A new school year begins

After 3 months in this house, we're finally getting settled. School started 5 weeks ago and is going very well. Here is a picture of our schoolroom:



We've been homeschooling for over 14 years now, and although having a dedicated schoolroom is a blessing, it is definitely not a necessity. It was only in our last place in Hawaii and in this home that we've actually had a separate room to dedicate to school and school supplies.


This room is still not complete - note the piles and boxes against the fireplace wall. I'm still working to get everything put away and organized, but it is very workable as is for school. I prefer the school table to individual desks - it's easier to teach all three and work with them this way. Before the schoolroom this always took place around the dining room table. That worked just fine for us for many years, we just needed to be organized enough to put things away for meals.

Obviously with the fireplace this room was intended to be a family room, but our living room/dining room combination was much more spacious for living, and holds much more people for our weekly home fellowship group. I only wish that room had a fireplace as well.

I have big plans for the school room - I would love to replace the mismatched bookcases and furniture with built-in shelving and desk space. I would love two big comfy chairs on either side of the fireplace for reading and lounging around the fire at night. I am going for the look of a traditional library. Unfortunately that will have to wait as this house has more pressing needs.

I can only dream!