So, this week’s topic is the school room. Well, I don’t have one! Our house is about 1,000 square feet with 6 people, so you can imagine there’s not an extra room in the house. That means we school everywhere: table, couch, living room floor, bunk beds, Mom’s bed, front porch, and backyard!
Let me take you on a tour.
This is MY desk. Notice the handy roll-top? No, I won’t open it. You’ll just have to use your imagination. On top is my Stack-O-Books; the ones I’m currently reading.
I call this desk my “car.” When I was sixteen, my grandparents, who are very generous, had scheduled a “delivery” for my 16th birthday gift. I knew something was coming, and naturally assumed it was a new car. Nope. It was this beautiful desk. I’ve had it all these years, and I’m sure it’s lasted longer than any car I would have received.
The pictures above my desk are my “students.” Aren’t they cute?
Notice the handy little curtain where the chair belongs?
That’s where I hide “stuff.” Right now it has a tub of extra school supplies and a crate of scrapbooking supplies. It used to hold a tub of Legos and a tub of building blocks. Those tubs are now sitting on top of the high chair awaiting a new home.
This is the main bookcase with our homeschool books. It holds everything we don’t use on a daily basis. Notice how nicely every book is put away. See the green-gel ant farm? Yeah. The ants are dead. They lasted about 3 months, though. It wasn’t long after Nicholas dropped the entire ant farm on the wood floor that they went downhill.
Now, behind Curtain Number Two:
The games and puzzles cabinet. This is part of our TV stand. I simply made a curtain to hang inside the glass door and – TA-DA! Another homeschool cabinet! Again, notice how nice and neat everything is, hence the curtain.
I have homeschooled my children since they were born (going on 13 years now) and I’ve lived in a variety of houses with a variety of schoolroom situations. I have found that when I DID have space for a schoolroom, we didn’t use it. We still wound up at the kitchen table or on the couch.
I couldn't agree more – I would LOVE to have a library in my home one day. With a huge fireplace and some very comfy couches and chairs. A window seat too….
It looks like you are very good at staying organized and making space where you can find it!
We are going to be moving this year and it is always a challenge trying to fit all of your things into a different space. It never fits quite the same 🙂
Your desk is beautiful by the way! I have always wanted a roll-top desk like that 🙂
Love the desk! I didn't even take a picture of mine… should have last week, it was clean!
sigh, a library would be fantastic!! I would love to have one. I didn't show my desk either, although its not too bad as I cleaned it off yesterday.
Have a wonderful week!