In our new home we have a formal living room and we are not really formal people. For the first couple months the room functioned as a catch all. There were hand me down chairs, piles of toys, stacks of papers and general chaos. Not exactly the first thing you want people seeing when they walk in the from door. We debated on different ways we could use the space. A playroom sounded fun but messy and not really necessary as the kids hardly seemed to gravitate towards that room. A guitar room crossed our minds but the room is rather large and the music just seemed to disappear in it's vastness. We decided to hang back and see what function the room took on as we settled into the house. Over time we discovered that we adults enjoy reading in the room while the kids like coming in there away from the noise of the other rooms to sit down and talk with us. The dogs love sitting in the large window and looking at all of the things that come and go down our street. It seemed best to make the room a quiet room meaning no tv where we could all gather to sit and either read, or talk, or daydream. Finally it was settled! We purchased a couch and placed a hand me down chair on one corner and a new chair in another corner. The space above the couch called for something to help anchor the wall but we wanted something substantial that still kept the relaxed and comfy vibe that is in throughout the rest of the house.
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| Work in progress, husband is becoming quite handy |
While cleaning out the basement (what an adventure!) we came across the old slate chalk board that was in an Illinois school house in the late 1800's to early 1900's. It is the chalkboard I grew up drawing on and the chalkboard that my grandmother received her lessons on in her rural school. As a kid I loved pretending to be a school teacher and would spend hours teaching my math and writing lessons to my friends or stuffed animals. It was perfect! My husband build the perfect frame for the chalkboard and mounted it on the wall. I could not be happier with how it turned out. When entertaining I can write a quote on the board or hand a cute wreath in front of it but in our everyday life the kids can write and draw pictures on it. Win-Win.
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| Perfect! |
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| The finished room |
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