Garage Sale Furniture For Homeschool When we began homeschooling, we used furniture we had available in our home - a little book shelf, a tv stand and a larger book shelf. As we have continued to homeschool, we have made a conscious effort to use items in our home or from garage sales. So far, we have been able to accomplish that with very few new purchases. Last year, we added a large desk for our computer hub from a yard sale. This year, we took part of the desk out and added a few brand…

A comparison of two different approaches to setting up your homeschool room. These homeschool room ideas are sure to inspire your set up!

Week three of my organizing frenzy is finally here. If you'll remember, week one I went crazy with my hall closet switching out my pull out drawers for a spice rack to organize my medicines. Week two I went nuts organizing our small kitchen pantry exchanging the spice rack for jelly jars and adding a snack bin.

We have a room in our house which we call "the schoolroom," although it's something of a misnomer because we really do relatively little act...

A comparison of two different approaches to setting up your homeschool room. These homeschool room ideas are sure to inspire your set up!

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Our schoolroom for this year isn’t extremely different than the last time I posted about it, but we have made a few changes that I’m excited to share! My absolute favorite change has been our new Ikea storage system! It is AWESOME!! My husband was amazed that by day two of having it home, I ... Read More about Our Schoolroom for 2012-3013

It's time once again for more blog hopping with Heart of the Matter! This week she has us all focusing on the room we'll be schooling in. I sort of chuckle at that, because I'm almost positive that we'll be schooling just about everywhere. Zep and I prefer to kick our legs up on the living room coffee table to do his work. And I'm longing for the days when cooler weather heads our way, so we can throw out a blanket in the backyard and do our assignments in the beautiful outdoors! But...I did…

I know I promised pictures of the porch. I am experiencing technical difficulties with those, but hope to get them posted soon. In the mean-time, how 'bout I wow you with pictures of our dining room homeschool room? from back of kitchen looking into dining room. It's "School Room Week" at HOTM and I've been getting stuff ready.. But before we go there I just want to take a trip down memory lane. These pictures are of our dining room just last year. This is an improvement from where we…

This week at the Not Back to School Blog Hop, everyone is posting about their "school room" (i.e. where we do school or keep our school sup...

An IKEA and chalkboard homeschool room redo based on learning styles, storage needs and sanity-saving measures. Baskets, maps, desks and more!

A few weeks ago we moved. Those of you who have moved with small children know that it can be a bit really chaotic. It has been. Part of the chaos stems from the fact that we moved into what I’ve dubbed “The Teeny-Tiny House.” It’s small. Really small. Right now, our family […]

From last year’s school planning archives because these basics still work well with rising 8th, 7th, 4th, K and soon-he’ll-be-a-four-year-old… I love chalkboards. I love chalkboards. I love chalkboards. And even though right after our school year ended, we went through a rather reluctant classroom revamp, the classroom still needed attention. Before getting any further into the nitty gritty of preparing Tapestry of Grace, setting