The Crafty Organizer Fantastic solution! I was thinking you could also use fabric to staple to the frame to get a taught finish and then attach quarter rounds to hide the staples. I love your ‘where there’s a will there’s a way’ approach. Such a great example for your daughters 💓
The swing hinge gate is a clever solution. Instead of the shelving paper (contact paper) a sheer or opaque fabric may be easier to work with. May I suggest placing a single or double bar vertically in the center of the panel for added strength to handle the daily pushing on the panel (like on screen doors). You have an easy listening, pleasant calm speaking voice.
I wish you didn't have to worry about your budget, but I am glad you are not like other crafters/organizers when they look at something at IKEA or another store and say it was a reasonable price. When I see the cost, my eyes bulge out and I am like oh no that isn't. I like how you come up with simple yet nice looking ways to make your space work. Thank you for sharing. I am the type of person that if a bookshelf doesn't work for books, I then turn it into toy storage for my kids or a "dresser" for clothes. Instead of getting rid of it because it doesn't work, I use it for something else.
YES!!! Or see a video where they are struggling with their 'small closet'... but it's bigger than my bedroom. LOL It's all perspective. I know I have less than others, but still way more than most... and I always try and remember that. 💙
@TheCraftyOrganizer so true there's always someone who has more blessings ( or we precieved that they do) and we are blessed in someone else's eyes. Thank you for your tutorial content from a frugal diyer ( poor) girl.😊
Thank you for sharing . I am a single mum and for years been doing projects to try to improve our living. When I was married I always helped my ex on projects but as a single person now for me it’s much more rewarding when I’ve done it myself, or as soon as my son was old enough , I got him to help so he knows what to do when in the future has his own home. This is the first video of yours I’ve seen ..it was in my recommendations..I’m so glad it was. I subbed and I am looking forward to watching your previous videos.
The Crafty Organizer 🤚🏻 yes new friend here. My name is Tracey , I’m from the uk. 51yrs old lol .It’s a privilege to see how inspiring you are to your family but also to me. Thank you. Stay safe you and yours. 💛
Finally, somebody who objects to the insane prices for the items used in some projects like I do, and finds creative solutions! :). I think the paper shade is a very smart idea! I was thinking of fabric, but paper probably creates more privacy!
I couldn’t tell if this posted: Of all the organizing channels I have found, yours is THE BEST!!! I love that you find the most economical way to attack a project. I have been looking at room divider screens until I was blue in the face. Your solution is ABSOLUTE GENIUS! Thank you thank you thank you!
I was a single mom, also. But, unfortunately, I didn't have the money, nor the resources to do the things she does. I am happy for her. But, she lives better then most single moms do. Every dime I had went to keeping a roof over our heads and food on the table.
@@robinearhart3031 I am single mom poor as well. I am making a room divider out of old doors, windows, dressers and things I find for free or very inexpensive.
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Thanks for this great idea. My rent went up over 3 hundred dollars, and I'm thinking about getting a one bedroom and letting my daughter take the bedroom, and I would make a space in the living room. Much like you. I told my sisters my idea and they didn't like it but they said do what you got to do. Make it work for you.
Hi Norrine! I like the style of the panels with the Redi-Shades. I think it looks professional and polished. You mentioned swapping for the shelf liner, and your concern about it being a little to pliable. So my suggestion might fall into that category for you also. But, I'm giving it to you anyway! I was thinking maybe a heavy duty frosted shower liner? $15 +/-. Thick, conformable material. Water proof/resistant. Frosted for privacy. More than likely left over product for another project. Plus, you wont have to worry about it creasing, or ripping like I'm sure the paper material of the Redi-Shade will easily fall victim to. Honestly, you could opt for a standard shower curtain that is frosted with a design of your choice, instead of just a liner. And, of course you dont have to get one of those glossy plastic things. I love the fabric style shower curtains, I know those a more expensive. But you have to live in your space. Why not choose something pleasing to your eye! TYFS! I love all your recent content. Well, I love all of it, but you know what I mean! 💘💘💘
O H M Y G O S H !!! That is genius!!!! And those are super inexpensive!!!! And ONE would cover both of my panels!!!! This is why I love my subscribers so much!!!!!! YAY!!!! Thanks, Ang!!!! 🌺🌼🌻
@@TheCraftyOrganizer HA! REALLY?! That's great. I was just throwing it out there! I honestly didnt think you would go for it. I was getting the impression you were after a firm, more ridgid medium. I'm very happy I was able to come up with an idea that might work for you! 💘💘💘
I was so blessed to check UA-cam and come across this tutorial. I am also a single parent with a three bedroom apartment where four people reside. I have two children that still at home. My mom lives here as well. So I also gave up my room for my daughter to have her own room. Which left me in the living. Then I decided to cut my dining room to fit a twin bed. I needed to hid my bed especially when I'm laying down if company comes by. . I thank you so much for this idea
You are so welcome! Let me know if you have any questions!!!!! I had a viewer suggest a shower curtain instead of the pleated shades! I am going to WalMart to see what I can find - but ONE curtain will cover BOTH of my panels! Yay!!!
I had to have my dad live with me recently. We gave him the dining room and ate in the foyer, literally. I used bookcases and just didnt have a door on the divider (I had to shower him so he was dressed in the bathroom). He had advanced dementia which progressed to combative dementia the last 6 mos he was here, doing hospice at the last few weeks, just died on Mother’s Day. Bookcases are my go to. I buy used 😊 Once these 2 here and I lived in a basement and there was 1 actual room (with the bathroom off it), the rest was all open. I used bkcases there also to carve out a room for my girls. I had to improvise a kitchen around the laundry tub too! I did it with used things. I made a pretty awesome kitchen. Nothing at all “decor” or “cute” about it, just function, but I cook alot so function was most needed. Ppl would be amazed at what I did with “scraps of stuff” they called it lol
shower curtains a wonderful idea. I was just commenting yesterday while shopping with my husband that I found more shower curtains I liked than curtains. I may have to use some of those cloth shower curtains and cut them down to fit my windows
Enjoyed your video, I had the same problem, so I put the two teens in their own room, and my younger daughter and I had the living room. I used two bookcases and a shower curtain with drapes. Single moms... very smart people 👍🏼
I'm downsizing from a 4 bedroom home to a 2 bedroom apartment. I'm so glad that you share your ideas. Can't wait to get moved and try some of your ideas. Thank you
Super easy project. And you gave precise instructions so the screen can be made to fit any space. It is also right now my fav tutorial. Your tutorials keep me in an uplifted space right now🙏🏾 🥰🌹🥰
Of all the organizing channels I have found, yours is THE BEST!!! I love that you find the most economical way to attack a project. I have been looking at room divider screens until I was blue in the face. Your solution is ABSOLUTE GENIUS! Thank you thank you thank you!
