When I was a child, going back to school was a creeping fear in my stomach calmed only by the beauty of fresh notebooks and rows of colour-coded pens. Now it’s my children going to school, I feel pretty much the same.

Here’s my aesthetic attempt to organise and control my childrens’ impending move towards independence.

Old school lab stools via Scaramanga

Peg board via Rowen and Wren

Ruler height chart via Graham and Green

Old school bench via Scaramanga

Shaker peg rail and chair via Remodelista