So excited to share a homeschool room tour with you after making a few changes!
If you are curious what our homeschool room looked like before, here is a tour from a couple years ago.
Let’s get right to it!
Homeschool Room Tour
Homeschool Room Setup
Let’s take a general overview of the homeschool room to start. Of course, homeschooling is flexible and you do NOT need to have an entire room devoted to school.
When my oldest was just starting with school, our homeschool space consisted of a container for his materials and the kitchen table.
Now with 4 kids in school, I am grateful to have an entire room devoted to our homeschool.
Here are a few things I find essential when setting up a homeschool space
Homeschool Room Essentials
- Something to work on: table, counters, etc.
- Something to sit on: chairs or benches
- Somewhere to keep things: shelves, cupboards, bins
Table Our homeschool table is a beautiful hand-me-down antique from my parents. It can be easily adjusted with its 3 leaves. The top isn’t the smoothest, but my kids work on clipboards (or a notebook) so this isn’t a problem.
Chairs I’m always on the lookout for sturdy yet inexpensive chairs and was THRILLED to find this set at a garage sale. As much as I’d like to paint them, I prefer the way natural wood wears over paint.
Storage and Shelves I’m also always watching for bookcases and, for this room, I wanted some that had cupboards so I could hide away the “homeschool” a bit more. The two large cupboard bookcases I found on Facebook marketplace for cheap. The antique oak bookcase was found at the same garage sale as the chairs.
Homeschool Room Decor
I prefer minimal decor. We eat in this room when we have guests and so it’s also important for the room not to scream “HOMESCHOOL!”
A few little decor items I love in our homeschool space are:
- This beautiful poster and poster hanger
- Antique crucifix (above window)
- Clock (similar)
- Functional supply caddy (our is a DIY but here is a similar one)
- Vintage tea cups for manipulatives
- Baskets for hiding “stuff”
Homeschool Room Organization
I think we all know how out of hand homeschool rooms can get if we let them. But there are some very simple ways to keep things organized.
Most of these things you have on hand!
- Baskets
- Canvas totes: great for curriculum!
- Mason jars: perfect and cute storage for pencils, pens, etc.
- Drawers: I LOVE to hide things in a drawer!
- Pencil pouches: This is how I organize our extra supplies
Homeschool Room Ideas on a Budget
Most homeschoolers are one income families, so our homeschool room needs to also be in line with our family’s budget.
There are lots of ways to achieve a functional homeschool room without breaking the bank.
#1 Let it be a process
As I said, we started homeschooling with a bucket of books and supplies and a kitchen table. As our needs grew, our homeschool room did too!
By allowing it to be a process, I was able to access our true needs and also watch for good deals.
#2 Hand me down, thrift store, garage sale furniture
Our home is a mix of hand me down, thrift store, and garage sale furniture. And I love it!
It saves us an IMMENSE amount of money and I don’t have to worry about kids ruining furniture we paid top dollar for.
These places are also a great place to pick up baskets for organization too.
#3 DIY
Paint goes a long way in sprucing up a space (I love the new white of our homeschool room over the old green). And Husband helped me DIY our table supply caddy.
#4 Use what you have
Always, always, always shop your house first. One example of this is how I love to use mason jars over store bought organizers.
Homeschool Room Tour
And now it’s time for the tour!
Shelf 1:
On top: globe, school bell, mason jar filled with change for math
Top shelf: Treat jar (for well behaved students!), vintage tea set (holds sandpaper letters/numbers and some counters for math)
Middle Shelf: Art set
Bottom shelf: Basket (flashcards and manipulatives), basket (easy readers), and easy readers
Drawers: Both of these drawers hold extra supplies like dot markers, pencils, glue, glue sticks, stickers, pens, erasers, kleenex, etc.
Top shelf: craft bin, coloring books, and activity books
Bottom shelf: shared school bin for Elijah (K) and Clare (2nd); busy bag and preschool activities (for keeping little ones entertained!)
Shelf #2
Top shelf: decor, abacus, crayon basket
Middle shelf: a few books to read aloud this year, mason jars with supplies (rubber bands, permanent markers, watercolor colored pencils, dry erase markers)
Bottom shelf: Glass jar (filled with John Christian’s paper animals for now!!!) and basket for filing
Canvas tote: Holds John Christian’s school work (3rd)
Blue Canvas tote: Holds Ready2Read program
Brown plastic bucket: Holds some of Isaiah’s school work (8th grade)
*Also dry erase pocket sleeves and dry erase boards are slid in on the side
Shelf #3
(Notice how I put the ugliest shelf on the wall you don’t see looking into the room.)
On top: Chalkboard, vintage books (many of which we are going to read from this year), Mary statute
Top shelf: computer programming equipment (for Isaiah, 8th grade), dictionary, thesaurus, all my teacher manuals, solution manuals, extra curriculum for later this year
Middle shelf: puzzles
Bottom shelf: canvas bin #1 (science experiment materials for 8th grader), canvas bin #2 (morning time or “together” studies), history timeline, homeschool planner
Recycling bin basket to the left of the shelf
Pencil sharpener to the right of the shelf (4 years old and going strong!)
I hope you enjoyed this little homeschool room tour!
You may also enjoy:
A Place to Learn: Homeschool room tour (several years old)
Quickly Plan Your Homeschool Year
{Catholic} Homeschooling: A Complete Guide
