A Note From The Home Depot
With back to school around the corner, are you looking for a way to organize your kids’ study space? Read along as Yuni of Love Your Abode shows a step-by-step of how to create a homework station to support the next school year.
How To Make a BTS Homework Station
With the kids going back to school, we're thinking about all the ways we can help make this school year a success. Organizing school supplies and keeping them accessible is a great way to help create a homework station.
Once you have all your necessary items, we are ready to build!
Last year, I gave Emmy a room makeover and we added a large desk for her to do her homework and a place for her to spend hours doing arts and crafts. The large desk is amazing as she likes to spread out all her art supplies and one of the ways we can keep her desk area free was by building a little rack to hold all her pens and colored pencils. This is an easy and inexpensive back-to-school project that you can help build for your little ones.
Paint the Plastic Planters
Emmy chose some acrylic paint colors and got to work personalizing the four plastic planters.
Allow your little ones to exercise their creative freedom to make their own designs and patterns. Let them fully dry before drilling the holes.
Step 1: Hang the Towel Bar
We planned on installing the towel bar right above her desk so that she could have easy access to all her crafting essentials. I placed the towel bar exactly where I wanted it and made some pencil marks as a preliminary guideline.
Since I was installing it on some trim work, I measured about half an inch down and marked where the first screw would be.
Once you make your first mark, you can pre-drill the hole. After your pre-drill, install the screws into the bracket using a drill and screwdriver. Since I was installing the screws into wood, I didn't need any drywall anchors. Otherwise, you will need to use anchors if you install directly into drywall.
Add the first end piece of the towel bar to the bracket.
Using the little Allen wrench that is included, tighten the screw underneath the end piece to ensure it is secure.
Repeat the step on the other side for the other bracket. Make sure to add the towel bar before installing the other end piece or you won't be able to fit it in.
Step 2: Drill Holes Into the Planters
Add the S hooks to the planters and hang them up on the towel bar. Ahhh doesn't that look so cute?! Emmy organized all her gel pens, markers, and coloring pencils and added them to the planters.
Step 3: Hang the Planters and Add Your Homework Essentials
It's the perfect addition to her desk and makes for the ideal homework station. Emmy loves it so much and I'm so happy it has helped clear off some surface area for her to do her homework as well as all her arts and crafts activities.
She is so happy! We hope you join us and build your own homework station to get ready for the new school year. Happy building!