Home Office Room Dividers: 8 Best Options (1 To Avoid)

If you’re like many remote workers, you’ve been left scratching your head trying to carve out a space where you can work without investing in massive changes to your home. You have a small space, and you need it to serve dual purposes. 

Enter the home office room divider.

I’ve tried out a handful of these devices. Why? Well, I’ve shared a home office with my wife for six years. We now have a shared office for two, but we spent a long time making our bedroom and living room act as living and workspaces. Home office room dividers helped us change our living spaces into home offices. They’re generally inexpensive, they come in a variety of colors and styles, and they help you isolate a portion of your existing small space. 

To help you make the right choice, I’ve reviewed nine dividers.

• The overall winner (and highest quality offering) is the Roundhill Furniture Giyano 4-Panel Room Divider. There’s no assembly required, which means you get a functional and attractive divider straight out of the box. It’s also light, so you can move it around as necessary.
• If you’re in a rush, just make sure to avoid the TIXANF Room Divider. The description alone offers up conflicting information about size, making it difficult to determine whether it’ll even fit your room. It’s also poorly rated and expensive.

 

The Best Home Office Room Dividers

Every small space is different, and that means your “best” home office room divider might look a little different from someone else’s. We selected five individual categories that remote workers must think about when trying to turn a small space into an office, and from there selected our best overall. Check out the table below to see our top picks, then keep reading for more in-depth assessments.

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Best Overall: Roundhill Furniture Giyano 4-Panel Room Divider

• View today’s price on Amazon, normally $160
• Star Rating: 4.5
• Width: 70 inches
• Height: 70 inches
• Pros:
  • No assembly required
  • Folds down to store in a closet or under a bed
  • Comes in four color patterns
  • Contains four foldable panels
  • Built with pine wood
• Cons: 
  • Lightweight (which makes it less stable if you’ve got kids or pets running around, or thick carpets)

This divider is stylish and simple — and is all the more attractive with its affordable price. It’s wide enough for video calls with some space behind you. And if you need some variety, there are four available color options to choose from.

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Highest Quality: Roundhill Furniture Giyano 4-Panel Room Divider

• View today’s price on Amazon, normally $160
• Star Rating: 4.5
• Width: 70 inches
• Height: 70 inches
• Pros:
  • No assembly required
  • Folds down to store in a closet or under a bed
  • Comes in four color patterns
  • Contains four foldable panels
  • Built with pine wood
• Cons: 
  • Lightweight, which makes it less stable if you have kids, pets, or thick carpets

Yes, our overall top pick is also #1 in quality. You can choose from four color and style options to fit your home/office decor.

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Best Modern Room Divider: MAYOLIAH 3-Panel

• View today’s price on Amazon, normally $65
• Star Rating: 4.3
• Width: 102 inches
• Height: 71 inches
• Pros:
  • Size and color options: three or four panels, black or grey
  • Flat backdrop (rather than accordion) is good as a video meeting background
  • Panels can be used individually or combined
  • Easy and fast assembly
• Cons: 
  • Modern-looking — it would fit into an office, but maybe not a living room or bedroom
  • Folds down (a positive), but only to the width of one panel (34 inches wide x 66 inches tall by 20-inch legs)

The MAYOLIAH is a good selection for dividing a home office. Its flat, one-color background means it will show well on video calls, and it’s panels are thick enough to block sunlight if you’re working near a window.

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Best Folding/Accordion Screen: Coaster Oriental Style

• View today’s price on Amazon, normally $90
• Star Rating: 4.5
• Width: 69.5 inches
• Height: 70.25 inches
• Pros:
  • Nice design with simple colors
  • Affordable price
  • No assembly required
  • Lightweight and easy to move
• Cons: 
  • Lightweight, which makes it less stable for those with kids, pets, and thick carpets to think about

This room divider has a clean, simple design that can fit in just about any type of room. It’s lightweight and easy to move. With that said, I recommend using this as an accent in your home office background for video calls, not the full background — the contrast of white and black may be distracting on video.

