Homeschool Room Tour

B and M's side of the room

M's desk area. Her verse cards which doubles as the alphabet, are posted across the front area of her desk along with some other charts and games from the curriculum that we use. There are also some of her art projects posted with sticky tack to make them easy to change out as she makes more.

M at her desk. This old chalk board, that was found in a friend's old storage building, is to the right of the window on the back wall of the room.

The good work board is to the left of the window. It was great that they are the exact same size so it keeps everything visually balanced (which is just how I like things).

S's work area. They each have a small bulletin board in front of them to post whatever they need or want. I have also used sticky tack to hang any teaching visuals that are needed from various subjects.

The door to our supply closet doubles as a game visual for M. The bulletin board in the corner has a dry erase  schedule hung on it. Each Monday, I write who has what test/quiz beside the day that it is scheduled for. IThis has been a life saver to have this info at a quick glance!

These were some free prints that I found online. I blogged about it here.

I love adding scripture reminders to this space seeing as we spend a lot of our time in here! Hope you like the tour, now what do you think?

Framed Prints

I loved this free print from Jenny at  Family Bees . I knew it would be perfect in the homeschool room. So colorful and such a powerful reminder to see everyday! I love adding Scripture to our home!

To download your free print, click here.

Homeschool Room - Rugs

We needed something to protect the floor where the chairs would be scooted in and out on a daily basis. I found these cute rugs at Lowe's for $13 each.

The colors perfectly tie in all the colors we have used already in the room.

Good Work Board

I love having this big bulletin board in the homeschool room. The kids are so proud to be able to put their papers on the board.

I have been trying to keep them rotated every few days to really showcase all their good work, which in turn motivates them towards more good work.

It has also given me the chance to use some of my old teaching visuals from college :)

Homeschool Room Paint Color

I have had several people ask what the paint color is for the Homeschool Room. It is called Spring Garden Walk #7768 by Olympic.

It was a hard color to pick out because I wanted it to look pretty and also not be overstimulating for school...does that make sense? I wanted the kids to be a part of the decision since they too will be spending a lot of time in there.

We wanted bright and cheerful. I think we achieved both without being too in your face. I think having a lot of natural light in there helps too! If we didn't, I think it would appear much brighter!

The Completed Desks

I am so proud of my sweet husband! He has done an amazing job on the desks for the school room! They are now painted and have the 3rd coat of poly on them. I can't wait for them to be completely dry so we can start setting things up for school to start next week!

Weekend Project 2

Scot is really doing a wonderful job on the desks. He routered the edges, sanded and started priming them over the weekend.

He had a great little helper sanding....

and cleaning up!

The School Bell

I saw this bell at TJMaxx and knew I wanted it for the school room. It wasn't a necessity so I put off buying it saying there were more important things the new house needed. Well, my sweet husband, secretly bought it for me one night when we were in there...he is such a good man!

Now it hangs outside of the school room door and is rang often! They think it will be cool to ring the bell every morning for school to start just like they do on Little House on the Praire...lol!

Progress...

Last night Scot was able to finish building the first two desks. Don't they look awesome!?!? He always does such an amazing job!

Cubbies on either side of the desk will be used for their school books and other supplies.

He even got started on the other two on the other side of the room!

Homeschool Desks

A homeschool room for has been a dream of mine for several years. When we built this house, it was a must have! I researched, planned, and saved pictures of elements that I wanted to use in the space. Now seeing it come together is getting me all gitty!

Scot has started to build the desks and it really is making the room take shape! Over the weekend,  he bought his supplies and cut out all the pieces for the four desks.

Monday Night, he started building....

and was able to get one completed.

Homeschool Room Bookcase

Recently, Glidden was giving away free paint and we were able to get a quart of our choice of color.

I chose Cobalt Blue knowing I wanted to paint the bookcase in the homeschool room. I love how it turned out!

