Catering Halls Use Room Divider Screens for a Cost Effective Solution to Divide Large Spaces

Large halls such as catering halls, banquet and receptions halls face the challenge of how to arrange the large space based on the event and amount of guests.  Many large reception halls use mobile folding partitions.  Some are custom made and others are commonly found in institutions or other commercial places.  These types of room dividers are very costly.  To efficiently divide a large hall measuring over 60ft wide, would cost over $5000.  Commercial room dividers are not also the most attractive.  If you are planning an event in a large social hall, yet there will only be handful of guests, the event would look empty if the space was left undivided.

This Italian catering and banquet hall in West Virginia, uses a cost effective way to create attractive, portable inexpensive partitions.  The owner of the venue purchased 5 art print room divider screens of red roses as well as eight shoji screens in 4 panels each.  The art printed screens of the roses are creatively used as a backdrop with accented lights around it.  This backdrop makes for a perfect visual center piece where the bride and groom can sit in front of.

The shoji screens are used to create an extra room for the ceremonial participants.  This partition creates almost like a back stage area for performers.   Since the screens are light weight for mobility, a creative way to add support to the screens is to place floor plants in front and in back as show in the images.

Introducing the New Made in America RGB Room Divider

Urban Accents NY has created a new category for American made room dividers.  This section will feature hand made room dividers by independent craftsmen and artisans throughout the country.  Not only are these screens made in America, they are also of superior quality.

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Imagine you are a tiny bug crawling on a computer screen. You would see that the screen is made up of many tiny Red, Green, and Blue (RGB) pixels. This colorful room divider is that bug’s eye view!

Product Description:
The panels are finished in bright red, green, and blue soft velveteen, wrapping around the outer edges as well. The black divider in the middle of the design is also velveteen.The back is finished in black canvas, covering the gaps between panels offering complete privacy. The 4 hinges are sturdy satin nickel finished steel. Hinge plates are carefully hidden in the design. The solidly crafted frame is redwood. The RGB pattern is designed to repeat so you can use 2 or more dividers next to each other to create a seamless larger wall.

Dimensions:
84 inches high(7ft tall) and each panel is 19 3/4 in wide. When standing slightly folded, it should cover approximately 54" of floor space. Weight: a sturdy solid 27lbs!

The Designer:
The RGB Room Divider is designed and manufactured by Vim Venture through his company Vim Venture Designs. Vim, who holds a Ph.D. in Applied Physics, is an artist and an engineer. He was working on creating some video-playback hardware and was spending a great deal of his time thinking about and working with video screens. Red, green, and blue filled his thoughts and this inspired the RGB Room Divider. Created initially for his own use, the great reaction from friends and family that saw his work encouraged him to bring it to market.

Ideas on How to Divide Your Studio Apartment To Partition off Sleeping Area

The challenge many studio apartment dwellers face is how to separate the bed from the common area.  Nobody wants to walk into a room to see a bed in the middle of  living room next to a coffee table.  Since there is just one open room, the idea is to conceal the bed creating almost a separate bedroom area. The question is what type of room divider to get.  Depending on the layout of the studio apartment, there are many ways to section off the sleeping area.

If the studio has a sleeping alcove, this makes the it much easier to create a partition to conceal the bed from the rest of the room.  Some people will use a curtain to that will cover the whole sleeping area from wall to wall.  This can work well depending on the size of the room and the number of windows. Because a curtain hangs from ceiling to floor, this can make the space feel a lot smaller.  In bigger studios, a curtain can work well in the room provided that the sleeping alcove is on the smaller side.

Notice how the sleeping alcove is small

Some people use backless bookcases which can be quite functional if you want to store things or display decorative accessories.  These types of bookcases are bit more expensive and do not provide actual privacy if that happens to be what one is looking for.  A bookcase room divider defines the space, it does not conceal it.  Also most studio apartment dwellers are on the move more often the one bedroom dwellers, so this can be quite a pain to disassemble and move in the future.

Another idea is to use free standing panel partitions.  These tend to be contemporary in look with metal, acrylic and plastic elements.  These types of partitions work well in big loft areas or offices.  However they are also quite costly.  A 75" wide panel partition usually starts at about $800 and up.

Lastly, the best idea is to use your sofa at the foot of the bed with a room divider screen standing in between the sofa and the bed.  This configuration works best when the bed is placed in the middle of the wall rather than the corner.  I have come across studio apartments where the bed is behind the sofa yet there is no screen.  This is quite an ugly look.  The rule is that no bed should be in view when you are in the common area.  A minimum of four panels is necessary to cover the length of a three seat sofa.  Ideally 5-8 panels is better and will really create a feel of having a separate bedroom.

This is the ideal way to divide your living area and sleeping area in a studio apartment

 In conclusion, depending on the size and layout of your studio apartment, a room divider behind the sofa at the foot or side of the bed is the most aesthetically appealing as well as functional.

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Simpsons 7ft Room Divider Screen in 3 Panels

Simpson Characters Room Divider Screen

Now you can have all the famous and wacky characters of the Simpsons on a 7ft tall room divider screen in 3 panels.  High quality professional clear printing on a poly-cotton canvas wrapped around a wood frame.  Weighing just nine pounds, this screen is bold and attractive, lightweight and portable.  Great idea for kid's room decorating and party theme props.  You can even give it as a gift. More screens available at UrbanAccentsNY.com.

