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How to Create Room Layouts without Walls?How to create room layouts without walls? One of the practical and frequently used methods of separating interior space is to change floor levels. This is especially useful if you’re creating layout for small spaces .
A level change of a few inches, accompanied by a change in floor covering, can easily set off a space for relaxing, sitting, or talking from one used for standing, movement, or storage. A section of the floor can even be raised high enough to allow significant storage underneath. Change Ceiling HeightSimilarly, a change in ceiling height is also another alternative to create room layout without walls, especially for a specific use. If the change is great enough, the space above can be freed for other uses, ranging from book storage to a sleeping loft. The floor and/or ceiling height change may be accompanied by vertical partitioning of some sort e.g. curtains, shelving or sliding panels, for instance, depending upon the space constraints. One particular design took inspiration from airplanes and has ceiling compartments which can be pulled down for storage! Create Room Layout without Walls with Light, Material, Color and TextureOf course, the effect of a change in level is amplified by an accompanying modification of light, material, color, or texture as discussed earlier. The addition of accenting elements such as shelves, moldings, niches or even a picture on the wall can help integrate the raise level visually. The eye usually seeks out light sources and strives to recognize individual contrasting elements in the brief split second before it calculates floor heights, wall angles, ceilings and so on. So making the levels seem more like the location of desirable goals – sunlight on a wooden sculpture, inviting pillows, a bowl of tropical fruit – will allow the actual level change to be perceived as prologue to the consummation, not as an intrusion. No one, after all, wants to stumble over a threshold for no reason. The apartment below summed up the concepts discussed here. It is divided into 6 levels of flooring, creating layout spaces for living, dining, cooking, sleeping and bathing. The columns are well-placed to enhance the soft division of space while allowing light to filter into the room. The flooring changes for the respective defined areas; from stone in the entry, to dark natural wood, to tatami, to cork flooring and to tile for the bathroom. 
Finally, levels may be required for practical reasons – to accommodate a garage below or to house the plumbing for a bathroom. In such cases, the need becomes an opportunity to effectively create room layouts without walls. You may also want to take a look at:
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