Not bad for a free quart of paint and a few hours of work, huh?!

Home Tour - Homeschool Room

I showed you the homeschool door yesterday now here is a peak inside....

Yes I know it is bright :) The kids picked out the color and I approved! It is so fun and cheerful. It is a room you want to be in - well at least a room where you don't mind being in since you have to anyway for school!

I think the color will make a fun background when we get all the school necessities put up such as bulletin boards and decorations!

I have so many ideas for this room. It won't be completely ready for this school year since we only have a few more weeks left, but by August, we will have built in desks and shelving units!

Stylish School Room

I love the set-up of this space. It looks so stylish too! Lots of places to display their works of art and personal things while still being able to share the space.

Notice how everything goes all the way up to the ceiling...great use of space! The clear chairs are just too cool!

PB Globe idea

I love Pottery Barn, who doesn't right? They are quite pricey but you can get A LOT of inspiration by just  thumbing through their catalogs or on their website.

How cool are these globes hanging from the ceiling?

When I showed the picture to my oldest she said, yeah, that is weird. So I guess we probably won't be doing it in our homeschool room, but I think it would be a SO fun and unexpected!

Crayon Initial Project

I saw this over at the Frugal Life Project. Isn't it just the coolest idea??? I think I need to make one for our homeschool room!

More Homeschool Room Ideas

I just wanted to show some more homeschool room ideas that I have collected over the last few months. If you want to see the first two posts I wrote showing other ideas, go here and here.


The different fonts and sizes of all these letters is so cool!

I LOVE this wall! The peg boards, chalkboard and bulletin board mixture is just perfect and the color is AWESOME! Oh and the cabinets....LOVE them!

I would love to have something like this for each of the kids. I can just see both long walls lined with storage and desk tops like this one!

To save on cost of the cubbies, these cool shelves would work just fine! The bars under the shelves are towel bars...how thrifty is that!

I love the burlap over the bulletin board along with the nail heads. Super classy. I will have to do this over my desk for sure!!!

Another Homeschool Room Idea

I am loving these book shelves!

Photo Courtesy of Design Dazzle


Can you believe that they are made out of rain gutters? I saw the picture above and knew this was something I want to incorporate in our new homeschool room. I know they will not hold a lot of books, but I think it is a great way to display their favorites or ones they are currently reading.

Raising Olives gives a great tutorial on how to make these cool shelves.

Check it out by clicking on her name.

Photo courtesy of Raising Olive

I love her philosophy she says "that they encourage children to read more because they can see the fronts of the books and are intrigued, rather than just seeing the edge of the book and not being able to tell what it is about." I can see so many benefits having some of our many books displayed in this manner - I think clean up may be easier too!

So what do you think? Do you see a benefit in having books displayed in this manner? Do you have a unique way of shelving your books? Would love to hear your thoughts and ideas!

Homeschool Room

As most of you know, we are a homeschooling family. In the new house, we are designing a homeschool room big enough for each child to have their own work space. I have been gathering ideas and putting them in my file folder. I thought I would share a few with you today.

This first picture is from Centsational Girl. I love so many things about this room! You will want to go here to check it all out! It is fantastic!

I love the huge map in this picture. She said it could be ordered from National Geographic for around $100. When I checked it out, it was on sale for $79.99!

I think the next picture came from Pottery Barn. I love the large bulletin board over the desk. This will give them each an opportunity to personalize their space. We can use scrapbook pages like they did here or we can cover it with fabric.

I also want to add a ledge to one of the walls. It will make a great way to display the kid's framed art work.

Centsational Girl got these large clothespins from Pottery Barn. I would love to find some for myself! I think they would be a fun way to show off their "good work" papers.

Of course, what class is complete without a chalkboard. The great thing is that with chalkboard paint, you can put one anywhere!


I think this will be a fun room to decorate. I want it to be fun and inviting, creative and functional. A place where the kids can explore the wonderful world of learning!