Decorative walls take on so many different personalities. Each of these are highly dependent upon the function and the end goal. Chop your space into two, round out an angular corner with a tri-fold screen, or set it outside under a large tree to shield your hot tub from peeping Toms. However your screen may divide, amplify, or protect you, their versatility will never make you choose one. In this week’s Top Ten list, we take a look at Freestanding Screens that go from colorful or ornate to architectural and modern.

Top Ten: Space-Slicing Freestanding Screens

Freestyle Decorate with a Freestanding Screen that Adds or Subtracts Space to Fit Your Needs

1. Textile Softblock with LED lighting
MANUFACTURER: Molo
PRICE: $350/stackable unit
Dimensions: 13’L x 10’H

Dyed with a UV resistant bamboo charcoal ink, the textile softblocks in charcoal come with LED lighting to create a “velvety opaque sheen reminiscent of charred wood,” says Molo. It is also available in white textile that glows like a filtered linen in the sunshine. Like stretchy lego blocks, they can be stretched up to 13′ long and stacked for the full effect.

2. Shoji
MANUFACTURER: Cherry Tree Design
PRICE: $935- 1,575; 3- to 5-panel screens
Dimensions: 30″W x 80″H/panel

In a traditional, foldable screen design, Cherry Tree Design makes their Shoji in two stock sizes but the screen is also popular as a custom-built project. Perfect to divide a room or shield a closet, the Shoji uses versatility to solve the many issues of a large or uninhibited space in residential or commercial applications.

3. Perry
MANUFACTURER: Thos. Moser
PRICE: Available upon request; custom built
Dimensions: 76″H x 26″W

Originally constructed by David Moser for his wife as a custom design, this Japanese-influenced design of a room divider can be used for both privacy and decoration at the same time. Here, the wood and metallic fuse together, creating a solid divider whose durability will make it an heirloom piece for years to come.

4. Light facet
DESIGNER: Bas van Leeuwen & Mireille Meijs
MANUFACTURER: Bloomming
PRICE: $695
Dimensions: custom

Like the old fashioned “triangle paper game” where folded paper turns into a game that answers all of the world’s questions, the Light facet by Mireille Meijs for Bloomming (yes, two o’s and two m’s) is a sculptural yet highly functional room divider that does the same thing for a space. Glistening light and shadows amplify the slight bends in this modular Dutch creation, and its PCABS, inox, and aluminum body is hard to beat.

5. Soft Screen
MANUFACTURER: Herman Miller
PRICE: Available upon request
Dimensions: 63″H x 6’W

Available in a cool white or spun gold, the Soft Screen by Herman Miller is strong while appearing light and soft. Its portable nature is a great way to create more space by dividing yours into separate parts. Change your mind? No problem. The soft screen is portable and it stands upright with just enough to transparency to allow light to filter through.

6. Viper
DESIGNER: Hans Sandgren Jakobsen
MANUFACTURER: Fritz Hansen
PRICE: Available upon request
Dimensions: 9.8′ L x 5.25′ H

In a beige, Cardboard-colored finished or a sparkling Aluminum finish, this Viper freestanding screen can be tugged and curved to fit between even the least geometric of rooms. Absolutely flexible partitioning element. Cardboard or Aluminum finishes. As a modular unit, you can combine multiple for an ultra-long piped wall, or keep it single and simple.

7. Green Wall
MANUFACTURER: Dedon
PRICE: Available upon request
Dimensions: 4’W x 7’H x 1’D

In a brilliant shade of white Dedon calls “chalk”, this multi-faceted room divider can be used inside or out to give you some privacy. Designed to allow the breeze to flow through the spaces varied throughout the screen, it is perfect for a garden but gorgeous enough for a bedroom.

8. Knú Privacy
MANUFACTURER: Knú
PRICE: $1459
Dimensions: 64″W x 62″H

“Block out the noise or distractions and get down to business,” Knú says with conviction about their Privacy Screen that can divide a room or create a different space within. Using FSC-certified Baltic birch ply and six different veneer choices, the Knú products are finished with a low-VOC and a resilient varnish for longevity.

9. Petal
DESIGNER: Chris Kabatsi
MANUFACTURER: Arktura
PRICE: $5,400- 11,955
Dimensions: 34″W x 76″H (one panel) – 102″W x 76″H (three panels)

Like a mirror image, two identical patterned sheets of powder-coated laser cut steel are separated by one inch of open space, forming the Petal Screen by Arktura. With the simple bend in its gloss white shape that frames or divides a space, opt for the Petal in a bi- or tri-fold screen that can pivot 360 degrees and lock into place.

10. Paris Snowflake
MANUFACTURER: Baker
PRICE: Available upon request
Dimensions: 36.5″W x 1.5″D x 75″H

A brightly-colored aluminum screen by Baker is cheery enough to get away addressing Paris fashion with fluffy snowflakes. What’s not light and airy is the durability of this gold leaf with coral-accented or silver gilt with coral-accented finish on this strong frame. Liven up any room using it to separate, or place it against a wall as a piece of wall art.

Hope you enjoyed our roundup of the Top Ten Space-Slicing Freestanding Screens!

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