A School Room for Acorns to Oaks?

For the last three years we've been doing lessons at the kitchen table, on the sofa, in the yard, on the bed...basically anywhere there isn't a pile of laundry or dirty dishes. I like the relaxed atmosphere of having lessons this way; however, I wonder if it wouldn't be prudent to at least have all of our materials in one room and perhaps a couple child-sized desks.

Last night I had a fine discussion with my older son. He told me he likes it quiet when he does his work. We were talking about math and he is a tad upset that he doesn't yet do division like his public school friends. "Well," I said, "you have to take some responsibility for that too, you know. I can teach you how to do the division but you have to take some initiative and practice and study and commit the facts to memory." He said, "I know but I need it quiet to do that." Do you think a room dedicated to lessons would help with that?

I keep thinking about Charlotte Mason's affinity to "atmosphere." I don't want to create a "school at home" atmosphere but I do want to create an atmosphere conducive to learning.

We do have a "spare" room that would lend itself nicely to being made over into a school room. It has room for our two bulging bookshelves, wallspace for our USA map and our world map, wallspace for displying our artist, poet, and composer of the term and a piece for each. There is floor room for two student desks and the plastic stoage bins holding our art, nature study and science supplies.

I would love to paint above the doorway: "Something to Love. Something to Do. Something to Think About."

I also have a vintage children's chalk board that I can see displayed on a wall where I would write this quote from Mark Twain : "I have never let my schooling interfere with my education."

I don't know. I guess I'd like to try having a school room this year and see how it goes. If we decide to go ahead with it, I'll post "Before & After" photos.