It may seem obvious, but it’s important to break up your space into zones. By zones, I mean setting aside space you have for certain activities and tasks. If you overlap your spaces too much, then everything starts to blend together. The most common example of this is your bed. People will want to hang out, eat snacks, facetime their friends, scroll through their phones, almost everything except for sleep. That’s why when people try to go to bed, it can take longer to fall asleep because of all this blending of zones.
Now the separation of zones doesn’t have to be extreme. Most dorms and apartments don’t allow for a casual wall to be plastered up during your lease. It can be as easy as using a room divider to close off your bed from the rest of your space. Turning the furniture of one zone to face a certain way in order to block off a corner. If you’re feeling ambitious, use certain colors in one space instead of another. Something as easy as hanging art in a designated section can help separate zones in a blank space. Nothing has to be grand or expensive.
April 9, 2022 at 4:43 pm
This is such a good point! I’ve never really thought much about it, but it makes a lot of sense. I love the cheap and easy tips for creating zones in your space.
April 10, 2022 at 6:44 pm
man i’ve only really had three zones in my house (kitchen, entertainment, and sleep) I wonder what else there could be!
April 12, 2022 at 6:28 pm
I never realized that breaking up space into zones was so important.
April 13, 2022 at 4:29 am
I tried to do this in my dorm room! As you said, I can’t just put up a wall to divide the space, and with it all just being one room, it’s easy for it all to blend into one zone. So, I set my bed up in one corner of the room, and then set up my couch chair right at the foot of it, and a tv across from the chair. This makes the front of my room feel like the “living room” and then the back feels like my bedroom. It can be tough to make up different zones, but it can also be a fun creative challenge!
April 13, 2022 at 3:55 pm
I think this is a great point! Especially with today’s design trends, open concepts are so popular. However, to your point it is a must-have for creating zones in your room otherwise things can begin to become too cluttered.
April 13, 2022 at 4:04 pm
I am someone who tries to avoid doing other activities in my bed other than sleep, in order to try and better my sleep schedule. Creating a “work zone” in my room is very important for me as a college student. This truly helps me to stay more focused and utilize this space in my room to be more productive.