The Christmas Room Divider Report: How Britain Hosts

Furniture in Fashion's 2026 hosting report concludes that room dividers work by marking a boundary British open plan rooms have already created through behaviour, rather than imposing one the space does not have. Knocked through terraces and rear extensions gained light and sociability but lost thresholds, and at Christmas a single room is asked to hold cooking, dining and sitting at once, each wanting a different atmosphere. Our analysis explains why slatted and open designs suit single aspect British rooms while solid screens take light from the darker half, and why freestanding stability is the governing specification in rented housing where fixings are not permitted. It also sets out the placement rules that decide success, the fact that both faces of a divider are always on display in an open plan room, and why a change in light level often does more to separate a room than the divider itself, achieved with a pair of lamps rather than a screen....