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Professional Uses for Aluminum Dividers

Webmaster — Tue, 30 Nov 2021 17:38:31 +0000

Do you have an office space that could use a little pick-me-up? Need a boost on office privacy? Or, maybe you just rented out your first big office space and don’t know where to start. Regardless of what brings you here, your office, store, or other professional landscape can benefit from aluminum dividers. What are they for? Let’s check out some of the great qualities and professional uses for aluminum dividers.

Create an Executive Office Space

Many modern office spaces are simply large rooms that have to be divided by their tenant. Small office spaces in commercial strips are like this very frequently. Because of that, it can be hard for the executive of a business to get their own office space. Often, they just end up in a bigger cubicle than their employees.

If you’re a small company executive who’s struggling with the limited space, you should consider aluminum dividers. These dividers are extremely affective at creating new spaces. While cubicle walls are short and open, aluminum dividers can create a completely separate room. Therefore, one of the best professional uses for aluminum dividers is using them to create a completely separate executive office for yourself.

These dividers are made of an aluminum frame filled with a number of different pane types. There are mirror panes, etched glass, clear glass, and white glass. That means a completely personalized level of privacy and style.

Upgrade from Cubicles

If your office space is actually quite big, but employees are still separated into cubicles, you might consider an upgrade. Aluminum dividers don’t have to be closed off with sliding doors. They can simply be used to divide areas.

What sets them apart from standard cubicles is that they will reach up to a standard ceiling. If you opt for colored or etched glass, that means less visibility between employees, offering them improved privacy.

However, you can also opt for clear glass. Clear glass aluminum dividers used to replace cubicles are a fantastic way to improve call centers. They maintain the more open feeling of cubicles, allowing light flow and visibility across the office. However, they improve the work process by blocking noise. Trying to assist a customer while 6 coworkers talk to their own customers right next to you can be really difficult. Cut out distractions and improve customer service quality by using aluminum dividers to block out excess noise.

Section Off a Large Shop Space

Offices are one thing, but they aren’t the only place with professional uses for aluminum dividers. You can also use them to section off a large shop space. Most store spaces are just one large room. While some stores, such as convenience stores, are also outfitted with heavy, metal shelving, others are bare. If you’re opening up shop somewhere with no real internal framework, aluminum dividers are a great way to proceed.

A large store space can be sectioned off with aluminum dividers to help guide customers through the store. A few panels can be used across from a wall to create a sort of hallway. You can then place two displays across from each other – one backed by the wall and one by the dividers.

You can also place dividers perpendicular to the wall to create stations for different types of merchandise. This makes finding what you need in a large store much easier than if the whole thing is one room scattered with many different things.

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Open Concept Uses for Aluminum Dividers

KShpadmin — Wed, 31 Mar 2021 09:50:22 +0000

There’s a wonderful middle ground between standard interior design and open concept design. While standard design can feel stifling and closed-off, open concept can sometimes feel too exposed. Standard design cuts off light flow, but open concept minimizes privacy. So, how do you bring the two together to find that happy medium? The solution is aluminum dividers. What are some open concept uses for aluminum dividers that can bring your home to somewhere comfortable and in-between?

Divide a Studio

The first of our open concept uses for aluminum dividers comes in the form of improving privacy in a studio apartment. Studio apartments are common choices for solitary city-dwellers. They’re smaller than apartments with separate rooms, so are more affordable to students or young people just entering the workforce.

The downside to a studio apartment is that is has little in the way of privacy. In a studio, the bedroom, living room, and dining room all share a space. The kitchen usually has a breakfast bar, meaning it also has a clear view of the rest of the space. Inviting guests over when your bedroom is on clear display can be uncomfortable.

Bridge the gap between open concept and standard walls by introducing aluminum dividers. By putting up a few dividers between the bedroom space and the rest of the apartment, you can continue to allow light flow while giving yourself more privacy.

Bathroom/Bedroom Combos

In many open concept houses, the master bedroom has an attached bathroom without any dividing walls. For many, the whole bathroom is exposed, while others only have an exposed shower or tub.

This is relaxing for some, but may feel a bit too exposed for others. By putting up some aluminum dividers around this exposed bathroom space, you can relax in privacy once more. The extent of the privacy is up to you. Completely close the space in with an aluminum divider door, or just create an open-ended barrier to allow you some warning before someone walks into the room.

Dining and Lounging

In large, open concept houses, the first floor is often completely undivided. This can mean a dining room that is directly connected to a living room or den space. For some, this openness is appreciated, as it ties the two spaces together, allowing socializing between them. However, for others, especially those who host dinners, it would be better for the areas to feel a bit more separate.

Putting up some aluminum dividers between the two will allow your dinner to feel more formal. Plus, retiring to the living room will actually feel like you’re going somewhere, rather than just moving around the same room.

Productivity Boost

If you have an office space set up in an open concept part of your home, it can lead to a lot of distraction. While an open concept first floor may have a lot of space to lend to your desk, shelves, and filing cabinet, what it also brings is a lot of noise and movement from other members of the household.

