Does homeschool take a lot of room? It doesn’t HAVE to, but, let’s be honest, it makes things go more smoothly when you have room to spread out.
Do we have room to spread out? 🤣🤣🤣 absolutely not. We’re in a 40 ft 5th wheel camper, a sardine can, if you will. When we homeschooled in our house, there was supplies everywhere. Did we need all of it? I used to think so, but not all of it was a necessity. In our house, I took over the dining room, which was at the back of the house, furthest from our woodstove. So it wasn’t long before it was too cold to not enjoy school back there and we moved to the front room. We kept things tidy for a hot minute, but when I have the space, I tend to fill it up. It’s a design flaw in me!
So where did we put everything? I’m so glad you asked! 😏 I found some great baskets from Mardel. They were even on sale for only $5.99 when I ordered them!
We may not have a lot of room in this humble abode, but we do have a good amount of storage. In the back, above the couch, there’s a cabinet the entire width of the camper, which is 8 ft. It’s open all the way through, so there’s some serious space in it.
I got measurements and got to ordering. I even found the baskets in my favorite sage green color!
I have 5 baskets in here now and could fit another, however I’m keeping it open to store other random things. My reusable shopping bags are in the open space at the moment, but I’m sure that will change.
Each kid and I have our own basket. The kids’ are full of all their school books and supplies. Mine contains my planners, Bible studies, books I’m either currently reading or future reads, and all my pens, because I’m a sucker for a good pen and need all the colors. Each morning, I get the kids’ baskets out so they can easily get their books out. It’s just a great way to keep everyone’s things organized!
The other baskets contain boards games and playing cards, some art supplies, and just odds and ends items that are seriously totally random. Oh, and the kids want me to mention that we also store water balloons up there 🤣
I do have one other plastic tote/tub or whatever you want to call it, that holds most of our arts and crafts supplies. It stays in the floor, because it is fairly large, but we really don’t mind. It’s not in the way.
For loose paper products, we store under the table. The top lifts up and has a good amount of storage there. Another design flaw in me is if a paper gets bent, I think it’s completely ruined and I can’t take it. The table storage is perfect to keep things nice and flat!
**please note, I am in now way affiliated with Mardel, so I won’t get any kickbacks for your clicking on this link. I just love the company and this particular product has been a perfect organization solution for my family!
I pray you are having a terrific week and may Yah bless you and keep you!
Middle Creek Mama 