Open Shelving Partitions

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An open shelving partition divides a room the way a hedge divides a garden: you know where one part ends, yet light and glimpses pass through. In metal, light wood or dark wood, these separate living rooms from dining areas, kitchens and bedrooms. The books, plants and figurines on the shelves decide how much you see.

A tall white metal open-grid room divider separates a modern living room from a workspace with warm wood floors.

A dark metal grid shelving unit holding plants and art objects acts as a room divider, with a dining table and orange chairs visible behind it.

Bernardes Arquitetura

A large wooden open-backed shelving unit serves as a room divider next to a cream sofa, with a dining table and sheer white curtains in the background.

A silver metal shelving unit serves as a room divider, holding books and decor objects on herringbone parquet wood flooring.

Marcante-Testa (UdA)

A spacious living room with a beige sofa, wooden armchairs, and a large custom wood shelving unit that serves as a room divider.

Pascali Semerdjian Arquitetos

A dark wood room partition separates slate-tiled flooring from a dining area featuring wooden floors, a glass-top table, and an exposed concrete ceiling.

A black metal grid shelving unit acts as a room divider next to two black cane-back bar stools against a light wood-paneled wall.

Studio Clarice Semerene

A bright yellow metal shelving unit divides a living area with a white sofa from a small dining table and wooden chairs.

Todos Arquitetura

A floor-to-ceiling light wood grid shelving unit partitions a room beside a staircase, displaying small figurines in its open square cubbies.

Janghwan Cheon (kyung Hee University, Emersys)

A bright dining room features a round white table, woven-seat wooden chairs, a blue high chair, and a large grid bookshelf acting as a room divider.

Anthony Gill Architects

A contemporary dining room features dark green upholstered chairs, a glass-top table, a wood slat ceiling, and an open metal shelving divider.

Rogoski Arquitetura

A modern living area featuring a white modular sofa, a yellow metal shelving room divider, and a small dining table on terracotta floor tiles.

Todos Arquitetura

A large light wood grid shelving unit acts as a partition between a glossy tile hallway and a modern kitchen with grey cabinets.

Janghwan Cheon (kyung Hee University, Emersys)

A tall white open-shelving unit with books and plants acts as a room divider in a bedroom, featuring built-in white cabinets at the bottom.

IR arquitectura

A studio apartment showing a white timber partition separating a bed from a living space and a kitchen with a vibrant red tiled backsplash.

SWAN Architectes

A modern living room features a light oak open slat room divider, a white leather lounge chair with ottoman, and built-in shelving.

Sergi Pons architects

A light wood shelving unit with books frames a pass-through window looking into a kitchen with sage green cabinets and a vertical tile backsplash.

A minimalist galley kitchen featuring white flat-front cabinets, a dark grey stone countertop and backsplash, and a light wood open shelving divider.