Awesome idea! And so affordable. It has a highe-end custom look. So kind of you to allow your children to have the bedrooms. And your 'bedroom' is filled with natural light!
So professional looking!! The closet is genius! I had a huge amount of tubs in storage, when I decided to bring them home there was nowhere to put the stuff. I took a huge wooden dowel and put it on the wall the same way you did for hanging clothes. Only mine went along a whole wall, I put curtains over it and everyone thought it was a wall of windows. Funny how creative we can be when we need space. 💜🦋🧡🐞💚🌻🕉️
So clever and inexpensive. I have been batting around the idea of building a screen to hide my hot water heater in my laundry, but didn't think i could do it for less than buying a used screen. After watching your video I have decided to build it. Thanks!
As I had been a single mom for more than a decade, I know about the problems like a tight budget etc. Fortunately you've got great ideas to solve some of the problems. This roomdevider is fantastic !!! Having just hopped over from your latest video (29.March2023) I send you all the best wishes for your father. 🙂
Omg, I'm making a bedroom for my boyfriend's boys and I have been looking for ideas to hide the laundry area in my second bedroom (old and small house). This is just what inspiration I needed!
I think you did a wonderful job. I live in my living room but since we have a family room, I've just claimed the whole room for myself and I have sliding doors to close it off. I did work on a project that I felt was needed and it was cheap and fun. I used to quilt but no longer and i also love scrapbooking paper and have tons of it. I needed to make a partition between our family room and kitchen which is a space from the countertop to the bottom of the cabinet. I used the tri fold science fair displays and taped two together then covered them with scrapbook paper.........one side in a wonky type quilt for the family room and the other side in a linear design for the kitchen. I love the fact that it's something pretty to look at when I'm at my computer and I don't get distracted when people are in the kitchen This is a little late but I loved what you did in your garage and I even had my husband watch the recaps..........you did an incredible job.
Priscilla’s comment made me think how good a series would be of several different “out of the box uses” for those light canvas drop cloths. I’ve read of folks using them for drapes inside and out. Did you use them for your cabana drapes Norrine? Cheaper than yardage fabric and very organic looking. I’ve got one or two of them around. Sorta seeing a summer bedspread with faux suede trim in my head. Wonder if it would need 2 drop cloths for a queen? When I was a kid mom made me curtains out of printed flower sacks. I’m 77. Once she made my doll clothes from a used/torn WW2 silk parachute. I’ve made comforters, daybed covers and curtains out of sheets. Again cheaper fabric than buying yard goods.
I have a really long living room. I decided to move from the attic to a larger space down stairs. i appreciate your thoughtfulness in how you described how to do this.
For the non adhesive contact paper definitely sandwich it. You can use small quarter round also. If it’s to flexible make it look like an widow with sections. That will strengthen it. You did great with the space you had, way to think out of the box.
Great job! I do woodworking myself, I appreciate your effort👍 I am a Burke too, it’s nice to know another one of us is not immune to a hammer and nail!
Since you’re using the one divider as a door, I definitely would’ve gone with sandwiching the screen between two pieces of wood for the frame. Rather than just the one piece of wood, the two pieces with the screen between them would give you more privacy and make it a sturdier door. But even doubling up the amount of wood it would only add another five bucks or so to the cost, still seriously well worth it. Awesome idea thank you.
You are soooo creative and really give us great ideas. Your room divider turned out so nice. What a loving & unselfish Mom you are to give up your bedroom for you daughter.
Oh! And I love the fabric panel idea someone suggested! You could even do 2 different fabrics so from the living space it matches but from your bedroom it matches in there also! You could also hang like a jute twine across either side to hang pictures from. I think they are gorgeous the way they are! Just ideas to think about.....
Awesome diy. I’m a single Mom with a disabled daughter so I’m always on the look out for low budget ideas. I am looking for something to divide my garage. This just might work out. Thanks for being a realistic DIYer. Glad your Dad is doing better. Stay safe. God bless you and your family.
That looks so awesome! You have such a creative mind to come up with hacks to make amazing things that are so much more budget friendly. Keep them coming girlfriend. So glad to hear that you may make all three of the choices we voted for. So glad your father is continuing to heal. Prayers for your family. You have a cute supervisor!
Glad to hear that your dad is doing well. This was an awesome idea. My laundry room is in the garage and my cat can hear the sound when I unlock and/or open the door and if I'm not careful she darts through to be lost in the midst of containers, shop tools, and a mountain of other things stored in the garage until she wants to be found. I want to close off access to the garage so that I don't have to worry that she will get into the garage. Today's video has given me an idea for a solution to keep Miss Elbe out of trouble in the garage. Thank you for your creativity.
I love this! However instead of the 1/2 square pieces of wood you can use a thin trim but still sandwich it together. By using the trim you can add a tiny bit of a decorative touch. It will be by the crown molding in the store. Make sure your miter saw is square and cut the ends at 45 degree angle (depending on the trim it could be slightly different the kind I used was rounded so it was like 37.5) but I love the idea!!!! My dream is to have my own house for me and my girls and this just made it possible for me to look at a 2 bedroom differently! Thank you for all your ideas!!!!
Norrine, the reason why the saw was difficult to use on the screen is that the teeth of the saw are bent a midge alternating to the left and right. The teeth of a steak knife are straight, and the screen is probably very soft. Love your project! Stay well!
