ᐅ Ideas for Implementing a Retractable Wall

Hello everyone,

We are currently planning to build a single-family house with a kitchen adjacent to the living room. Between them, a wall is planned, where we would like to be able to remove or fold away the upper part depending on the situation to create an open kitchen (see attachments; it concerns the wall marked in blue and red – blue is fixed, red is meant to be flexible).

The wall is two meters wide and the room is 2.5 meters (8 feet 2 inches) high. The lower part of the wall, about 110 cm (43 inches) high, which corresponds to countertop height, should remain permanently in place. My initial idea was to install a TV lift inside the fixed lower section of the wall, covering it with drywall to create a retractable inner wall. However, these lifts only have a lift height of around 80 cm (31 inches), which is not enough. Also, the retractable part of the wall would need to be somewhat taller than the fixed part, which complicates things. I’m also uncertain about how precisely this lift would operate.

Does anyone have any creative ideas on how to realize this at reasonable cost? I’m open to entirely different approaches as well.

Thanks in advance!

Maybe a glass sliding door?

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Are you only concerned about privacy? Then the simplest solution would be to install several blinds or shutters. Unfortunately, I can’t think of anything suitable for a proper wall.

The simple option would be to use a roller blind.

To be honest, I don’t think it would be practical to use that long-term, and the open version just looks more spacious.

Best regards,
Sabine