Shut out some of the distraction and give yourself a productivity boost by adding some dividers. Light will continue to flow through them, illuminating your space, while the walls may also work well for hanging sticky notes and reminders.

Keystone Home Products offers aluminum dividers to anyone in the Toronto area. Stop by our store today to take a peek or order some for your home. Let us know if you have any questions. We look forward to hearing from you.

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Improve Your Office Lighting with Aluminum Dividers

KShpadmin — Mon, 31 Aug 2020 15:59:43 +0000

Nothing gets in the way of a productive day at the office like sitting in a dark, uninspiring space. Office lighting has a more profound affect on people’s productivity than we ever knew in year’s past. So, if you want to boost employee morale, help fight depression and anxiety, and improve the overall productivity of your business, lighting is paramount. Here’s how Keystone Home Products can help you.

Natural Light and Productivity

Lighting has been proven to affect productivity to an unexpectedly high degree. This is due to both long-term and short-term factors.
Short-term, having adequate lighting allows one to see their space more clearly. It improves our ability to function as creatures that see best in daylight. Checking the calendar, looking at lists, and even seeing the keyboard become much faster tasks when one can see clearly.

Long-term, dim lighting and a lack of sunlight can cause depression, the most notorious causer of low motivation. A person doesn’t have to have major depression disorder to be afflicted by depression. If you wake up in the morning and feel little motivation to do things – even the things you like – you may be experiencing depression. Having exposure to sunlight on a daily basis is a known way to stave off depression.

All of these factors, combined, give lighting a very important role in ensuring one has the tools they need to get their work done.

Divided Offices

We all know how dark an office space can be when each office is divided by walls or thick partitions. Offices and cubicles end up being unlit or lit only by lamps. This leaves an employee’s workspace dim and depressing. But, office spaces that are undivided can lead to visual distractions and noise traveling. This is far from ideal.

So, how can we divide an office space, giving each employee the room they need to work, while also supplying sunlight? The solution is easier than you might think.

Improve Office Lighting

Using aluminum dividers between offices or cubicles will allow light to travel much more effectively. This includes both electric and natural light.

If your offices have sliding, aluminum doors instead of heavy wooden ones, light will flow in from other parts of the office. Cubicles will no longer be cut off from the office’s light sources and windows.

Aluminum dividers can function both as walls, windows, and sliding doors. This makes them a great dividing solution for any space where lighting matters. Plus, their opaque appearance means employees continue to have the privacy they’ve grown used to, even as light comes and goes more freely.

Shop Keystone

Aluminum dividers are easy to get when you shop Keystone Home Products. If you live in the Toronto area, come by our store and take a look in person. If you have questions about our aluminum dividers that our website doesn’t answer, give us a call and we’ll be sure to help you where we can. We look forward to hearing from you.

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Allow Light Flow with Aluminum Room Dividers

KShpadmin — Mon, 30 Sep 2019 22:46:28 +0000

Are you looking to allow better light flow in your home or office? You may need to consider aluminum room dividers. These dividers can come in a number of styles and sizes as well as with varying track types. They’re made with clear or acid-treated glass to allow better light flow in an interior space. Let’s take some time to see all the ways you can benefit from aluminum room dividers.

Stylish Closet Doors

Closet doors can be really boring. Therefore, use the opportunity to make them more of a design statement by choosing aluminum doors? These doors can be fit with a number of different inserts, allowing you to pick between many different glass types. You can even pick mirror inserts. These have the added benefits of making your space feel bigger and giving you a full-length mirror for dressing.

Paired Inserts

Because of the generous 6mm space in these aluminum doors for inserts, you can even pair them up. That makes it easy to choose different materials for each side of the door. Want a full length mirror to face the inside of your walk-in closet? You’ve got it. Maybe you’re not as keen on having a mirror facing the rest of the room. No problem. You can choose one of 4 other glass materials for the other side. Plus, if you’re not interested in glass, try using wooden inserts instead.

Beat Building Code

Many small apartments or condominiums offer only small windows in bedrooms or even none at all. When it comes to building code, it’s often required that bedrooms have a certain amount of natural light in them. To allow for enough natural light in your bedroom, even without a bedroom window, light flow is key. Therefore, we suggest using fogged glass doors for the bedroom. This will allow natural light in from other windows in the unit.

Varying Tracks

Getting to choose the insert types is cool and all, but what about the tracks? You can choose those too! There are even a number of ways to arrange the tracks. Consider each of these fantastic arrangements:

Single track double doors can fit on one track and slide away from each other, meeting in the middle.
Double track double doors means you’ve got two doors with tracks one in front of the other. This allows you to slide both doors to one side if you like.
Barn door style allows you to attach a track to the top of the door(s), keeping your walkway clear.
Pocket door tracks allow your door to slide into the wall. These are great for unobstructive bathroom or bedroom doors.

If you’re interested in outfitting your home or business with aluminum room dividers, give us a call at Keystone Home Products. After all, we’re looking forward to your call and are happy to help answer any questions you have.

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