...especially if it does double duty.

We started homechooling on the fly last January, in the midst of living in a temporary apartment and with no planning, but now we are moved into our permanent remodeled 1887 grocery store (our contractor bailed on the punch list, but...)

So, we have a breakfast room/family meal area/classroom space right behind the kitchen (keeping) room. It's a beautiful, sunny space with in ceiling speakers for some calming music. Nice.

We have bookcases and a storage cabinet that are being delivered from IKEA this Thursday, but right now all that we have in there in a mini fridge, an upholstered banquette from Ballard Designs, a 45" round table from World Market, and two folding chairs (waiting on delivery of permanent chairs).

The trouble is, I feel like we can never get away from the classroom aspect. Does that make sense? There are colored pencils scattered on the table top when dinner time rolls around, a composition marble balancing precariously on the temporary shelf, and a glass dry erase board with a rainbow and teaching notes on the spectrum. Our daughter is 10 so we are doing a more lecture style set up. We were Montessori, so order is really important to me (that's probably why I liked it so much, but on the other hand, it's about the child and her needs in the space more than mine!)

Okay, I just realized that this probably sounds like every house in America (with the exception of the dry erase board!) where homework is being done. But I guess what I am asking for is images of homeschool areas (especially for older kids). Is it okay to hang a framed map on the wall in there? Really embrace it and just eat dinner in an elementary classroom every night? Should I move my computer in there and make it a home office set up as well? Talk about multitasking! :-)