Cardboard Shoji Screen - Room Partition

Step 7 Done!

Lay your completed panels side-by-side, and right side up, and cut slits near the edges for the cable ties. I placed the cable ties close to the bottom and top edges of the screen to keep the entire screen from flopping around. Use more ties for your larger screen. Your cable ties should be tied loosely to allow you to adjust the angle of the screens effortlessly.

Your very own cardboard Shoji Screen is now completed! I placed my Shoji screen in front of my fishtank to capture the light effect in the background. This project took me around 2 hours to complete.

I hope you enjoyed this Instructable, and I would appreciate any feedback and votes. Thanks!

Comments

[JolieK]

Nice job. -Don't be silly, your bamboo looks great. Smart project. I wonder if the screens could be made more durable with some waterproofing treatment and liner cardboard for the sides. I'd want it to last a while.

[luxus]

thank for your great idea, I will will be making this as soon as possible.

[mickchick831]

if you were to sand down the edges of the cardboard after cutting you would have a nice finished edge.

[laurendavis87]

This is a fantastic idea! I was looking at Shoji Screens and their prices are phenomenal... so glad you have come up with a cheap solution. I was thinking though; if you weren't big on the cardboard look, you could use fabric, or nice wrapping paper (I have found some awesome designs!) to cover the exposed cardboard pieces. All you would need to do is (after cutting out the cardboard, but before gluing on the decorative paper/vellum stuff) lay the cardboard face down on the fabric or paper. Then you would need to cut the fabric in the spaces in the cardboard, leaving an inch or two margin. Then cut diagonal slits in each corner so that the fabric can be folded over to leave a smooth finish on the edge and then be taped to the back of the screen. The same would be done for the outer edges of the frame. Do this for all pieces of the cardboard and you could then proceed to attach the bamboo image as per the rest of your instructions. If fabric is too expensive and you cant find anything but the merry christmas gift wrap, a nice look can be achieved with old printed paper: either newspaper or from books. The brown/yellowed colour (which can be sythasised) has a pleasing aesthetic, especially if you are using the screen to create a reading corner, which is what I shall be doing! anyway, thanks again for the great instructible.

[tonictina]

Excellent idea! Would love to see pictures (or an Instructable) if you do decide to put one of these together.

[leepinlarr]

here is an idea, since the card board look is a problem, check out some of the different texture spray paints at home depot, once you build the frame you could shoot it with texture and color of your choice

[eetzel]

These are beautiful - after I finish my cat toy, I will will be making this. Thank you for this Instructable.