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School Room Makeover

June 23, 2008 · 26 comments

I hope all of you from Lara’s blog are not sick and tired of my home makeover posts. It is really taking up most of my time, so that is what I am talking about!

The school room was the next room I decided to tackle in our new house. After painting six rooms, I couldn’t let the school room stay white, how boring! :) . I struggled to pick a color though, because it had to coordinate with the rest of the downstairs, so I finally ended up using the same color as the family room. I already had the paint, so I thought it was a frugal choice.

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School Room Makeover

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The school room is also the room next to our driveway, so we enter and exit the house through the door in the picture. We have a key rack there for all of our keys as well as a treasure chest that holds other items you would take with you when you leave the house. We have a low rack for the little kids’ jackets, and the cabinet holds more jackets/ coats as well as some toy bins. Below the coat rack is a shoe basket. When you come in the house, you take them off, and when you are ready to leave they are by the door and ready to go. No more searching for lost shoes.
School Room Makeover
School Room Makeover

Today I am working on the garage, we got some of it done yesterday, but it needs a lot more work. Sometime soon I also need to go through the kids’ school cubbies. All their new stuff is sitting in piles in the dining room!

School Room Makeover

I think this smiley boy is going to help me with the school books :) .

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School Room Makeover

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Got Preschoolers | The Happy Housewife
June 25, 2008 at 2:34 am

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1 FishMama June 23, 2008 at 1:53 pm

Looks great! I love yellow walls. So cheerful. And maybe it will help them be efficient with school work! ;)

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2 Lawanda June 23, 2008 at 2:09 pm

It looks awesome! You sure are a go-getter! :)

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3 julie June 23, 2008 at 2:34 pm

Your room is looking so nice! Do you actually school in it or is more for storing etc.?

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4 Ariel June 23, 2008 at 2:36 pm

Looks great!

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5 Dot June 23, 2008 at 2:41 pm

Thanks for dropping by my blog. I love the new look in your school room . You did a great job.
Dot

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6 Stephanie June 23, 2008 at 2:45 pm

Very nice! I like the color, it is airy and bright!

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7 Krista Singleton June 23, 2008 at 2:51 pm

I luv the new color! I’m thinking of painting one of the walls in my dining room red, and my daughter wants her room painted aqua. I’m not sure if she’ll like it forever, but how much does a gallon of paint cost to cover it up, right?

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8 Kelsey June 23, 2008 at 3:34 pm

WOw great makeover!

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9 Donna (mom24boyz) June 23, 2008 at 3:52 pm

I like your cubbies and I am looking for something quite similar for our “school area” Could you tell me where you bought them? Or did you make them?

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10 Beth/Mom2TwoVikings June 23, 2008 at 5:59 pm

Ditto all the comments for the yellow. Good choice! It’ll be even nicer when the icky winter weather is threatening to make everyone crazy in February! LOL

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11 Brenda June 23, 2008 at 6:25 pm

The room turned out lovely! Great job!

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12 Chrissy June 23, 2008 at 8:34 pm

It looks lovely!

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13 Stephanie June 24, 2008 at 2:52 am

Great job!!!…. when you get time can you call me please ????? thanks :) …..

Steph

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14 Corrie June 24, 2008 at 4:24 am

You picked a great color – the room looks wonderful. Besides, who can ever get tired of make over shots? Not me!

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15 Dawn June 24, 2008 at 1:13 pm

Very nice…I can’t wait to have ours done!

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16 Amber June 24, 2008 at 2:06 pm

Looks great. You can pick paint colors for me any time. ;)

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17 The Lazy Organizer June 24, 2008 at 4:41 pm

How could we get sick of such fabulous work and photos? More, more! It looks fabulous!

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18 Karen June 24, 2008 at 7:42 pm

It looks so nice. Good job.

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19 Kayren June 24, 2008 at 11:09 pm

Your school room looks fantastic. I hope when we move into a new home I get a school room. And I might just pick this paint color on purpose…good choice, even though it was for frugality.

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20 Richelle F June 25, 2008 at 12:38 am

Looks great!

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21 Kendra June 25, 2008 at 12:59 am

Great Tackle!!

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22 Angela June 25, 2008 at 5:06 am

I love that table set! It looks both loved and like it could last forever…or at least a long long time! :) Where did you find that?

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23 Angela June 25, 2008 at 5:07 am

Forgot to say that I love yellow for walls-esp a soft yellow like that appears. Nice job! :) I am going to go peek at what else you’ve been decorating!

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24 Mrs. Querido July 1, 2008 at 5:03 pm

Isn’t it amazing how much a can of paint can transform a room from something lifeless into a vibrant place? Love the makevoer…starting to get the itch to change paint colors in several of my rooms…lol! By the way, your schoolroom is lovely. I am starting homeschooling next year and I hope to have a portion of the garage converted for our schoolroom. Another room to pain! :)

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25 Mrs. Querido July 1, 2008 at 5:05 pm

Oh and I forgot to say that you have an adorable little boy…love his smile :) Makes you want to grin right along with him!

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