Dear children,
Consider this my resignation. Henceforth you will be going to school in this breathtakingly gorgeous environment. Please do not bring home pictures to show your father. I may never be able live it down!
Signed,
Your loving, yet far less organized mother
Jennifer if you think a half dozen extra students might be too much, would it be ok if I just came alone to sit in your schoolroom for a while?
Sigh.
It is beyond words. Brava!
Starry Sky Journal 
OH MY!!! Kim, you have to tell me how she did that! I’m so overwhelmed with my inability to make such a glorious learning space. Yours is just as nice, now if someone, anyone, could tell me how to turn a half finished basement family room into an organized school room, I would be eternally grateful and even pay some serious cash for it! I think it’s an untapped business opportunity, like a professional organizer, but for homeschool teachers with adult ADD like me. LOL
Now, now..thou shalt not give up…and remember, that is more of the ideal…the BEFORE picture! It is so so cool to have this visual reference, isn’t it?? I know these pictures give me more inspiration as to how I can organize things better this summer….
that and…
plenty of items to put on the Christmas list…
“….Oh Santaaaa…” :o)
You know, I came across that post just this morning and nearly fainted! I thought we had a darn-nice school room. I am now totally intimidated by hers, and was especially impressed with the tidy, freshly-sharpened assortment of colored pencils. We have loads of arts and crafts supplies (I’m really into it–it’s the best part of schooling at home for me!), but they are always a mess!
wow!!!
Oh, wow! Your kind words are so heartening and I’m grateful! Thank you!
Really, the learning room is the fruit of many harried evenings brainstorming how on earth to get that darn map up on the wall….or thinking that there surely had to be something better than the shoebox for the colored pencils…or thinking through ways to make items accessible to my youngers so there weren’t so many “NO’s” within reach! I didn’t mean for it to be overwhelming or intimidating!
It was delightful to share it with everyone, but you all know that we live in it, right? The art shelf is used, there is paint on the floor, my 4 yo scribbled on the wall (I hung Our Lady of Fatima over it), papers and books get spread and strewn everywhere…it’s all very, very real. Having an organized space means that things have a home when we’re done with them and allows me to better steward my time and the treasures my husband has generously provided for us.
Kim, you can come sip tea in the learning spaces anytime…I’ll pick your brain whilst you stare at the shelves! 🙂
Thank you all again for the very kind words!!! God bless you!