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DIY privacy screen and room divider

Habitat bright ideas with Fleur Thorpe – DIY projects

Turn one room into two spaces with this handy privacy screen. Ideal to allow the same space to be used for two purposes at once or even just to hide clutter away from visitors.

DIY privacy screen and room divider
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Instructions

How to make a DIY privacy screen and room divider:

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Start by cutting out 12 rectangles from your chosen Resene Anaglypta wallpaper. Fleur used Resene Wallpaper Collection RD124. Since this wallpaper has a geometric pattern, you can easily cut it following the pattern. Fleur cut her wallpaper to 45.3cm long and 26.8cm wide. Cut the 4mm plywood to be slightly larger than the wallpaper. Leave a margin on the sides to allow for the wood trim and a bigger margin on the top and bottom for the wood trim plus 5mm to slot into the horizontal grooves. Use PVA glue to glue the wallpaper onto the plywood.


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Paint the wallpaper all over with one of your chosen Resene paint colours. Fleur used Resene Kilimanjaro. Then do some random swipes of your second Resene paint colour. Fleur used Resene Hairy Heath and Resene Bullion metallic.


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When the paint is dry, rub over the wallpaper with a candle. The build-up of wax on the wallpaper helps protect the paint from being removed when sanded.


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Paint over the entire wallpaper panel with your chosen topcoat colour, Fleur used Resene Quarter Parchment. Once this is dry, sand off some of the Resene Quarter Parchment with medium grit sandpaper. Wipe off the sanding dust.


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Now you can start working on the frame. With three lengths of the 24mm x 24mm wood, cut 16 lengths to be the same width as the wallpaper panels – these will be the horizontal bars. Use a table saw to cut a 5mm deep groove along the length of each piece of wood. Make sure that the grooves are 4mm wide to fit the plywood. 8 of the pieces need one groove, as these will be the tops and the bottoms of the wallpaper panels, and the remaining eight panels need two grooves, one on opposite sides. Stain these with two coats of Resene Colorwood interior wood stain in the colour of your choice, Fleur used Resene Dark Ebony.


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Cut the remaining 8 long lengths of wood for the vertical uprights – Fleur’s were 1.67m long – and round off the tops. Stain these with two coats of Resene Colorwood in your chosen colour, Fleur used Resene Dark Ebony. Attach everything together using wood glue and screws. The top and bottom wallpaper panels slot into the horizontal bars with one groove cut in them, while the middle panel slots into the horizontal bar with two grooves cut into it. Once everything is assembled, fill the screw holes, sand them flat once dry and dab a bit more stain over them.


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Apply two coats of Resene Aquaclear clear urethane in a semi-gloss finish to all the stained wood. Allow drying time before applying the second coat.


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While this is drying, cut all the trim to size to fit within each of the 12 panels. Prime the trim pieces with one coat of Resene Quick Dry, followed by two coats of your chosen colour, Fleur used Resene Quarter Parchment.


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Use strong wood glue to glue the trim in place.


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Finish by attaching hinges to each panel.

Top tip:  Use a patterned Resene wallpaper in place of the Resene Anaglypta wallpaper to bring instant colour and design to your room. Consider using a different Resene wallpaper design on each side so you can choose the side which suits your mood.

Styling and images by Fleur Thorpe. Aug 2022.


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