Also the teeth on your steak knife are further apart so you can cut that soft meat where as the teeth on the saw being closer together are designed for a harder material and smoother cut on each side of the cut
I agree that the correct saw blade regardless of saw tool makes a big difference depending on the media being cut and whether the cut needs to be pristine or rough cut. Fewer teeth results in rougher cut. Think of the mess one gets cutting melamine covered particleboard with a lower toothed blade versus the smooth (less melamine chip out) cut of a many toothed blade. We learn so much Doing It Ourselves. I enjoyed the tip of using cheap wood stock in a novel way. Give it a good enough sand and you have good enough interior wood for light weight projects. Sealer before paint might make it even better. Really made me consider employing this material inside the house more.
Norinne I have to tell you that I think you are amazing! So creative, and you're able to carry out projects that I would be worried about tackling alone. The end result looks awesome, and I love the idea of using a shower curtain to get different designs (Ang Crivellone). Even your viewers are amazingly creative too!
This is wonderful. My husband's office is currently also the guest room. I am considering creating one of these to "block off the bed while he's working, shifting it when we have guests. It will help avoid his using the bed as an extension of his desk, covering it with paper that needs to "be filed".
I love your decor! I-ve had to MacGyver room solutions in the past (single mom five kids --4 girls). They are out on their own now. This is such a creative and aesthetically pleasing solution! I SO appreciate your videos!!
5 kids! You are WONDER WOMAN! I am already dreading the day when mine leave for college.... it's coming at me light a freight train. Thanks for the kind comment. I always enjoy seeing your name pop up. 🌺
I would have just slept in the living rm lol (bag bedding to put in a closet while we hsled in the living room during the day). But actually I would have made the kids do it as then I would have my room to go at end of the day and BE ALONE. As a single hsling mom for waaaaaaay long, I need BIG living rooms and my room. (Widowed very young with 3 tiny kids & then decades later, divorced with 2 more tiny kids. I think its been my career, single momming 🤦♀️)
Great video, and I just love your energy. I always say that our brains are very powerful and they always kick into action when we need them. If you had the money to buy those expensive doors you wouldn't have used your creativity. However, your brain kicked into action and found a much cheaper solution. Plus, it enabled you to give me and many others some good ideas. Thanks again ... keep being creative! Oh yeah, the doors look great! Stay safe and well. 😀🙏🏽
I had a poster forever that read, "Laziness is the real mother of invention". For some reason this always made me laugh. Every job I've ever had I'd get praised for streamlining something.... it wasn't because I was being innovative - I DIDN'T WANT TO DO THE WORK - So I'd come up with a way to make it easier! LOL
If you went the contact paper route and were concerned that it was flimsy. Maybe make those furing strips (square pcs of wood) like a divided window frame. If you divided it into three sections it shouldn't be as flimsy. Just a thought and I hope I described it well enough that you understand. You know how to miter, although with square pcs maybe you wouldn't need to miter. Another thought is a clouded clear plastic shower curtain. Your creativity is amazing. I love how you solved you problem with the room dividers.
We think alike!!!! I think that is the route I am going to go. Another person suggested the shower curtain too - SO much more economical - I can cover both panels with one curtain... and then I can stabilize with thin wood, as you said. My viewers are so amazing. 😘
I know that this is an old video but I just came across and I have been desperately needing to divide my living room/bedroom because we gave our bedroom to my mom since we are now caring for her thank you so much ❤❤❤❤❤
I absolutely adore you and your channel. You are such an inspiration for whenever I need an idea. I may not even need what your making but it will spark an idea for something I may have given up on. Lol thank you so much
Perfect time to find you! I'm purchasing a new home which means giving up my current very large craft room for a much smaller room. However, the living room in the new place is huge and now I know what I will do with it! Thanks so much for your inspiration. New sub!
Welcome!!!! Congrats on your new home!!!! I am loving this space now.... And if I ever move my bedroom out of that area, I will move my craft room right into that sectioned off space! Hope to see you again soon!🌺💙🌺
How funny - I had a viewer that lives close to me.... we were going to re-do their bedroom/craft area for a video at the end of March. Then Covid locked us down. Hoping things lift soon so that we can still make it happen. 🌺
Glad to hear your father is recovering! Continued Prayers for his recovery!This is such a great idea!! And it looks like you got a lot of suggestions that is awesome! Please stay safe! Hugs from Lancaster, Pa.😘🙏🌸🌻🌼🌺🌷
I love this. Before I took over my sons old room, I had my craft stuff in the living room. And had supplies in all the other rooms. I searched for a room divider that was wide and not wicked expensive. I I concidered putting some shelves to divide the room. You door would have bee perfect. I'm a messy crafter so hiding my mess was my goal. I too have a house built in the 40s. Nothing is square. I feel your pai and its frustrating . I guess that's what gives older houses character.
Another idea I saw on another UA-cam channel, is the 8ft tall foam board insulation to make a room divider, very cheap. The gentleman covered them with fabric. Your project was great! I love how you use a budget for every day people.
Norine I just love your ingenuity. I'm looking to add a guest bed to my living room. I have been keeping my eye out for furniture pieces. your video is perfect for finishing anything I choose.
Great idea for our extra-long attic room! Thanks! ...We're using fabric panels doubled over so a pretty side is on each side of the 3 joined dividers which will hang from the ceiling on a nice curtain rod.
TIMELY!! I was on my way out to purchase 4 hollow core doors to make a room divider for my studio and found your video. I love the foundation of the divider and what one chooses to use on the inside...the sky is the limit! , you have just saved me $180 in door costs alone❤️❤️
You have great confidence. I am intrested in learning how to use power tools and fix car issue's. There is no man in my life as a positive support. Love to educate myself. So on to more research for me☺💚. Thank you for posting.
You can do it! I am single and have to figure it all out too. Plus, I like my kids to know you CAN do it.... you just have to figure out how. Thank goodness for UA-cam and Google! LOL Have a great day, Maria!
Wow!!! That was such a wonderful idea & you did an amazing job! You are so good of thinking outside the box! As always thank you for sharing! Stay safe, healthy and positive! 🙏❤
You’re an amazing mom, giving up your room for one of your kids. Kudos. I love your idea for a room divider. This is so much cheaper than the picture frames from the $ store version I saw earlier. I might just try this. Thank you. Take care and stay safe.
I wish I could give you 10 thumbs up! I was looking for how to build a screen to screen off my stack of boxes in my LR, and came upon this. I don't know what I'll use in the middle, but I'll figure that out. You are my favorite DIYer, because you do things so inexpensively.
