Jennifer Sheahan: How to use screens and room dividers

Folding screens, shelves, partitions, panels and plants create zones in open-plan spaces, says the Home of the Year winner

Reeded glass room dividers at Hyatt House, Stratford, London, left, and a 'plant pots' room divider at Maison et Object.

Open-plan living is all well and good until someone calls in unexpectedly and is treated to the visual display of your underwear strung out in all their greying glory on the clothes horse in the corner of your living room. 

I don’t personally have the space for a laundry room, much as I would love one, and I know there are plenty more people who could really use an additional room, be it for privacy when working from home or giving yourself a cosy reading nook.