tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2212741399857110313.post2844597624020261428..comments2024-03-11T11:13:12.066-05:00Comments on Homeschool and Etc.: Your Perfect Homeschool HouseHappy Elf Mom (Christine)http://www.blogger.com/profile/15047347624037697311noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2212741399857110313.post-12935801960519779972015-03-26T04:20:01.236-05:002015-03-26T04:20:01.236-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14417370983095002125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2212741399857110313.post-24654276387673025252015-03-11T05:12:17.710-05:002015-03-11T05:12:17.710-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2212741399857110313.post-21062165906284960732011-11-07T13:08:25.772-06:002011-11-07T13:08:25.772-06:00LOL I know how lovely it would be for him to have ...LOL I know how lovely it would be for him to have his own place, but I have to smile at this idea of sending the fella out to the garage each day! :)<br /><br />I want a LEGO room, too. Those things get everywhere.Happy Elf Mom (Christine)https://www.blogger.com/profile/15047347624037697311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2212741399857110313.post-35669022824853229702011-11-07T11:16:36.063-06:002011-11-07T11:16:36.063-06:00We have so many things we'd need in a dream ho...We have so many things we'd need in a dream house, it seems impossible. <br /><br />Since my husband works from home, I'd like a private office/powder room for him - maybe over the garage or somewhere quiet. <br /><br />I really like open concept houses, with the kitchen, dining, and living all together. I'd love to have a large room off that area, maybe with sliding barn doors, that could be opened up so I could supervise school AND cook, but be closed off at the end of the day so I don't have to see the mess. It would be great to have a big pantry and laundry room, too. I don't really care about bedroom sizes, we don't spend much time in them, but the common rooms get a lot of use. Oh! And a playroom, maybe adjacent to the schoolroom for the Lego collection would be nice, too.....<br /><br />Yeah. None of that's gonna happen. Unless a pile of money falls on me.Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09766716788178729762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2212741399857110313.post-53533361034861848922011-11-06T01:56:38.635-05:002011-11-06T01:56:38.635-05:00Do you know what that reminds me of, River? The c...Do you know what that reminds me of, River? The craft room at my primary school at Gordon West, in Pymble, NSW... ages ago. BIIIG slab of a table that will never go anywhere, windows here and there and cabinets all round. Lovely room.Happy Elf Mom (Christine)https://www.blogger.com/profile/15047347624037697311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2212741399857110313.post-26520984510924571142011-11-05T22:09:07.140-05:002011-11-05T22:09:07.140-05:00I like the idea of a huge craft room too, lined wi...I like the idea of a huge craft room too, lined with cabinets for supplies and having a huge central table with drawers at each corner facing the side they're on. Picture a set of three or four drawers facing east, another facing north, another facing west, the fourth set facing south, then a large slab of wood to make the desk top, the whole thing maybe two mwtres by two metres, so there is space for desk chairs beside each set of drawers. <br />It's the perfect hobby/craft/school room.Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2212741399857110313.post-73603692488175008732011-11-05T21:03:06.597-05:002011-11-05T21:03:06.597-05:00Ohhh, the heartbreak of losing a Bosch mixer... Y...Ohhh, the heartbreak of losing a Bosch mixer... Yeah, you almost want to make everything a kitchen. I like your IKEA knockoff table, looks like a step in the right direction.Happy Elf Mom (Christine)https://www.blogger.com/profile/15047347624037697311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2212741399857110313.post-1330906417759960102011-11-05T20:39:20.412-05:002011-11-05T20:39:20.412-05:00I actually have a dream house designed and waiting...I actually have a dream house designed and waiting for pennies from heaven. I don't know that I would plan a whole house around home educating. Even if I home educate my kids through high school, I only have about a dozen or so years left of homeschooling... <br /><br />I spend my day cooking, doing laundry and cleaning. My spaces aren't well designed. I too have food in the basement. I have kitchen appliances down there too. Not long ago, I was carrying my expensive Bosch