I am so glad!!!!! The paper looked good, but didn't last and was hard to dust. The shower liner was used next, and lasted about 3 years. I'd say a nice fabric that you like... it's light, but more durable!
Clever woman. I lived in a bachelor suite and wanted a bedroom, so I sectioned some of it off with shelves and a dresser, then hung saris around the bed and over the doorway. I had a gorgeous one with gold sequins against green in peacock feather pattern, made arrangements in lovely vases with peacock feathers, and had a peacock rug on the floor, all bought from thrift shops and dollar stores. I sectioned off a closet area with a gold curtain and the other half was used for a bed skirt. The grandkids loved my bed; it was like sleeping in a tent.
I love that!!!! And I would have loved the thrill of finding new items at thrift stores! I can't wait for ours to re-open!!! Nice to see you again, Earlana!
How wonderful your Dad is doing well! Your dividers are fabulous! Making a place to hang clothes is a bonus! You now have quite a lovely personal sanctuary. I enjoy all your videos so much. You are so creative with found items and I always look forward to the next video to see what creative thing you have come up with next.
Girl, you are just too smart. I love the way you created the divider. I’m always amazed at what you do. Glad your Dad is doing better. Thanks for sharing and take care. Stay well.
I love that. I am in the same situation. I sleep in the living room so my kids can have their own bedrooms. I have lived here for almost 9 years. I thought about dividing the room up. I was just going to take this flexible plastic wall/celling curtain holder or what have you, and divide it that way, but now I've decided to buy or build a murphy bed. Love what you created tho, If I had more windows I could do that, but I can't handle small space or no natural light, I need to be able to see out.
Your DIY partition is inspiring! Thank you for sharing such valuable tips at the end of your video. I will check more of your ideas. I Wish you Happiness.
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The Crafty Organizer Fantastic solution! I was thinking you could also use fabric to staple to the frame to get a taught finish and then attach quarter rounds to hide the staples. I love your ‘where there’s a will there’s a way’ approach. Such a great example for your daughters 💓
You should be super proud. The panels are gorgeous and the way you've closed off that entire section looks absolutely AMAZING.
This is so smart! Great job!
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The swing hinge gate is a clever solution. Instead of the shelving paper (contact paper) a sheer or opaque fabric may be easier to work with. May I suggest placing a single or double bar vertically in the center of the panel for added strength to handle the daily pushing on the panel (like on screen doors). You have an easy listening, pleasant calm speaking voice.
I wish you didn't have to worry about your budget, but I am glad you are not like other crafters/organizers when they look at something at IKEA or another store and say it was a reasonable price. When I see the cost, my eyes bulge out and I am like oh no that isn't. I like how you come up with simple yet nice looking ways to make your space work. Thank you for sharing. I am the type of person that if a bookshelf doesn't work for books, I then turn it into toy storage for my kids or a "dresser" for clothes. Instead of getting rid of it because it doesn't work, I use it for something else.
YES!!! Or see a video where they are struggling with their 'small closet'... but it's bigger than my bedroom. LOL It's all perspective. I know I have less than others, but still way more than most... and I always try and remember that. 💙
@TheCraftyOrganizer so true there's always someone who has more blessings ( or we precieved that they do) and we are blessed in someone else's eyes. Thank you for your tutorial content from a frugal diyer ( poor) girl.😊
Thank you for sharing . I am a single mum and for years been doing projects to try to improve our living. When I was married I always helped my ex on projects but as a single person now for me it’s much more rewarding when I’ve done it myself, or as soon as my son was old enough , I got him to help so he knows what to do when in the future has his own home. This is the first video of yours I’ve seen ..it was in my recommendations..I’m so glad it was. I subbed and I am looking forward to watching your previous videos.
I love that!!!! I am trying to share this type of knowledge with my children as well. I am so glad to have you as a new friend! 💙🌸💙
The Crafty Organizer 🤚🏻 yes new friend here. My name is Tracey , I’m from the uk. 51yrs old lol .It’s a privilege to see how inspiring you are to your family but also to me. Thank you. Stay safe you and yours. 💛
Finally, somebody who objects to the insane prices for the items used in some projects like I do, and finds creative solutions! :). I think the paper shade is a very smart idea! I was thinking of fabric, but paper probably creates more privacy!
I couldn’t tell if this posted:
Of all the organizing channels I have found, yours is THE BEST!!! I love that you find the most economical way to attack a project. I have been looking at room divider screens until I was blue in the face. Your solution is ABSOLUTE GENIUS!
Thank you thank you thank you!
It did... but I love hearing it again. xoxoxo
BTW - I really admire single moms who can do all this stuff.
Thank you!!!
I was a single mom, also. But, unfortunately, I didn't have the money, nor the resources to do the things she does. I am happy for her. But, she lives better then most single moms do. Every dime I had went to keeping a roof over our heads and food on the table.
@@robinearhart3031 I am single mom poor as well. I am making a room divider out of old doors, windows, dressers and things I find for free or very inexpensive.
@@k.messer-pohl8084 ....you know what though, when you make something yourself you appreciate it that much more. Be well, think wise, stay strong !
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Thanks for this great idea. My rent went up over 3 hundred dollars, and I'm thinking about getting a one bedroom and letting my daughter take the bedroom, and I would make a space in the living room. Much like you. I told my sisters my idea and they didn't like it but they said do what you got to do. Make it work for you.
1I do not know how you came up with this, but the variables are endless!!!!! Ingenious! Good job, girl!
I am frugal.... VERY frugal LOL
@@TheCraftyOrganizer lol lol That makes at least two of us!
Thank you for being so thorough with your explanations and the costs
Thank you so much for watching!
Hi Norrine! I like the style of the panels with the Redi-Shades. I think it looks professional and polished. You mentioned swapping for the shelf liner, and your concern about it being a little to pliable. So my suggestion might fall into that category for you also. But, I'm giving it to you anyway! I was thinking maybe a heavy duty frosted shower liner? $15 +/-. Thick, conformable material. Water proof/resistant. Frosted for privacy. More than likely left over product for another project. Plus, you wont have to worry about it creasing, or ripping like I'm sure the paper material of the Redi-Shade will easily fall victim to. Honestly, you could opt for a standard shower curtain that is frosted with a design of your choice, instead of just a liner. And, of course you dont have to get one of those glossy plastic things. I love the fabric style shower curtains, I know those a more expensive. But you have to live in your space. Why not choose something pleasing to your eye! TYFS! I love all your recent content. Well, I love all of it, but you know what I mean! 💘💘💘
O H M Y G O S H !!!
