Our 'Little Red Schoolhouse"

 

 This is the future home of our homeschool classroom!  Our very own little red schoolhouse!  We have gladly surrendered our old school house to Uncle Rod a year ago and now the prospect of having a special learning lounge is in sight.  Uncle Rod has gutted this home to reveal original wood floors that have the potential for charm and coziness!  Our tile guy is coming up next week to work on the kitchen/laundry/bathroom.

One of the purposes in posting ALL the pictures is to get your input on some organizing ideas.  I've toyed with different things in different places, so ....any ideas would be accepted with joy!  I need a quiet place for Dylan and Kaya to focus/ reading hang out area. ('living room' where wood burning stove is)  I need a messy art/project space. (assume 'dining area' off kitchen)  A place to eat.  Considerations for Ryder. (little room) And a fun imaginative place for preschool play. ('big bedroom')

This is the Big "bedroom"
I'm going to take off the doors to the closet and use this space to create a stage and dressing room area.
(Below) other side of room leading into bathroom.

The other door from the 'big bedroom' leads into the laundry room where Rod is standing and if he walked forward from where he is it takes him to the kitchen.

 It might not look like much yet but thank God it has a bathroom that works...I think.  Plus a shower!

Looking into 'dining area' from 'living room'

so, the kitchen is immediately to the right of that little dining area.

Bobby scored a free wood burning stove while he was down south this week ~ hooray!

They would prefer their own desks so do I make them stay at a table or let them have desks?  It's a pretty small room.

 Kitchen

See the dark square stain on the floor at the bottom of the picture.  That is where the fridge was and the oven just behind that across from the sink.  Barely enough room to walk around it into the kitchen so I'm thinking about putting it in the laundry room. (below)  I wanted to be creative with this space...art room?  science lab/potting room?  Thought about cutting a hole in the wall so you could sneak out the back of the stage into this space.  Do I need a washer/dryer?  Be nice but Need?  No I don't Need them.

There is one other tiny room that is right off the 'living room' which is 8' by 9'.  This will be Ryder's gated off play room.  I plan on painting an interactive scene on the walls.  There is only one tiny window and it feels much like a prison in there. So I will really need to liven it up for our little skunkie monkey.  Possibly a little house (painted on wall) with a door that opens or just painted with chalkboard paint, magnetic pond with fish and other magnetics, a clothes line, tree...etc.....  oooohhhh his ears must be burnin' cause he just woke up.   

 Then, Last but not Least, there's this cool little mud room attachment.  Not sure how freezing it gets out there, but it's right by the room with the stove so figure it will stay warm.  What should I do here?  The floor is more beat up so I could tile it...or not....or put the sand/water table here.  what a mess!  storage for outdoor games on this side?  the other side has hooks and space for shoes, jackets and whatever.