The wide road full of cars, offices crowded of people, huge areas of entertainment centers, constantly ringing and acceptable everywhere mobile phone. These are things of our present days when an hour of free time and secluded corner of private space become the breath of life. It’s time to purchase the main creator of chamber atmosphere at home – a screen.

There are several versions of origin of the screen. Somebody thinks that its homeland is ancient China and somebody supposes that the screen was used for the first time later and already in India.

The modern screens are very variable; they can be both set up on the floor and be hanged up to the ceiling. Now they are made of plastic, glass, even of perforated metal, not to speak of the traditional materials: wood, rattan, paper and textile.

Nowadays the popularity of free spaces entailed the necessity of marking out the separate dwelling zones. For these purposes the screen began to be used together with other means of zoning: covering of floor, walls, and lightening. It is cheap; it can be moved, folded up and taken off. The space organized by the instrumentality of it can be intended for various purposes. This exotic element takes the honorable place in boudoirs, bedrooms and small living rooms, sometimes it distinguishes the dining zone or some kind of office. But the real reason of love to the screens is the atmosphere of chamber and solitude which they create. Therefore the places for reading, talking or sleeping are tended to be made behind the leaves.

Of course this is an ideal place for rest and communication of the elite – the narrow circle of close friends.

Depending on the style of interior of the room the construction and materials used in production can be very different. For example, in monochrome interiors the forged screen with pulled on plates of leather or even the common linen cloth can be used. For hi-tech style the screen made of perforated metal or wood one of uncommon form is suitable. In the interior decorated in colonial style the screen of rattan will blend well. Looking very light and fragile it is really quite lasting and firm. Such screen will not close the part of the space with dense and impenetrable for looks partition but in some case it is not necessary. Sometimes it is enough just to mark the boarder of zone of rest and behind the screen it is possible to place the comfortable wide armchair or sofa, standard or floor lamp – and place for rest, even in a big room, will be quite comfortable.

The same situation is with the work zone. If you do not have a separate cabinet, the place for work can be separated in the living room, for example. The screen does not isolate you completely from the other part of the placement and do not support you the silence but psychologically the screen will help to create the work atmosphere.

The screen can be used as an element of décor. Then it will become some kind of mobile picture in the interior, especially if this is the author’s thing saved by the artist.

Screen is an intrigue in the interior which our houses sometimes come short of. For many centuries already it fulfills its function – divide the space hiding something behind its leaves, at the same time is attracts attention and arises interest. Somebody can consider this thing to be archaic and useless but the screen is intended for those who do not want the secret to disappear from his life.