That is genius!!!! And those are super inexpensive!!!! And ONE would cover both of my panels!!!! This is why I love my subscribers so much!!!!!! YAY!!!! Thanks, Ang!!!!
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@@TheCraftyOrganizer HA! REALLY?! That's great. I was just throwing it out there! I honestly didnt think you would go for it. I was getting the impression you were after a firm, more ridgid medium. I'm very happy I was able to come up with an idea that might work for you! 💘💘💘
Ang Crivellone, you are brilliant!
I can use in sewing room...hide mess. Thank you. First time
I was so blessed to check UA-cam and come across this tutorial. I am also a single parent with a three bedroom apartment where four people reside. I have two children that still at home. My mom lives here as well. So I also gave up my room for my daughter to have her own room. Which left me in the living. Then I decided to cut my dining room to fit a twin bed. I needed to hid my bed especially when I'm laying down if company comes by. . I thank you so much for this idea
You are so welcome! Let me know if you have any questions!!!!! I had a viewer suggest a shower curtain instead of the pleated shades! I am going to WalMart to see what I can find - but ONE curtain will cover BOTH of my panels! Yay!!!
I had to have my dad live with me recently. We gave him the dining room and ate in the foyer, literally. I used bookcases and just didnt have a door on the divider (I had to shower him so he was dressed in the bathroom). He had advanced dementia which progressed to combative dementia the last 6 mos he was here, doing hospice at the last few weeks, just died on Mother’s Day. Bookcases are my go to. I buy used 😊
Once these 2 here and I lived in a basement and there was 1 actual room (with the bathroom off it), the rest was all open. I used bkcases there also to carve out a room for my girls. I had to improvise a kitchen around the laundry tub too! I did it with used things. I made a pretty awesome kitchen. Nothing at all “decor” or “cute” about it, just function, but I cook alot so function was most needed. Ppl would be amazed at what I did with “scraps of stuff” they called it lol
shower curtains a wonderful idea. I was just commenting yesterday while shopping with my husband that I found more shower curtains I liked than curtains. I may have to use some of those cloth shower curtains and cut them down to fit my windows
Love this idea thank you.
So glad! Let me know if you make one.
Will do thanks. Have a wonderful week.
This room divider has to be the best I have ever seen! Blessings to you and your family!🙏🏽🌻💐
Thank you! You too!
Enjoyed your video, I had the same problem, so I put the two teens in their own room, and my younger daughter and I had the living room. I used two bookcases and a shower curtain with drapes. Single moms... very smart people 👍🏼
Yes, we are 💛
A lot of us in NYC are always struggling with our small spaces and this is a great way to subdivide a room. Thanks for making this video!
Glad it was helpful!
I'm downsizing from a 4 bedroom home to a 2 bedroom apartment. I'm so glad that you share your ideas. Can't wait to get moved and try some of your ideas. Thank you
You got this! Consider me your personal cheerleader and giver of suggestions! 💜
Super easy project. And you gave precise instructions so the screen can be made to fit any space.
It is also right now my fav tutorial. Your tutorials keep me in an uplifted space right now🙏🏾
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Thanks so much 😊
Of all the organizing channels I have found, yours is THE BEST!!! I love that you find the most economical way to attack a project. I have been looking at room divider screens until I was blue in the face. Your solution is ABSOLUTE GENIUS!
Thank you thank you thank you!
Wow!!! Thank you so much!!!!! I am printing this and putting it up on my wall! 💐💜
I really liked the shades. They did seem fragile but they looked high end. Loved the hinge/door idea.
Awesome idea! And so affordable. It has a highe-end custom look. So kind of you to allow your children to have the bedrooms. And your 'bedroom' is filled with natural light!
Which I LOVE! I think I am part flower..... lol.
So professional looking!! The closet is genius! I had a huge amount of tubs in storage, when I decided to bring them home there was nowhere to put the stuff. I took a huge wooden dowel and put it on the wall the same way you did for hanging clothes. Only mine went along a whole wall, I put curtains over it and everyone thought it was a wall of windows. Funny how creative we can be when we need space. 💜🦋🧡🐞💚🌻🕉️
Right???? There are so many amazing 'out of the box' ideas - And you never know when seeing one idea will spark another! 💙
I curtained in an alcove once for a storage area! Tension rod and used curtains. Bam.
So clever and inexpensive. I have been batting around the idea of building a screen to hide my hot water heater in my laundry, but didn't think i could do it for less than buying a used screen. After watching your video I have decided to build it. Thanks!
YAY!!!! Please share a picture when you do!!!!! You can share it to my Facebook: facebook.com/clutterfairyLB/
So glad to hear your dad is doing good.
Thank you, Constance!!!!
As I had been a single mom for more than a decade, I know about the problems like a tight budget etc.
Fortunately you've got great ideas to solve some of the problems. This roomdevider is fantastic !!!
Having just hopped over from your latest video (29.March2023) I send you all the best wishes for your father. 🙂
Thank you so much!!!!
Omg, I'm making a bedroom for my boyfriend's boys and I have been looking for ideas to hide the laundry area in my second bedroom (old and small house). This is just what inspiration I needed!
Yay!!!!
Wow! it amazes me how you can look at a situation and imagine a fix. then figure out how to achieve it! Such a joy to watch your excitement.
Glad you enjoyed it! I used to be embarrassed about my constant enthusiasm - Now I embrace it 🌺💙🌺
I think you did a wonderful job. I live in my living room but since we have a family room, I've just claimed the whole room for myself and I have sliding doors to close it off. I did work on a project that I felt was needed and it was cheap and fun. I used to quilt but no longer and i also love scrapbooking paper and have tons of it. I needed to make a partition between our family room and kitchen which is a space from the countertop to the bottom of the cabinet. I used the tri fold science fair displays and taped two together then covered them with scrapbook paper.........one side in a wonky type quilt for the family room and the other side in a linear design for the kitchen. I love the fact that it's something pretty to look at when I'm at my computer and I don't get distracted when people are in the kitchen
This is a little late but I loved what you did in your garage and I even had my husband watch the recaps..........you did an incredible job.