mixer to its home in the basement, passed the door to the garage and realized it wasn't closed all they way. I propped the mixer on one hip and held it in just one hand so that my other hand was free to close the door... and dropped my mixer. It slid all the way down the stairs. :o(<br /><br />So, my dream house is mostly kitchen, laundry room and a family closet. I already occasionally have knee pain from arthritis so the spaces should incorporate a universal design that allows me to age in place. The other feature that I am just being reminded that I would like to have... my dream house has a mud room! Add a lot of room for book storage and I am all set. <br /><br />Oh, yes, and to accommodate my husband, our dream home needs a root cellar and a green house.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2212741399857110313.post-41429747508982187762011-11-05T17:39:15.008-05:002011-11-05T17:39:15.008-05:00Sounds like you are in a *nearly* perfect place fo...Sounds like you are in a *nearly* perfect place for your homeschool right now, though, Blondee! Some of my very fave homeschool posts have been of you guys going off exploring near your creek and seeing all sorts of wild plant and animal life on your walks. I like seeing the seasons change and I can almost smell the air of the forest sometimes when you post! :)Happy Elf Mom (Christine)https://www.blogger.com/profile/15047347624037697311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2212741399857110313.post-48828085823842856232011-11-05T17:27:58.742-05:002011-11-05T17:27:58.742-05:00Hmmm...I wouldn't change anything. Okay, maybe...Hmmm...I wouldn't change anything. Okay, maybe make the closets a bit bigger and add a den/library space because we are book hoarders. ;) Other than that, I wouldn't do anything too different house wise. We don't tend to sit in a particular spot to homsechool, so a schooling 'room' would be a waste. We also are outside in good weather more than we are inside, so I think instead I would have outdoor preferences for a new home. A screened in porch, a Florida room off the back (so even in winter, we could feel like we were outide and be inspired by the scenery!) A blacktop driveway- so much easier to use chalk for drawing/quizzes and art on black top instead of the small cement walkway. Also handy for gym activities like biking and roller blading. A basement just a bit bigger than what we have now so that even with the home gym set up, we would still have space for riding bikes, scooters and roller blading indoors. Definitely want to be in a rural space, have woods with lot's of wild life. Water nearby! Could be a stream or a pond, too much great science given up if no water nearby. Also would want a small wood shop. Someplace warm in the winter where the boy and girl could build and nail to their hearts content. And a greenhouse!! Our winter sowing and starter seedling plants would be so much easier if they were in their own greenhouse and not propped on tables under the ballast lighting in the basement...next to the weight benches and tools. :/Blondeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11827536147609261504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2212741399857110313.post-88703244200382254812011-11-05T16:12:39.654-05:002011-11-05T16:12:39.654-05:00Oo, CRAFT room. See, that could be homeschool-spe...Oo, CRAFT room. See, that could be homeschool-specific if we were talking about younger kids. Also, if you had in-home childcare. <br /><br />And the wrap-around porch wouldn't get as much use in Missouri as Atlanta area, but the GREAT thing about wrap-around porches (called verandahs in Australia... yes, they have a special name) is that you can move so you are always in the shade or out of the wind.Happy Elf Mom (Christine)https://www.blogger.com/profile/15047347624037697311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2212741399857110313.post-88519085199242376672011-11-05T15:46:35.000-05:002011-11-05T15:46:35.000-05:00Huge laundry /craft room with closets. We'd pr...Huge laundry /craft room with closets. We'd probably hang our daily clothes there and have a wrapping paper station, and scrapbooking area and the like. <br /><br />A sunny room with one wall lined with bookshelves, and comfy, cozy reading chairs. <br /><br />A wrap around porch with more comfy cozy chairs to draw us outside to do as much schoolwork as possible. <br /><br />Basically, a house fitted to readers and artists would fit us. I don't think anything I mentioned would be homeschool specific.Ahermitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12246307693236606434noreply@blogger.com