Close off dining room from entryway or how to separate open areas
I have an open floor plan, I think its too open in my main dining room area. From the front door, you can see the whole dining room area and also my kitchen area (which I do not like at all). I would like to close off the entryway by building a wall between the two areas or is there another way to make the dining room more separate?
Currently my dining room only has one main wall and the other wall with windows, it doesnt feel like a formal dining room or a room at all. We dont usually use it, because it feels too open and not personal or a place to sit down and have dinner.
For now, we use our dinette area to have all our meals. I would like to use this dining room as a place to relax at the end of the day, but currently since the dining room faces our entryway area, it doesnt feel like a place to eat meals.
View of dining room from front door, below. The painters tape is where I might build a wall or create a partition or place a console or something to hide the view of the kitchen from someone standing in the entryway area.
View of dining room/entryway from kitchen area. The double glass doors is the office area. I will be chaining out the curtains, along with lowering the height of the curtain rod.
Any ideas for simple modern molding / millwork ideas for the columns would also be appreciated
Thanks!
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chispa
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ffpalms
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PROFlo Mangan
3 months agoThe answers will be largely dependent on your budget. Many potential solutions. Walls can mess up flooring so be sure of permanent options. Here are a few ideas. Bookcases might be most cost effective. Use ikea bookcases in various configurations. Slatted wall divides would be stunning but more costly. Lots of options.
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3 months agolast modified: 3 months agoThank you Flo. My first thought was an Ikea bookshelf, but was concerned about anchoring the shelf to only one wall, that is only on its side, since there was no back wall to anchor to. Also to keep the shelf flush against the wall I would need to remove the baseboard/trim and then anchor to one wall.
I did like your idea of slatted room dividers, I have been researching them, but was not sure about how it they would eventually look in my space.
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Flo Mangan
3 months agoMight find nice Tansu type unit(s) to set on each side of opening. They are heavy.
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