Thank you so much!!!! I love that you also came up with an affordable solution that fit your needs!!!! 🌺💙🌺
You can use paint sticks for border shade holder.
I like today's project. A suggestion instead of the fan, use fabric and staple to your frame on the bedroom side of frames.
I can't WAIT to go shopping at JoAnns!!! LOL Thanks, Marty. 🌺
@@TheCraftyOrganizer maybe fabric from a canvas dropcloth can be used? I like the looks of the shade better than I thought though.
Priscilla’s comment made me think how good a series would be of several different “out of the box uses” for those light canvas drop cloths. I’ve read of folks using them for drapes inside and out. Did you use them for your cabana drapes Norrine? Cheaper than yardage fabric and very organic looking. I’ve got one or two of them around. Sorta seeing a summer bedspread with faux suede trim in my head. Wonder if it would need 2 drop cloths for a queen? When I was a kid mom made me curtains out of printed flower sacks. I’m 77. Once she made my doll clothes from a used/torn WW2 silk parachute. I’ve made comforters, daybed covers and curtains out of sheets. Again cheaper fabric than buying yard goods.
I have a really long living room. I decided to move from the attic to a larger space down stairs. i appreciate your thoughtfulness in how you described how to do this.
For the non adhesive contact paper definitely sandwich it. You can use small quarter round also. If it’s to flexible make it look like an widow with sections. That will strengthen it. You did great with the space you had, way to think out of the box.
Thanks!!!! :)
Great job! I do woodworking myself, I appreciate your effort👍 I am a Burke too, it’s nice to know another one of us is not immune to a hammer and nail!
We could be cousins!!!! :)
The Crafty Organizer That would be great! I live in Quebec Can, there are quite a few Burke’s in Ontario, we are many👏👏
Since you’re using the one divider as a door, I definitely would’ve gone with sandwiching the screen between two pieces of wood for the frame. Rather than just the one piece of wood, the two pieces with the screen between them would give you more privacy and make it a sturdier door. But even doubling up the amount of wood it would only add another five bucks or so to the cost, still seriously well worth it. Awesome idea thank you.
See! I didn't think of that! This is why I love my subscribers so much!!!!! Thanks!🌺
@@TheCraftyOrganizer You can make another one and wood glue them together.
You are soooo creative and really give us great ideas. Your room divider turned out so nice. What a loving & unselfish Mom you are to give up your bedroom for you daughter.
Thank you so much!
Oh! And I love the fabric panel idea someone suggested! You could even do 2 different fabrics so from the living space it matches but from your bedroom it matches in there also! You could also hang like a jute twine across either side to hang pictures from. I think they are gorgeous the way they are! Just ideas to think about.....
Great tip!
Awesome diy. I’m a single Mom with a disabled daughter so I’m always on the look out for low budget ideas. I am looking for something to divide my garage. This just might work out. Thanks for being a realistic DIYer. Glad your Dad is doing better. Stay safe. God bless you and your family.
Thank you so much!!!! Hope this does work out for you! I am loving it! 💙
Greetings from Cape Town South Africa. Will be doing the room divider during October school holiday. 💐
You are brilliant! Love your ideas and talent. Looking forward to the video.
Thank you so much!
To simply say awesome is not enough. This is really a game changer. You are very clever. Proud of you for doing this. 💞
Thank you so much!
Good job. Laughed when you used
the cement as sand paper. I have
done that quite a few times over the years.
Screens looked great.
I used to do it as a teen when I would break a finger nail! LOL Use what's available. Have a great day! 🌼
Wow! It ' s looking so good! And for 21$... that ' s mindblowing and awesone! You are wonderful! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏💖
Thank you so much 😊
That looks so awesome! You have such a creative mind to come up with hacks to make amazing things that are so much more budget friendly. Keep them coming girlfriend. So glad to hear that you may make all three of the choices we voted for. So glad your father is continuing to heal. Prayers for your family. You have a cute supervisor!
Thank you for the kind words.... my supervisor is beside me, and said 'thanks'. 😂💙🌺
Excellent ideas and work!!!
Thank you very much!
You could use an opaque fabric folded over the top and bottom rungs and attached with velcro. Nice work!
Glad to hear that your dad is doing well. This was an awesome idea. My laundry room is in the garage and my cat can hear the sound when I unlock and/or open the door and if I'm not careful she darts through to be lost in the midst of containers, shop tools, and a mountain of other things stored in the garage until she wants to be found. I want to close off access to the garage so that I don't have to worry that she will get into the garage. Today's video has given me an idea for a solution to keep Miss Elbe out of trouble in the garage. Thank you for your creativity.
Woohoo!!! Please let me know how it goes!!!!
I really like the final result of this project. You really are a clever designer.
Thank you!!!! 🌺
What you did is AWESOME! WOW 🤩
Thank you!! 😁
I love this! However instead of the 1/2 square pieces of wood you can use a thin trim but still sandwich it together. By using the trim you can add a tiny bit of a decorative touch. It will be by the crown molding in the store. Make sure your miter saw is square and cut the ends at 45 degree angle (depending on the trim it could be slightly different the kind I used was rounded so it was like 37.5) but I love the idea!!!! My dream is to have my own house for me and my girls and this just made it possible for me to look at a 2 bedroom differently! Thank you for all your ideas!!!!
I'm so glad!!!! I hope you find the perfect place for the 3 of you soon. 💙
I love your videos. You are a great DIYer to listen to.
Glad you like them! 🌼
Another brilliant idea!
Thank you! 😊
I love this idea! I gave my youngest son my bedroom and purchased a sleeper sofa for myself, for the Living Room. A divider will be great
Awww. you are a good Mama💜
Norrine, the reason why the saw was difficult to use on the screen is that the teeth of the saw are bent a midge alternating to the left and right. The teeth of a steak knife are straight, and the screen is probably very soft. Love your project! Stay well!
