Homeschool Corner: School Room Makeover

When we started homeschooling,

we didn't have an official schoolroom.

 We used our kitchen table,

stored most of our books in our 

pantry/laundry/entry from our garage room,

and extra books that we store on bookshelves in our 

living room, turned playroom.

(then we used our formal living/dining room combo as our family room)

I know, 

its really confusing,

but it worked for us.  

When we moved back to NC,

we actually had an official dining room.

But in our 14 years of being married

and 

4 different houses,

we have 

NEVER 

used our dining room

as an actual dining room

and 

I hate having 

unused rooms in our houses!

So without hesitation,

our dining room

became our new school room.

We shoved all of the pieces we had in here,

but I didn't have a table!

I wasn't sure what kind of table I wanted,

so temporarily

we used a folding table from the garage.

(Here is the "Before")

That temporarily...

turned into a year!

I had finally had enough,

and started hunting...

hard.

Our little town doesn't have a lot of options,

and I really wanted a used table for our school table.

I was even willing to paint it,

if it was the perfect one...

I took measurements,

and started hitting the used furniture ads 

HARD!

I started to see some pieces that might work,

so I sat down with one of our dry erase boards,

and started "moving furniture around"...

to see how it would fit best.

I never did find a table that was exactly what I was looking for,

mainly because I wasn't sure exactly 

what I was looking for.

But I did stumble upon a table

that I thought would work,

and would be a good investment.

So, I got tired of looking and got it.

I also stumbled upon another desk.

So my husband and I do not have to try and share.

Here are the

"After"

shots.

I redid the room in March,

and it still pretty much looks the same,

6 months later.