I know this is at least my 3rd post about our schoolroom, but this time it is REALLY unpacked and DONE!  YAY!!!!!

<<Insert me doing the happy dance!!!>>

Yeah, I know we have been in this house 9 months and that is a very long time to get a room unpacked and completely together.  But, I am just going to celebrate that I finally did it and not dwell on all the months it took!  LOL

So here is the deal.  One of the big things I needed to do was hem the curtains.  This might not sound like such a big deal unless you remember that we have one wall of storage covered in 18 panels.  Then there are the 2 panels on the windows.  So I had 20 curtains to hem!  (If you know how much I like to hem things you are probably surprised this got done as soon as it did!  My husband has pants that have waited longer than that to be hemmed!  LOL)

Ta-da!
Okay, I know the orange ones are still touching the ground a little bit.  I need to have my husband put in a center bracket to support them since the wire they are on sags a bit in the middle.  (Boy, can I relate!  LOL) So when I say "done" I mean everything I can do is done.  LOL  I never run out of projects for my hubby!

Look there is no longer an elephant of boxes in the middle of the room!

It seems like the house is 50% bigger just having this room completely functional!

Look we are actually using the schoolroom for school!  YAY!!!

The littles and I used the fabric we cut off the window curtains to make pillows for the sofa.
This turned in to a home ec. and a finance project.  We had been looking for pillows for the sofa for a few months and the kids couldn't believe how expensive they all were! We only found one we liked but it was nearly $40.00.  No way! These were made with the scraps off the bottom of the curtains, scraps I had left over for the backing and the stuffing was from the old schoolroom pillows.  So they were FREE!  That made a BIG impression!  Plus these match exactly!

Here are the littles stuffing the big pillow.
That kept them busy for awhile!

Here is the office section of the schoolroom.  The books still need to be organized.  But at least they are unpacked and accessible.  FINALLY! Someday I will get motivated to organize them....

My little man hanging out at the schoolroom computer.  His favorite place in the house.

So there you have it!  After only 9 months we have a fully functional schoolroom!  I hope we don't move for a very, very long time!

Oh, and before anyone asks...The answer to how many bookcases do we have in the schoolroom is...11!  No wonder it took me so long to get this all done. hehehe

Happy Homeschooling,

Jamin

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Posted by Anonymous

That looks so good! How long does it stay like that? Do you clean up each day or just when it gets very messy? So many curtains hemmed, you should get a medal.

We're starting back next week after our long summer hols here down under. You've inspired me to move things around and get some bookshelves organised. Well, tomorrow... perhaps.

Thanks for an interesting blog and we miss your Freebie Fridays. Not the same without you.

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Posted by Penny

You have no idea how impressed I am with your schoolroom. I taught public school for 18 years, but I'm just beginning to homeschool my little girls. The only thing I miss about public school is having a real classroom. Yours is amazing.

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Posted by kaenhu

So you can visitors now? LOL We hope to visit your neck of the woods this summer--twice. I hope we can get together!

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Posted by redmom

Amazing job'!

Edited by jaminacema on Jan. 29, 2009 at 3:15 PM

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Posted by sonshine4u

Your school room ROCKS! Way to go! I need to have my hubby look at your room with 11 bookcases in it and say, "See honey, there are homeschoolers that have more books than we do!" I must add that bookcases are such a wonderful way to decorate and keep organized! I just put up my 3rd full (to the ceiling) bookcase and am so happy with the results! I'm in the process of organizing my room too and will post pics when it's done. We've been here for 3 years and I'm still not done with it! LOL! Thanks for the fun pictures, peek into your school room and inspiration!

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Posted by lauraoneill69@yahoo.com

Well, now I know why my schoolroom is not done after 5 months ~~ I don't have enough bookshelves! Somehow 2 tall and one short just isn't cutting it.

I'm dreaming of bookshelves now so we can stop living with boxes. Although, if we can actually buy our own house it will make it easier to move :oP

Laura O
www.daybydayinourworld.blogspot.com

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