The Live/Work draw of industrial lofts, whether buying or leasing, is, of course, the huge open volume of space. In our tours of industrial lofts, we have seen some great ideas for how to divide up the volume to create both a living and working space. Open industrial lofts provide multiple options and fluid change. Use your furniture to set designated areas to help break up the space. Rugs work to designate where you want to section off a social space or a more private space. Laying down commercial floor coverings in designated work areas helps set them off your dining area or kitchen prep station. One clever use of floor covering we have seen recently was gym mats in a home workout area. It is functional for working out and, again, is a way to sets the area off in large volume space.
Another idea is to use stairs to a loft area in a two-level loft as the dividing line between work and home. You can choose which is the home and which is the work area. For someone working solo, the loft might be the office. Whereas someone working collaboratively or having clients into the loft might make the larger space the ‘office” and live upstairs. Either way, Loft stairs are an LA commute worth considering. A third way to define spaces in a large loft is to use lighting. Looking around at the many options, we think lighting is a functional way to separate your loft space between working areas and personal spaces. A set of tasks lights over your work table or desk also sets it apart if you use other types of lights or hanging lamps in your living space.
If you are leasing and putting up partial walls is not in your budget, there are ways to separate a wall with tall bookcases, awnings, blinds, or free-standing screens. In addition, we have seen clever hack in the arts district of using wheels on room dividers. Better than a fixed wall, movable room dividers quickly increase options to grow or shrink open space for different uses in your open floor plan industrial loft.
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