I have been trying to think of where we can put our books. We have bins and bins of books all over the house, which is fine except that we never seem to have a place for library books and "theme" books.
Luckily, some very smart homeschooling moms on MDC told me about the clever idea of using rain gutters! Off to Home Depot we went, and Handy Ronnie got to work, cutting the gutters and hanging them in the closet area of our classroom which is now a somewhat cozy reading area! We just need some fluffy pillows and maybe beanbags to make it more comfortable. Right now we are using big stuffed horses but they aren't quite as cozy as we would like.
I'm so happy to have a place specifically for library books, C.'s reading books, and theme books! We also put some up in their bedroom, because it always seems to be overrun with books.
C. seems to be enjoying it too. She especially has enjoyed reading the books about ancient nomads. More on that in my next post. Happy reading!
3 comments:
I love the idea for the books. How did you attach the gutters to the wall? Can it be done by someone not so handy?
I recently stumbled across your blog and enjoy reading. You've got cute kids.
You are so sweet! The gutters were very easy - you might be able to have someone at the store cut them to your specifications, or if you have a saw at home you could cut them yourself. Then you just drill the supports to the wall and plop in the gutter!
I hope you don't mind that I linked to your blog and shared one of the embedded You Tube videos as well as the first photo you have of just the shelf. Here's the post:
http://becausethatiswhatmylifeislikerightnow.blogspot.com/2008/06/blog-treasure-its-not-on-test.html
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