Portable room dividers can be purely functional, purely decorative, or a combination of the two. If you are looking for one that will make your place look nicer and more well decorated (with maybe a touch of usefulness on the side!), you should consider picking out one of these types of decorative room dividers:
The Hanging Room Divider – Hanging room dividers is portable in the sense that you can un-attach it and take it somewhere else, but it is usually kept in the same place as a permanent fixture. Hanging room dividers are typically decorative, with the hanging part being made up of hanging strings that are beaded with small pebbles, small pieces of wood or plastic, etc. While they do separate the room a little bit, they don’t actually provide that much privacy, visually or audibly (you can see through them and hear through them easily!). These are generally hanging in door frames in place of the door itself.
The Sliding Room Divider – Sliding room dividers are basically sliding doors that glide along a track. Sometimes they are placed within a full wall room divider, or sometimes they are freestanding on their own gliding tracks. These are cool because they can be slid in and out of place easily, and the divider can be decorated very nicely. They also provide full privacy if these sliding room dividers are part of a full wall room divider.
The Shoji Screen Room Divider – Shoji screen room dividers are the classic decorative room divider that you generally associate with Japanese dojos. They are made up of a wooden lattice with white rice paper in between. They are cool because they are opaque, but still let light shine through. If you want to decorate your place with a slight Asian flair, a Shoji screen room divider is the way to go.