Extreme Makeover: School Room Edition

What a dramatic title eh?? 

I've been homeschooling since 1998 and i've NEVER had an official school room. I've never really felt the need for one. I feel that learning is something we do all over the house and so i've never allocated a space for it. I have had shelving for our books but never a whole room!! 

With my youngest two children, we're using a different type of curriculum, so many days I would find myself with books, teachers manuals and my teacher binder sprawled all over the kitchen table. If the kids wanted a drink or a snack , I would shove all those over to one side and hope that no one spilled anything. 

I had decided that when we paint, I would take the toy room and convert it to school room. 

With our "Before" video, you can see that in our "After" video that the room is like what I had planned, as the room was forming, it was amazing to see my vision come to life. This is really a great use of space for us. I love the way it turned out. You'll see some minor changes that I made but all in all, It is really more than I need or could of asked for. We are loving it!!!

Here is our before video:

https://youtu.be/z_rkNLmSNFY

I love simplicity...I love bare. The less clutter, the better for me. That's one way that i'm able to stay focused. 

As we were putting the new room together, I realized that having all the same sized shelving units would be easier...and more beneficial. 

Here is the link for the "After".

https://youtu.be/_0Y7JNSvRdg

I could not be more thrilled with my school room. What a blessing. I have no idea how I lived with out it. It's great for schooling but also for crafts. Sarah loves to color, and anything to do with crafts. 

My only problem is with the resin table. The top if it has these tiny, tiny grooves, which makes getting crayon marking off the table difficult. I want to get a real, school activity table in the future with some matching chairs. I'm waiting to find some with free shipping.

God Bless,
Laura