt the owners of living space to think about dividing a room into two parts may be different, but they have the same goal - to highlight several functional areas in the room without compromising their capabilities. This is especially true if there is only one light source in the room. In such situations, the construction of an additional wall in small apartments is impossible; it is also unacceptable to build an extra capital partition in studio apartments. The best way to divide space in these situations is to use a shelving partition for zoning a room.
Design of shelving structures
Most racks are a structure consisting of shelves attached to load-bearing structures. They are:
- No walls or doors.
- With a small number of walls and doors
- With transparent walls and doors.
The width of the racks is mostly standard - up to 40 cm, height and length can vary depending on the desire of the homeowner. They can be classic, diagonal or become a designer find, made specifically for the interior of a particular room.
Metal, wood, glass, plastic - any of these materials is suitable for creating a structure. Due to the variety of choices and the possibility of combining materials, shelving structures are suitable for interior design made in any style.
- Lattice racks fit perfectly into modern design.
- To the classic style, you need to select racks made of wood.
- All varieties of country and Provence are combined with furniture made of material designed in discreet pastel colors, wood with imitation scuffs, and forged elements.
The main thing in these partitions is their practicality and apparent weightlessness.
Shelving-partitions used for zoning a room allow daylight to penetrate into the fenced off part of the room, while being a universal place to store a variety of things.
Zoning the space of the room
The division of rooms into sectors with the help of screens and partitions has been done for a long time. Also for these purposes, wardrobes, sideboards and other similar pieces of furniture were used. However, the space obtained by such a division was deprived of access to light, and therefore it had to be additionally illuminated. Designers began to make decorative through niches in built-in partitions so that natural light would enter the second half of the room.
At the end of the twentieth century, the use of racks as partitions, which did not have a back wall, came into fashion. Since then, they have been used not only for zoning space, but also to create a territory of comfort in a separated part of the room.
- The presence of additional shelves, decorated with lighting, will add comfort and make the interior of the room unique. Thanks to this method of dividing the space, the boundaries of the zones will be clearly visible.
- The designs made of metal and glass look very beautiful. Glass for them is used with a thickness of 5–10 mm, and therefore the shelves can withstand quite large loads. Often such partitions are used to delimit the space between the hallway and the hall in studio apartments.
Pros and cons of using shelving
Over other methods of dividing space into individual zones, shelving-partitions with shelves have a number of great advantages.
- They are universal, as they can fit into any interior.With their help, you can transform the design beyond recognition and make two rooms from one room that perform diametrically opposite functions.
- The combination of several materials makes it possible to visually lighten the design of the rack-partition.
The transparency of an open rack depends only on the desire of the owners to make the shelves with various boxes and decorations that block the path of light.
- Installation of shelving is simple and takes a minimum of time, only instructions and a screwdriver are needed to install any model.
- They are mobile, they can always be rearranged to another place. For temporary zoning of a room, a rack on wheels is ideal.
- There is a two-way approach to the shelves. Can be used as a decorative element.
All partitions of this type have disadvantages.
- Instability. Shelving must be attached to a wall or floor, especially if there are children or large animals in the house, as the structure can be overturned.
- Frequent cleaning: open shelves quickly become covered with a layer of dust.
The choice of design depending on the location
The type of shelving depends on the purpose of the room in which it will be used.
- In one-room apartments, it is better to use a through shelving partition. It will allow not only to create separate zones without interfering with the penetration of light, but will also be a great way to keep order in the room due to the versatility of double-sided shelves.
- In living rooms, zoning with the help of a rack is performed to separate and allocate a workplace.
- The design almost does not “eat up” space, and a large number of various shelves allows you to keep the necessary documentation at hand.
- If it is necessary to fence off the bed in the room, creating a sleeping area, a rack is installed, the lower part of which is filled with drawers.
- The kitchen is separated from the dining area by low racks so as not to violate the integrity of the space and at the same time highlight each territory. In this case, it is better to install models made of wood or glass.
- In children's rooms it is convenient to use a mobile rack on wheels.
Installing shelving allows you to make the room multifunctional, to solve the issue of placing a lot of little things. Using the design of the shelves, you can update the interior of the room at any time by simply replacing the items on them.
