Welcome To One Of The NJ Rooms

This building was recently renovated and re-opened after being closed for twenty years. Unfortunately I was not able to provide imput on the storage situation or the sink design as the district was working with a very limited budget and left the room "as is" except for paint and new floors. Having worked on a cart for the past 2 years, I was determined to make best of the situation.  I had some storage bins made by a carpenter, photos to follow, and I added some of my own ideas to make this room work.  Please compare the before and after photos!

These are the cabinets during re-construction phase.  Not much storage here as the cabinets werent deep enough to store large size paper.. Where do I put the paper? Where do I store the childrens work?

This is the sink area and the door to the classroom during re-construction. Notice how high the counter and sink is?  I had large wooden steps made so he little ones could reach the water.

This is what you would see if you just walked in the door. The windows faced an atrium area.

The furniture was great, but the kinders and first graders fell off the stools a lot.  I would have orderd backs on the stools.

Students are able to get their own supplies!  Notice the color coding here, I used baskets in the colors of the shelf paper which helped  the children know where to return them.

Here is the sink area early in the school year.

The first few weeks of school have passed and the walls are filling up. Here is the computer and my desk area.  Notice the paper storage bins on the left, I'll have close up photos for you to see later on

White boards only here!  No blackboards were installed during the renovation.