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Best Curtain Divider: Vailge Tension Rods + RYB HOME Curtains

• View today’s price of the curtain on Amazon, normally $80
• View today’s price of the tension rod on Amazon, normally $50
• Optional: View today’s price of the ceiling brackets, normally $10
• Star Rating: 4.7
• Width & Height:
  • 15 size options for the curtain
  • 4 size range options for the tension rod
• Pros:
  • Great for closet offices, open doorways, office nooks
  • Lots of size options to help you get the right fit
  • 15 color options to fit your decor
  • Machine-washable curtains
• Cons: 
  • Noise reducing (but definitely not noise cancelling)

These are curtains that usually end up in an open doorway. You need to buy the curtain and the rod, as well as the mount bracket if you can’t fit the tension rod between two walls or a door frame. We keep this one in our bedroom, which we still use for work when we have guests monopolizing our home office.

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Best With Shelves: ECOMEX White

• View today’s price on Amazon, normally $150
• Star Rating: 4.4
• Width: 62.8 inches
• Height: 66.9 inches
• Pros:
  • At 15 pounds, it strikes a good balance between lightweight and sturdy
  • Folds down to just one panel wide (15.7 inches wide)
  • Comes with shelves so you can add decor
  • Two-way hinges give you the versatility to set up the room divider the way you want
• Cons: 
  • The home office shelves are small; don’t expect to put a library up there

If you’re looking for a more permanent home office room divider, consider the ECOMEX four-panel divider. This is the best option for those who want to do a little decorating in their home office, as it has shelf capacity for a few books, small plants, or other accents.

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See Also: Home Office Storage: The Tidy Buyer’s Guide

 

Other Home Office Room Dividers Worth The Price

These following dividers two did not win any categories, but they’re still worth checking out. They have lots of reviews (and are highly rated), and offer slightly different patterns and materials than the category winners. If the dividers above didn’t catch your eye, try these.

 

FDW Bamboo Room Divider Wall

• View today’s price on Amazon, normally $80
• Star Rating: 4.5
• Width: 70 inches
• Height: 72 inches
• Pros:
  • Folds down to 17.7 inches wide (the width of one panel)
  • Has a nice bamboo weave pattern
  • Well-rated (4.5 stars) with nearly 1,000 reviews
• Cons: 
  • The hinges only open in one direction

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FDW 6-Foot Wall Divider

• View today’s price on Amazon, normally $100
• Star Rating: 4.5
• Width: 70.2 inches
• Height: 70.8 inches
• Pros:
  • Folds down to store in a closet or under a bed
  • Well-rated (4.5 stars) with 5,000+ reviews
• Cons: 
  • Lightweight, which makes it less stable (kids, pets, thick carpets)

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How do I split my room into office space?

Changing around your bedroom to pull double duty as an office doesn’t have to involve a lot of work or hardware — give the following a try:

1. Purchase a room divider
2. Arrange furniture to separate a working area
3. Hang plants, beads, or curtains to portion off an office space
4. Try setting up your desk in a corner, facing a window, or even in an alcove/closet if you have room

 

How can I make my bedroom an office?

I generally recommend against using your bedroom as an office if you can avoid it. With that said, you keep reading for some ideas, or see what others have tried:

• Set up a clear divide between office area and the rest of the room
• Invest in better lighting
• Keep your surfaces tidy
• Keep your desk far from your bed to preserve sleep hygiene
• Buy flexible, foldable furniture

See Also: How To Lay Out A Small Bedroom With A Desk

 

What can I use instead of a room divider?

If you aren’t interested in a room divider or don’t have room for one, give the following a try:

• Curtains
• A bookcase
• Anyvoo
• Shelving
• Wood pallet
• Hanging plants

 

Recommend a bedroom office divider

After 10+ years of remote work, I’ve tried a lot of room dividers, and the winners above represent the features I think most remote workers will find appealing. Still, I might have missed some good ones. Let me know if I did; I’ll be happy to check out your recommendation.

 

See Also: 66 Backyard Office Sheds To View In One Place

 

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