Huh!!!! Good to know!!!!! Thanks, Esabella!!!
Also the teeth on your steak knife are further apart so you can cut that soft meat where as the teeth on the saw being closer together are designed for a harder material and smoother cut on each side of the cut
I agree that the correct saw blade regardless of saw tool makes a big difference depending on the media being cut and whether the cut needs to be pristine or rough cut. Fewer teeth results in rougher cut. Think of the mess one gets cutting melamine covered particleboard with a lower toothed blade versus the smooth (less melamine chip out) cut of a many toothed blade. We learn so much Doing It Ourselves. I enjoyed the tip of using cheap wood stock in a novel way. Give it a good enough sand and you have good enough interior wood for light weight projects. Sealer before paint might make it even better. Really made me consider employing this material inside the house more.
Ahhhhhh, thanx for the knowledge! I have my trusty box of tools too. Not many and nothing fancy, just inexpensive stuff.
Very creative. I think it came out wonderful. I can see that with continue use the blind may tear so sandwiching it may be a good idea.
What a great idea and how nice for you to do that for your kids. ♥️
Thank you! 😊
I love this! I'm very grateful you take into consideration yourself and other people that may need to utilize a space a little differently!
This is great. Enjoy your space.
Thanks, Theresa - How are you doing?? Hope everything is going well for you 💙
Norinne I have to tell you that I think you are amazing! So creative, and you're able to carry out projects that I would be worried about tackling alone. The end result looks awesome, and I love the idea of using a shower curtain to get different designs (Ang Crivellone). Even your viewers are amazingly creative too!
Awww, thanks, Jackie!!!! And I have to agree... my viewers are AMAZING! 🌺
Wwwwwwwwwwwww
This is wonderful. My husband's office is currently also the guest room. I am considering creating one of these to "block off the bed while he's working, shifting it when we have guests. It will help avoid his using the bed as an extension of his desk, covering it with paper that needs to "be filed".
I love mine!!!! I moved things around and am now using them to create storage 'closets' in my home!!!!! I'll be showing it in a video soon!
I love your decor! I-ve had to MacGyver room solutions in the past (single mom five kids --4 girls). They are out on their own now. This is such a creative and aesthetically pleasing solution! I SO appreciate your videos!!
5 kids! You are WONDER WOMAN! I am already dreading the day when mine leave for college.... it's coming at me light a freight train. Thanks for the kind comment. I always enjoy seeing your name pop up. 🌺
I'm sending this to my neice! She loves Alice in Wonderland n your colors are classy n so on point w it! Thanks for sharing! 🖤
I would have just slept in the living rm lol (bag bedding to put in a closet while we hsled in the living room during the day).
But actually I would have made the kids do it as then I would have my room to go at end of the day and BE ALONE. As a single hsling mom for waaaaaaay long, I need BIG living rooms and my room.
(Widowed very young with 3 tiny kids & then decades later, divorced with 2 more tiny kids. I think its been my career, single momming 🤦♀️)
Great video, and I just love your energy. I always say that our brains are very powerful and they always kick into action when we need them. If you had the money to buy those expensive doors you wouldn't have used your creativity. However, your brain kicked into action and found a much cheaper solution. Plus, it enabled you to give me and many others some good ideas. Thanks again ... keep being creative! Oh yeah, the doors look great! Stay safe and well. 😀🙏🏽
I had a poster forever that read, "Laziness is the real mother of invention". For some reason this always made me laugh. Every job I've ever had I'd get praised for streamlining something.... it wasn't because I was being innovative - I DIDN'T WANT TO DO THE WORK - So I'd come up with a way to make it easier! LOL
Omgoodness your a genius!
If you went the contact paper route and were concerned that it was flimsy. Maybe make those furing strips (square pcs of wood) like a divided window frame. If you divided it into three sections it shouldn't be as flimsy. Just a thought and I hope I described it well enough that you understand. You know how to miter, although with square pcs maybe you wouldn't need to miter. Another thought is a clouded clear plastic shower curtain. Your creativity is amazing. I love how you solved you problem with the room dividers.
We think alike!!!! I think that is the route I am going to go. Another person suggested the shower curtain too - SO much more economical - I can cover both panels with one curtain... and then I can stabilize with thin wood, as you said. My viewers are so amazing. 😘
You could also use a sheer curtain panel stapled on the back of the "door" and then cover the staples with a piece of trim.
You are an incredible lady the way you put it all together very very good
Thank you so much!
I would leave then like they are. The shades added some texture
I know that this is an old video but I just came across and I have been desperately needing to divide my living room/bedroom because we gave our bedroom to my mom since we are now caring for her thank you so much ❤❤❤❤❤
What a great idea. I'm now trying to figure out how I can make it for me. Thank you for sharing
You are so welcome!
Wow! For sure you should be proud and happy of this project! Thanks for sharing!
YOU GO GIRL! Love it.
Great Job! Finally someone who is really showing how to DIY on a budget. Love it. Thank you.
Glad you liked it!!
I absolutely adore you and your channel. You are such an inspiration for whenever I need an idea. I may not even need what your making but it will spark an idea for something I may have given up on. Lol thank you so much
WooHoo!!! That's my goal! Thanks, Lisa!!! 🌺
I always look forward to your videos.... So creative....
I'm so glad your dad is doing better. Continued thoughts and prayers
Thank you so much! I look forward to seeing you in the comments again soon!!! 🌻🌼🌺
Perfect time to find you! I'm purchasing a new home which means giving up my current very large craft room for a much smaller room. However, the living room in the new place is huge and now I know what I will do with it! Thanks so much for your inspiration. New sub!
Welcome!!!! Congrats on your new home!!!! I am loving this space now.... And if I ever move my bedroom out of that area, I will move my craft room right into that sectioned off space! Hope to see you again soon!🌺💙🌺
Love your idea,congrats on a great fix for your own space. Glad your dad is doing better.
Yes, thank you 🌺
I would love to see videos on hybrid spaces --for example , craft/bedroom.
How funny - I had a viewer that lives close to me.... we were going to re-do their bedroom/craft area for a video at the end of March. Then Covid locked us down. Hoping things lift soon so that we can still make it happen. 🌺
Glad to hear your father is recovering! Continued Prayers for his recovery!This is such a great idea!! And it looks like you got a lot of suggestions that is awesome! Please stay safe! Hugs from Lancaster, Pa.😘🙏🌸🌻🌼🌺🌷
Thank you so much!
