Monday, August 9, 2010

Our NEW Homeschool Room!

If you are here from the Not Back to School Blog Hop....welcome! My regular readers know this, but I switched the playroom and homeschool room over the summer. The playroom is now small and easy to pick up and the homeschool room is bigger and we can actually walk around a little! It used to be my younger daughter's bedroom. So, it's about the size of a bedroom in a 40 year old house.

Won't you come inside?

This is looking in from the door. I sit in the funky black and white chair. I re-covered it last year after saving it from the trash. So OK a weld was broken and it's now held together with bright green zip ties. BUT LOOK AT THE PRETTY FABRIC. The girls "new" chairs are salvaged from the back porch. They are cushier than their old chairs.
If you look to the left. you'll notice our hermit crabs aka the class pets. And beyond those is the girls' new art table. This is my attempt at keeping the homeschool room free of clutter in between school times. If they want to draw, they draw at the art table. In theory. The mirrored doors cover the closet which holds out of season clothes, more art supplies, and extra toys. And golf clubs. We'll just keep those doors closed, m'kay?

Looking at the table from another angle you can see our wonderful black shelves. They were a little neater a few weeks ago but I can guarantee you they will look worse later.

The new art center. This is something we would NEVER have had room for in our old homeschool room. The girls painted their old school chairs to use at the art table.
Our world map is again at a level where the kids can use it. And our trusty white board. The markers are kept in the cool gift bag.

Over by the window I have 2 tubs/baskets of easy readers for Little Bit. The carpet squares add a little softness, but I plan to put some pillows down here too in order to encourage reading. This might come in handy when she is waiting for me to finish with sister. Also, our DVD player is right there and they can lay on pillows while they watch their Math U See lesson.

Looking back toward the door, you can see the rest of our art table and the collection of stuffed animals under the hermit crab tank.

That's our room! We are really excited to have all this space. The sacrifice comes in the girls sharing a room but this works well for us right now. They have loft beds, so they have some space of their own as well. I really like the calming color and I think we will enjoy being in here.

Thanks for stopping by! Go check out more great rooms at Heart of the Matter Online!

18 comments:

  1. Brenda, love it! You did fabulously! Looks great!

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  2. LOVE this room! I've been thinking of changing the guest room into a school room but since my oldest is just now 3 maybe I'm rushing things? LOL I got a lot of great ideas anyway. = )

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  3. It looks GREAT, Brenda!! I love the art center, and the little reading spot. Job well done :-)

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  4. I like that you changed it around, seems to function much better.
    I'm sure you like that it's not the first thing people see when they come into the house too! You all were outgrowing that front room, it may even help the girls to keep the toys at a minimum. : )

    Great job B

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  5. Looks like a wonderful space, and I love your funky chair (and can't even see any zip ties!).

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  6. LOVE it. I really do.. it makes all the difference doesnt it! So proud of you for getting "er" done!

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  7. Wow! What a great room makeover. And the funky chair is awesome! Thanks for the tour.

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  8. That is very nice, and yes-I would love to come in and sit in that snappy chair you have there. Have a super year ahead!

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  9. WOW looks awesome. I love the space and won't it be fun to decorate for the holidays!

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  10. Your room looks great! Have a great year!

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  11. Wow, you did a great job with the new room! Have a great school year!!!

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  12. What a great room! I love the girls' painted chairs and your pet center. :)

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  13. Ohhh...love the new room!! I'd love to have a seperate table for arts and crafts, actually I'd love to have a seperate house for it, someone elses and not mine, So messy, Ha! You did great with the room switch and redo. Love it!

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  14. This looks great.. so far I'm having hutch, bookshelf, and separate room for school envy from all the classrooms I've been looking at!

    Thanks for sharing!

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  15. I love it! It looks like a delightful space in which to do school. And I love your blue walls. I had to work with red carpet this year so my paint choices were very limited.

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I don't get to talk to a lot of actual grown-ups during the day, so your comments make me really happy! :)