We began this journey by removing the popcorn-style ceiling in
November of '06 and wow,
was that work! Wood-worker and handyman extraordinaire Mike Hartway
has been a major drive in transforming this former kids play room into a
functioning, beautiful school room. Finished views of the school
room are toward the bottom of this page. To respect our
community's privacy, I will not publish pictures of the students.
If you see children on this page, they are mine. :)
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Elora, our daughter, gives the official "Thumbs Up" to transform the playroom into a school room! |
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Okay, reality hits as popcorn ceiling removal stage goes into high gear. The room feels bigger without the popcorn up there! |
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Mike adds a sky blue background before the muralists start. |
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Lorraine, our muralist, working on the African plains portion of the mural.... |
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Rolf, muralist and Lorraine's husband, working on a South American jungle scene... We are delighted to have these two VERY talented people helping us bring nature, biomes, and animals of the world into our school room! |
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An Asian baby elephant peeking out to say hello! Can't wait to see him painted! |
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A mommy and baby giraffe.... |
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South American jungle coming to life! |
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Here's a pic of the wall of the school room wasn't shown in the other pictures of the room. It will have animals and plant life from Australia and Asia. |
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Our "NEW" bathroom for the school. We added new cabinets and shelving to store our curriculum materials. This shade of yellow makes us smile and think of sunny days. |
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This is a picture of about half of our backyard. We LOVE our backyard and are eager to share it with our students. |
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My son Sammy saying "Hello" to our newest addition...baby giraffe! |
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For those who are fans of hippos, here's the cutest mommy and baby I've EVER seen! |
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Wow, Mike went really wild on this reading fort project and used recycled bamboo from the December storm damage. The kids absolutely LOVE it. |
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Inside the fort...room for one to read or say hi to Daisy! |
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The mural is getting closer to being finished! Rolf and Lorraine love to work on it and we love having them over to watch them work on it. It's been so much fun to see this beautiful work of art evolve. |
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School room with view of reading fort in background. |
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View of school room with circle area in foreground. |
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View of school room with the windows in the background overlooking our backyard (that gets lots of light all day with our southern exposure). |
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Our sandbox...very popular and can fit many children comfortably. |
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A view of our large backyard where the children play for recess. (Taken November 2007) |
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