23 Stylish Ways to Divide a Room With Bookshelves

If you’re a college student, studio apartment or small-space dweller, or live in a home with a large open-plan layout, using bookshelves to divide your space is a clever solution to better structure your space.

You can float a bookcase at the end of a bed to separate your sleeping area from the living space in a loft apartment. Use a room divider to extend a hallway. Install floor-to-ceiling open shelving to sub in for a wall. Or install a low and wide shelving unit or bookcase to create an entryway by the front door in a home without a foyer.

From DIY projects to custom-built partitions and layout ideas for prefabricated pieces, check out these wide-ranging ways to divide a room with bookshelves.

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