What can you do?

The Spruce /Christopher Lee Foto

What you’re lacking in space, you could make up for in style.

No room is too small fordecor and layout adjustments.

how to divide a studio apartment

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The best part is, none of these require things like major renovations or knocking down walls.

Expand the Living Room

This New York Cityapartmentis a tiny, urban oasis brimming with style.

A wallpaper feature wall enhances the sense of separation between the bedroom and living room.

Studio with green couch, bed, dresser, and purple artwork on the wall.

LABLstudio

This is a particularly good idea for a rental where building something permanent is prohibited.

The bespoke room divider adds rustic character to the shabby chic living room.

The best part: the smart piece of storage furniture cost less than $110.

Studio apartment with curtain wall separating bedroom from rest of apartment.

Benjamin Hall Design and Build

The unit combines a loft-style bedroom on top of a multifunctional room packed with transforming furniture.

A favorite feature is the dining room table that folds into the built-in cabinetry.

The wall facing the seated woman conceals a full-sizeMurphy bedfor houseguests.

Studio apartment with artwork on the walls, decorative shades, bed, couch, and martini cart.

Facet 14 Studio

A secret cabinet conceals a wall bed that pulls down over the sofa.

The mirrored wall on the right issurprisefree-standing storage made up of five wardrobe cabinets lined up side by side.

Not shown is a shallow console that opens up to a six-seat dining room table.

Studio apartment with half wall separating bed from living space.

Alvhem Makleri

The lumber was used to construct the piece of platform furniture with built-in storage drawers on the left.

The unit separates the bedroom from the living room by lifting the mattress nearly three feet above the floor.

The thick gauzy fabric doubles as a giant projection screen for watching movies and TV.

Modern farmhouse studio with white couch, blue-and-white rug, end table with two lamps, and coffee table.

The Brooklyn Home Company

But this renovation by Julie Nabucet Architectures pulls it off.

The custom raised platform doubles as a room divider and cleverly conceals a full-size trundle bed.

When partially extended, the mattress doubles as a sofa.

Studio apartment with bookcase room divider separating living space to bedroom.

York Avenue

When it is time to crash, just pull the bed entirely out.

So they came up with an ingenioushack to conceal their mattress.

Use Vertical Space

Do you have high ceilings?

Studio apartment with loft living space where man is reading above and workspace below where woman is working on a laptop..

ICOSA Design

Consider squeezing aloft bedover your kitchen.

Doing so in this Swedish studio apartment featured on Fantastic Frank created space for a sizable living room.

The stairs double as storage units.

Murphy Bed in studio apartment with mirrored wall and couch.

Black & Milk

A raised platform and custom desk combo separates the bedroom from the central living area.

Placing the mattress on a platform with built-in storage drawers optimizes the little nook.

The efficient piece accommodates a queen-size mattress, as well as plenty ofstorageand an integrated ladder.

Plywood platform bed in studio apartment with bookcase, leather couch, and coffee table.

Svenska Maklarhuset

Living room furnishings include a shallow love seat and a small bistro set.

A narrow bookcase on the left carves out a spot for a bed with a built-in headboard.

Classic pegboards are employed as storage walls, offering a sleek solution for keeping clutter at bay.

Studio apartment with scrim divider to separate bed from living space.

Analog Dialog

How do you partition a studio apartment?

Another way to create different zones in a single space is to use transforming furniture such as aMurphy bed.

How do you create two rooms without adding a wall?

Studio apartment with trundle bed and black-and-white stripped wall.

Julie Nabucet Architectures

Gallery wall in a studio apartment with bed, blue sofa, and glass table.

Alvhem Makleri

Studio apartment with room divider to separate bedroom that has male silhouettes on wall.

IKEA Hackers

Loft bed over the kitchen area in a white studio apartment.

Fantastic Frank

White desk with built-in space for television.

CIAO

Studio apartment with blue couch, bed, and floor-to-ceiling windows.

Laurel and Wolf

glass and metal studio apartment divider

Fantastic Frank

Studio apartment with loft bed and white interior.

My Scandinavian Home

Gray-and-white studio apartment with desk, table, couch, and framed prints.

Ludin Fastighetsbyra

Studio apartment with white table and chairs, gray curtains over a large window, and raised bed.

Bjurfors

studio apartment bed alcove

Fantastic Frank

Custom cubby for bed in a studio apartment with television and computer on desk.

Jordan Parnass Digital Architecture

Studio apartment with glass door room dividers.

Zukkini Interior Design

Pegboard walls in a studio apartment with numerous wooden shelving units.

Position Collective

Studio apartment with a sofa as the room divider.

BAM Design Lab

studio apartment room divider

Becca Interiors

studio apartment living and dining zones

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