Our classroom!

I know "they" say that you don't need an official home school classroom, and that some even say that you shouldn't, but we just couldn't help ourselves. When we bought our home a little over a year ago we had no idea what we would use the basement rec room for. So far, we have only used it as sort of a mud room/place to store junk that we don't really need.
When we finalized our decision to home school we immediately knew the rec room would become our class room. First we cleared out all of the junk which included several trips to the Goodwill. It feels so good to purge your home of unneeded stuff. Next, it was time to paint! My husband let me pick out the color and I knew exactly what I wanted.  The actual name of the color is "Frolic" by HGTV home, found at Sherwin Williams, and let me just say that it is the best paint that I have ever used, and I have used a LOT of paint.  I may actually have a painting problem. Anyway, it totally brightened up the space with it's greenish/yellow color.  No snoozing in here!
 We had to do something with the nasty, smelly, old carpet and we thought that linoleum would be the best chance since we will be using the room for science experiments as well as art. 
With that done, we weren't sure whether to look for small school desks (like the old antique kind, that would be really fun to refurbish) or to go with a table which is what I hear works the best when home schooling more than one child. We opted for the table since we already had an old one we could use, (after a good coat of pain of course).  At this point my kids aren't that keen on sharing space so I decided to make a big X on the table from corner to corner and paint four triangles. I painted two the same Frolic color I used on the wall, and the other two a bright blue that I'm not sure the name of. Then, I covered the chair seats with matching solid blue.
On the wall  I hung the world map that came with our curriculum and a cute little alphabet along the top of the ceiling.  I know, it's cliche, but I just couldn't help myself after spotting them at Michaels. Especially since we have a four year old.
Do any of you have a dedicated room in your home for school? If so, I would love some suggestions of the "must haves" that you have in your space. If not, what is your favorite room to home school in?
Thanks for reading and sharing!
Julie

Excuse the rolled up rug and storage container. They haven't found a home yet.