We actually have an entire finished basement we used as our school room for a few years, but I felt like I couldn’t get a whole lot done during the day being the basement…if I would run up stairs to throw in some laundry, the kids would end up playing around until I got back. Mainly, I just really wanted our school space to be more centrally located in our house. The basement is the only room we have that can be dedicated solely to a school room, so we not have to use our dining room as dual dining room/school room. When we are not doing school, I absolutely do not want my dining room looking like a school room. It’s also the first thing you see when you walk in our front door. We have a very large armoire we used as a coat closet. I took everything out of the armoire and turned it into a school cabinet…work boxes and all. When school isn’t being done, I shut the doors and you would never know its full of homeschool stuff. For extra space, I also use the hutch in our dining room for school stuff, but it’s mostly in the armoire. The kids grab what they need from their workboxes, and work at the kitchen table, dining table, couch, etc.