Way to use your foot to lower your strip of wood. Your always thinking outside the box. Good job.
I love this. Before I took over my sons old room, I had my craft stuff in the living room. And had supplies in all the other rooms. I searched for a room divider that was wide and not wicked expensive. I I concidered putting some shelves to divide the room. You door would have bee perfect. I'm a messy crafter so hiding my mess was my goal. I too have a house built in the 40s. Nothing is square. I feel your pai and its frustrating . I guess that's what gives older houses character.
Yes!!! It does make it have character 💙
This is the first video I've seen and watched of yours. I thoroughly enjoyed it. I love your little moments of delight! You have a new sub. 😊
Thank you so much! Welcome to the family! 🌸
Another idea I saw on another UA-cam channel, is the 8ft tall foam board insulation to make a room divider, very cheap. The gentleman covered them with fabric. Your project was great! I love how you use a budget for every day people.
I think it would have been better with a fabric and stapled on instead of folding blind.
Hey that's a nice idea - thanks for sharing!
No light coming thru then.
Leave it open on the daytime. Light will get through . Only close it at night dont need light.
Norine I just love your ingenuity. I'm looking to add a guest bed to my living room. I have been keeping my eye out for furniture pieces. your video is perfect for finishing anything I choose.
Great idea for our extra-long attic room! Thanks! ...We're using fabric panels doubled over so a pretty side is on each side of the 3 joined dividers which will hang from the ceiling on a nice curtain rod.
TIMELY!! I was on my way out to purchase 4 hollow core doors to make a room divider for my studio and found your video. I love the foundation of the divider and what one chooses to use on the inside...the sky is the limit! , you have just saved me $180 in door costs alone❤️❤️
Glad I could help!
You have great confidence. I am intrested in learning how to use power tools and fix car issue's. There is no man in my life as a positive support. Love to educate myself. So on to more research for me☺💚. Thank you for posting.
You can do it! I am single and have to figure it all out too. Plus, I like my kids to know you CAN do it.... you just have to figure out how. Thank goodness for UA-cam and Google! LOL Have a great day, Maria!
@@TheCraftyOrganizer Thank you for posting on your channel. Have a great day Stay safe😊👍🌻.
Oh my days there are so many great tips in here!!!! Thank you!!!! So clever!
Yay! So glad I could help. :)
Try priming your wood before painting and it helps prevent your wood from sucking up your paint, even cheap paint.
Love your creation. Smooches
Smooches back at ya! 💛
You are terrific! You made it work!
And, your kids are so lucky to have you for their Mom ❤️
Thank you so much! Can you help me remind them of that??? LOL
I love this idea! Thank you so much!
Glad you liked it!
Wow!!! That was such a wonderful idea & you did an amazing job! You are so good of thinking outside the box! As always thank you for sharing! Stay safe, healthy and positive! 🙏❤
Thanks, Deane! You too 💙
You are very welcome! I appreciate all of your ideas! So great! Thank you. ❤
You’re an amazing mom, giving up your room for one of your kids. Kudos. I love your idea for a room divider. This is so much cheaper than the picture frames from the $ store version I saw earlier. I might just try this. Thank you. Take care and stay safe.
Thank you! You too!
I wish I could give you 10 thumbs up! I was looking for how to build a screen to screen off my stack of boxes in my LR, and came upon this. I don't know what I'll use in the middle, but I'll figure that out. You are my favorite DIYer, because you do things so inexpensively.
I am so glad!!!!! The paper looked good, but didn't last and was hard to dust. The shower liner was used next, and lasted about 3 years. I'd say a nice fabric that you like... it's light, but more durable!
Clever woman. I lived in a bachelor suite and wanted a bedroom, so I sectioned some of it off with shelves and a dresser, then hung saris around the bed and over the doorway. I had a gorgeous one with gold sequins against green in peacock feather pattern, made arrangements in lovely vases with peacock feathers, and had a peacock rug on the floor, all bought from thrift shops and dollar stores. I sectioned off a closet area with a gold curtain and the other half was used for a bed skirt. The grandkids loved my bed; it was like sleeping in a tent.
I love that!!!! And I would have loved the thrill of finding new items at thrift stores! I can't wait for ours to re-open!!! Nice to see you again, Earlana!
How wonderful your Dad is doing well!
Your dividers are fabulous! Making a place to hang clothes is a bonus! You now have quite a lovely personal sanctuary.
I enjoy all your videos so much. You are so creative with found items and I always look forward to the next video to see what creative thing you have come up with next.
Thank you so much!😘🌺😘
Beyond helpful, amazing, inspirational and MOTIVATING!! I immediately put my shopping list together, and I'm ready to start. THANK YOU!!!
You are so welcome! Let me know how it goes!
You never cease to amaze me with your creativity and ingenuity! Love this project, and am glad to hear your dear dad is doing better.
Thank you very much!
Girl, you are just too smart. I love the way you created the divider. I’m always amazed at what you do. Glad your Dad is doing better. Thanks for sharing and take care. Stay well.
Thank you so much! You have a little sunshine on the way..... 🌞🌻🌼
The Crafty Organizer, I can’t wait!!! Thank you so much!!! Take care.
Great idea! A suggestion, you could put fabric in those screens and just staple it in there. It could be changed out easily too.
That would be cool - especially at Christmas time! 😃
I love that. I am in the same situation. I sleep in the living room so my kids can have their own bedrooms. I have lived here for almost 9 years. I thought about dividing the room up. I was just going to take this flexible plastic wall/celling curtain holder or what have you, and divide it that way, but now I've decided to buy or build a murphy bed. Love what you created tho, If I had more windows I could do that, but I can't handle small space or no natural light, I need to be able to see out.
Oh my gosh!!!! I’d LOVE to make a Murphy bed!!!!!
Your DIY partition is inspiring! Thank you for sharing such valuable tips at the end of your video. I will check more of your ideas. I Wish you Happiness.
Thanks so much, Bonnie!! I Wish you Happiness too.🌺😊🌻