I knew the prices were very high when I added the Japanese screen links. They're very expensive, but are beautiful, a contrast to the cubby walls. I used to visit a screen in a local department store furniture department. It was an antique listed for $10,000 but was simply the most beautiful thing in the store. I don't know how I would use one of those if I had it, they're works of art that need the right kind of space to display.

My coworkers in the library have a bunch of louvered partitions around their work areas in the basement of our building. They came painted a black enamel and I think there are probably 5 or 6 segments per screen. I'd estimate that they're six feet tall and each segment is 24" wide. They bought them from Oriental Trading several years ago. I searched for them and there is one room divider listed but it doesn't have a photo up now.

I imagine you could buy louvered doors at the hardware store and use piano hinges or regular hinges to connect as many as you want and even put some kind of footed support on the base to give them stability. Fasten together three bifold doors and you'll have an attractive but temporary divider. Paint with spray paint to avoid all of the tricky brush work.

SRS