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Wednesday
03Oct2007

beautiful classrooms

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Our Reggio-inspired art studio.

Hanging from the ceiling, children's artwork in handmade plexiglass frames, forming a see-through wall of art.

The shelves are inexpensive fiberboard shelves, screwed together, and then backed with galvanized tin, the same material used in the country to roof outbuildings. Eight dollars a sheet.

Shelves displaying art materials and works in progress, handmade by us from simple boards, and mirrored with cheap dorm-room mirrors laid horizontally ($5 each).

Candy-colored lights hung from the ceiling to mitigate the sometimes harsh feel of fluorescent lighting.

Reader Comments (8)

Thanks for stopping by - and I love the ideas in this post!
October 3, 2007 | Unregistered Commenteraimee / greeblemonkey
thanks, aimee! i'll be back!
October 3, 2007 | Registered CommenterLori
Are your plexiglass frames double sided? I love this site and I used to love visiting White Oaks page too.
January 11, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterWendy C
thankyou, wendy. yes, the frames are two pieces of plexiglass, so art can show on both sides. :^)
January 12, 2008 | Registered CommenterLori
I completly love all your posts. well atleast those which I have read so far. I am an art and craft facilitator. I organize craft parties and events, I design handmade cards and I LOVE to recycle. It really helps to get information and advice from someone who understands what its like to work on a tight buget. Keep up the great posts ! Do visit my blog at naush.wordpress.com
c ya.
Naush
May 23, 2009 | Unregistered Commenternaush
thank you, naush! :^)
May 23, 2009 | Registered CommenterLori
Wonderful Thanks For Sharing
July 16, 2009 | Unregistered Commenterrscraig
Hope you don't mind, but I just linked this to my own blog. It's awesome. I would love to see some more pictures of the room, close-ups of the shelves and what you have on them. My daughter is just one year old, so I am just now starting to get into the major art supplying stage with her. I can barely keep stock in markers! I actually did some Reggio studying in grad school at Texas A & M and loved it. Thanks for your blog! It really inspired me to do some new things and get out of my box!
October 27, 2009 | Unregistered Commenterholly

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