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  1. Love both the old and new school ‘room’s!  I struggle with wanting the order of a school room and the freedom of school-is-life mentality.  We will be moving soon, so I will have to see what will work in our new home.  Also, I LOVE those IKEA Expidet shelves.  We have two right now (4×4 and 4×2) and I want 100 more =)

  2. We just did the same thing! I had a “school” school room but that left little for Joss to do while the boys “worked”. We have now moved our supplies to a corner of the playroom downstairs so Joss can play and not get into things!

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  4. Our schoolroom is also our playroom.  It’s a huge unorganized mess.  (Huge in mess and in size… our house is an old 60’s house with the formal dining and living room in the front that we use as playroom/schoolroom).  We have a card table in there currently and honestly, have done most of our “school” at the dining table in the other room b/c of it.  I’m working on better organizing it but I feel like $$ gets in the way!  I’d show you a picture, but I’m too embarrassed!!!  LOL    

    1. Do not be deceived…no schoolroom looks like these when kids are using it!  🙂  We just take pictures when they are not present! Once the room is really “used” it’s a completely different picture! 

      I’ve heard lots of people enjoy having the playroom/school room in the same room.  I lived in a house like yours a long time ago and we had that room.  I loved it, but it also was ALWAYS a huge mess.  I intended to use it for a schoolroom, but we moved long before my kids were old enough for “school.”

  5. I really enjoyed this post!  Thanks for all of the details and the fabulous pictures.  I have a large schoolroom in my basement.  We use that room, but my oldest daughter, 17, likes to do her school in our guest bedroom (where it is somewhat quieter).  I do all of my reading aloud to my children in our living room which is on the main floor of our house.  I am currently wanting to give my schoolroom a makeover.  I love those IKEA shelved that serve as room dividers!  
    Anyway, thanks for all of the inspiration!

  6. I love it! I was wondering how the scrap booking organizers have held up. Are the sturdy enough for daily kid use? I’ve been debating between using them as work boxes or using the rolling metal carts. I like the look of the scrapbook organizers better but I’ve been worried that they might not last as long.

    1. My kids used them daily for about 2 years without problems. We still have them now, but don’t use them as often. So far, they’ve lasted about 4 years!

        1. Target or home improvements stores. It is just multiple units stacked on top of each other. 🙂
          Suzanne@NotConsumed

  7. Both places look so orderly. I’m following you on pinterest now so may learn even more from your neat ideas.

  8. You have a great talent for organising and making it pleasing to the eye, thanks for sharing Blessings Michelle

  9. I LOVE your desks! I have been trying to figure out how I was going to do desks for our schoolroom and your are perfect!

  10. LOVE your blog name and your organization. Makes me feel calm! Great job! Found you through an Apoligia FB post.

  11. I have an idea for a small computer desk. We just bought one at Walmart for $20. It is small, simple and was exactly what i was looking for (except the color which hubby fixed with some spray paint and varnish).

    I looked on the Walmart website for a link to it for you but couldn’t find it. I posted a picture of it on your fb wall.
    Amy

  12. Wow, I love those scrapbook organizers as desk supports! What a terrific idea!

  13. It’s funny because we actually did the opposite! I started off homeschooling at the kitchen table and just using the bookshelf in the living room to store things and then a few years ago because of the needs of some of my kids, I had to completely revamp my plans and we created an entire schoolroom. This year, I made some changes to make it even more “classroomy” which goes against my original vision of homeschooling but is absolutely what will work best for my kids.

    I like the way you’ve used the Expedit shelf as a room divider.

  14. Enjoyed your tale of two school rooms! We have a room that works as both school room and playroom. We do end up doing quite a bit outside of that room though…pretty much every room but the bathrooms and the bedrooms is fair game for homeschooling! Enjoyed reading your post.

    Popped over from Sunrise Learning Lab to see your Week
    2 – School Room Tour post that you
    linked up with the iHomeschool Network’s
    Not-Back-to-School Blog Hop.

    Have a wonderful homeschool year!

    http://sunriselearninglab.blogspot.com/2012/08/blog-hop-week-2-our-school-room.html

  15. I totally love what you did..it is so organized and flows so well. Seems more and more dining areas are becoming school rooms. When Id be making dinner is when Id have my son do his read aloud to me, it was fun and he felt it was special.

  16. Curious if you have a post about your annual binders? I definitely want to do something like that, but would love to find out how others do it… so I don’t have to reinvent the wheel.

    Thanks!

  17. Hi Kim-
    We are just starting our homeschool adventure. I want to split our large tor room in half to put our classroom. I’d like to use your idea with the expedit shelf as a room divider. Are they sturdy enough without worrying about it tipping over?
    Thanks so much for any advice!

    1. Honestly, these units are very sturdy. I imagine that IKEA would say that they should have some stability anchored to a wall though. Mine is a rom divider, but it is met on one side with a wall and I have it secured there.

      To me (and this is non-social services advice)…if you don’t have young children who climb on things- there would be no need to secure to the wall. If you have climbers, all furniture should be securely attached to the wall.

      Blessings on your homeschool journey. It’s such a wonderful thing!

  18. Glad I’m not the only one who does dishes and cooks while doing school. Learning to mold homeschool into our lives, and loving it.

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