Gustav Klimt 6ft Room Divider Screen for Floor & Wall Art

Klimt The Kiss and Tree of Life

Gustav Klimt works of art, "The Kiss" and "The Tree of Life".  Large scale functional art at very affordable prices.

• Double sided folding panel screen standing 6ft high, each panel measuring 15 3/4" wide. Covered from top to bottom and all edges in a durable poly-cotton stretched canvas, almost entirely opaque
• High saturated color prints with fade resistant ink to create an attractive long lasting image
• Lightweight kiln dried spruce wood frame with two way mortise hinges for easy folding & portability
• Perfect for privacy, dividing a room, partitioning a space and home decor
• Ideal for visual merchandising store display props for window showcasing and theme decorating
• Use as large wall art canvas, mount flat or remove hinges to display on wall as a big mural
• Great for trades show booths, themed parties and events.

 

Wall Posters Transform Into Functional Art

 

Wall Posters Transform Living Spaces Into Functional Art

The New Urban Trend in Theme Decorating with Room Divider Screens

Wall posters are a thing of the past. Now they can be replaced by a 6ft folding screen that not only divides the space of a room, but also boasts a unique iconic printed image front and back.  Many people are familiar with famous city skyline pictures of New York City, Paris, London as well as the exotic beaches of Santorini and Hawaii. All the popular posters that once were either taped to a teenager’s wall can now be replaced by art print room dividers.  

A three panel folding screen weighs about 8 lbs. To keep production costs down, the surface of these decorative paneled screens, on which the large image is printed, is printed on a poly-cotton blend canvas, rather than an all cotton canvas. This material is similar to a vinyl canvas that is commonly used to print wall decals and banners making it easy to clean. The finished printed canvas is wrapped around a lightweight kiln dried spruce wood frame. Because the substitution of cheaper material and overseas production costs are significantly cheaper, these art print room dividers can look deceivingly expensive yet they retail for around $129.

The trend for using these decorative screens is also taking off in many urban areas and college dorms.  The famous wall poster which once was just hung or taped to a wall as a reminder of one’s self-expression has now made its way onto a large functional piece of art that stands on the floor in the center of any room. The divider can be folded and neatly put away when company arrives. When the time comes to retire the folding screen, the hinges can be removed and the panels can be mounted to the wall as an attractive piece of canvas art.

In urban settings, many people live in small apartments or studios where a room divider folding screen is very functional and can visually define a space or can be used to create a temporary wall for privacy.  Benjamin, a young and hip furniture salesman living in Manhattan, realized from his experience with working for various different furniture stores around New York City that they all carried the same commonly seen Japanese shoji screen with the window pane pattern.  There was never a real vast selection of screens.  He then created the popular e-commerce site, UrbanAccentsNY.com, featuring hundreds of different room divider screens with art print from a diverse range of subjects and themes.

As Benjamin says, “These art print dividers are very functional and have multiple uses. They are perfect for theme decorating your apartment and can also be used as visual merchandising props in boutiques, restaurants, catering halls, day care centers and schools. I like think of them as portable wall murals.” An example of a room divider’s urban commercial use is in small clothing boutiques which do not have ample space for a full-size dressing room, they instead buy 3 screens to make an instant pop-up dressing room so their customers can try on clothes in privacy.  

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Wall posters are a thing of the past and now can be replaced by a 6ft folding screen boasting a unique iconic printed image front and back.  Many people are familiar with famous city skyline pictures of New York City, Paris, London as well as the exotic beaches of Santorini and Hawaii. All the popular posters that once were either taped to a teenager’s wall are now being replaced by art print room dividers.  

These decorative paneled screens are mass produced in huge printing presses in China.  To keep production costs down, the surface on which the large image is printed on is a poly-cotton blend canvas, rather than an all cotton canvas.  This material is similar to to a vinyl canvas commonly used to print wall decals.  The finished printed canvas is wrapped around a lightweight kiln dried spruce wood frame. A three panel screen weighs about 8 lbs.  Because the substitution of cheaper material and overseas production costs are significantly cheaper, these art print room dividers can look deceivingly expensive yet they retail for about $129.  If this product were to be duplicated domestically, it would nearly triple in retail price.

In the city, many people live in small apartments or one room studios where a room divider screen is very functional and can visually define a space or can be used to create a temporary wall for privacy.  Benjamin, a young furniture salesman in Manhattan realized that in his experience working in various different furniture stores across the city, they all carried the common Japanese shoji screen with the window pane pattern.  There was never a real vast selection of screens.  He later thought of an idea to create an ecommerce site, Urban Accents NY featuring hundreds of different room divider screens with art print from a diverse range of subjects and themes. Benjamin says, “These art print dividers are very functional and have multiple uses. They are perfect for theme decorating and can also be used as  display merchandising props in boutiques, restaurants, catering halls, day care centers and schools. I think of them as a portable wall mural.” An example of its urban commercial use is that small clothing boutiques in densely populated cities do not have ample space for a  real dressing room. so they will buy usually 3 of them to make a pop up dressing room so their customers can try on clothes in privacy.  

The trend for displaying these decorative screens is taking off in many urban areas and college dorms.  The famous wall poster which once was just hung or taped to a wall as a reminder of one’s self expression, has now made its way onto a large functional piece of art that stands on the floor. When the time comes to retire the folding screen, the hinges can be removed and the panels can be mounted to the wall as an attractive piece of canvas art.

For the more creative, or do it yourself type people, you can purchase a $59 corrugated cardboard room divider, white one one side and craft color on the other. Decorate it, plaster wall paper on it, create a collage.  The uses endless.

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