How to separate a room

[JonSnowsWhore]

I have 2 kids in the same room, 10 year old girl & 3 year old boy. I can't take the arguing anymore about who's making the mess, who has to tidy up etc so need a way of fairly cheaply separating their room. My mum used a curtain for me & my brother, but there's not way a curtain is going to keep this 3 year old out! Found some great room dividers in b&q but they're out of stock everywhere near me & for delivery :(
Any idea very much appreciated!

Btw I can't use one of those open shelving unit type things it just won't be enough & they're going to have to have some of their furniture up against whatever 'wall' I make

Well I can't afford to do that...

My friend used floor to ceiling support poles, I believe from screwfix and covered with bamboo screening. It looked really effective.

Ooh that sounds like a nice idea too, & quite simple. See this is what I needed, some new ideas. I just wasn't coming up with anything on google apart from this free standing room divider things that my son would just knock right over lol

If I'm totally honest my concern would be that whilst a room divider is a great and affordable option now, give it 2-3 years when your daughter wants to get changed etc in her room she won't have much privacy.
I did have a stud wall put in, it was at the time my partners bf and he charged materials only, which was £500, then about a year after I got an electrician in so they had separate lights and light switches, I think that was around £200 (but was part of other works so may be why it was cheaper)
I think you could make a box room, fit box room with daylight bulbs due to no window and a corridor leading to the second room making them very separate rooms in their own right - perhaps get the cheapest option possible now, like the curtain and save up to do it properly in a year to 18 months

partners bf should be partners brother - I need more coffee

It will only be temporary though, we're having baby number 3 so within a year we'll be moving into a 3 bed place anyway. I get what you're saying if we were staying here it would be worth saving up to do it properly but we're not so I just need something on the cheap side for now until she has her own room, just to stop the arguments so she has a bit of her own space

I see a 'Click & Collect' option on that dividers page on B&Q - could you not order them for delivery to the store your dad would collect from? Or go and ask instore if they can get some in stock for you? (or pay a man with a van a delivery charge?)

I think click & collect only
Applies if they have them in that particular store. I might go in & ask if they know if they're getting any more in, would be worth waiting a week or 2 rather than paying to pick them up from half an hour away I suppose!

In our old house my husband bought two wardrobes and put them down the middle of the room. One facing one way and one the other. He then attached them to the ceiling with a metal bracket to stop them tipping. Could that work?