best way to divide a room

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I would like to divide my bedroom into 2 smaller rooms so that my ds and dd, who are currently sharing, can have a bit of privacy.

any suggestions? it can't be permanent because it isn't my house but it needs to be safe and secure. I was thinking of a row of wardrobes, as this would provide some much needed storage, but they need to be topple proof.

Is there a way to do it so that they get a window each? Maybe some divider screens?

We have done this with quadruple free standing wardrobes but perhaps you could do with 2 doubles one facing each direction. Completely solid and no chance of them falling over with ours.

they would get a window each so that's not a problem.

any wardrobes would be coming from IKEA and I don't have loads of money.

oh thanks joJo, that looks interesting, will look properly when I'm not on my phone

there is also the expedit shelves in Ikea which you could also use for good storage

How old are the kids?

If you want something cheap you could just use the ekne room divider and change the fabric to something more interesting?

We have divided DS's room into a "sleeping" area and "play" area by building a barrier out of Ikea Trofast storage units which are bolted together and bolted to the wall at one end. B&Q sell all the hardware you need to make whatever you use securely fixed. Might this work for you?

they are 10 and 7 and hideously messy. I have 2 other children who have their own rooms and neither of them want to share. irritating but not that surprising.

maybe I could get their dad to make some sort of bracket to make sure they are secure. one of the malm chest of drawers toppled over here before so I'm paranoid about things being safe.

My sister and I had wardrobes between us and we put posters on the back of the other wardrobe. A friend had shelves between her and her sister.

If you went for the Expedit you could put drawers/cupboards in the bottom to weigh it down and then bolt it to the wall. That would be quite sturdy i'm sure

Drawers topple over because they pull several of them out which unbalances it but this doesn't happen with wardrobes.

I have got a couple of expedit units already and they would be fine for now. but long term, there might be too many opportunities for spying on each other.

a curtain

we had a weird screen in the 70s to keep us from gawping at our older sisters

I see - then yes - wardrobes would be fine but you would have to anchor them

What is the width you need to fill?

how old are the other 2 and what gender?

I would go for the narrowest ones I could find. the other 2 are 15 yo dd and 12 yo ds

Hmmm, I can see why your older 2 might not want to share but wouldn't it be easier to put 2 of the same gender together and then not worry about anything too substantial between the rooms? I suppose once the 15 year old leaves home it resolves the problem but that could be quite a while!