DIY Room Divider for a Library Laundry Room Combo!

by Nancy at Craft Your Happiness

$10

20 Minutes

Medium

Room dividers can come in handy if you live in a small home or apartment. But we used a different sort for this unique room creation where we combined a laundry room and a home library and believe it or not, it turned out gorgeous. SEE ALL THE PHOTOS HERE

diy room divider for a library laundry room combo

This was the laundry room.

Large enough to do something with but what do you do with a room that has the washer and dryer in it?

Turn it into a library! SEE ALL THE MANY PHOTOS HERE

We simply used curtains to divide off the washer and dryer.

Voila! Please visit our site link on the bottom to see the full room. its amazing!

For the room divider, we began by using masking tape to mark off the space that the curtains were to cover. We then used a stud finder to locate the studs in the ceiling that aligned with our tape. We were able to find 2 studs along each line. While they were not exactly where we wanted them to be, we were able to add a few additional hooks that were not in studs to stabilize the rods. **So long as you have at least 2 hooks in studs for every 5 feet, the rods should be very sturdy!** Using 2″ white coated hooks, we went into each stud, allowing for the thin curtain rods to easily slide into the hooks once mounted.

TIP: If you don’t own a stud finder, simply grab an extra strong magnet. By moving this magnet along the wall, it will stick to the nails in the studs, allowing you to locate studs through your home without breaking the bank!

After hanging the curtains on the rods, we place the rods into the hook rests and made sure that the ends of each rod had additional hooks to support them from sagging. These hooks were not into the studs, but they didn’t need to be since the rods were already heavily supported by the previous hooks. Our curtains were used to conceal a rectangular space, so we simply butted the corners of each rod together. This also allows us to simply slide the curtains open in order to easily access the space we concealed. **For convenience, make sure that you leave at least 2-3 feet between hooks so that the curtains can easily be slid open for access; instead of having to be tied back.**