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Posted: Oct 29 2012 at 9:07am | IP Logged Quote hsmom
We currently have an altar set up in our family, room but I often dream of turning our little, infrequently used living room into a small chapel. Has anyone else done this? The furniture that would be in the room regularly would be 2 comfy chairs, a table, a piano, and an altar. Eventually I hope to have kneelers for at least 4 people.

What are the pros and cons of doing this? Would the kids be able to use the room for music practice and music get togethers. We actually sometimes refer to it as our music room. I know at our church, kids have played the piano at other than mass/religious events, so I am thinking it would be okay.

Thoughts???

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wow, that sounds lovely! i would love the space for a small montessori atrium...
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Posted: Nov 08 2012 at 7:46am | IP Logged Quote Betsy
hsmom wrote:
We currently have an altar set up in our family, room but I often dream of turning our little, infrequently used living room into a small chapel. Has anyone else done this? The furniture that would be in the room regularly would be 2 comfy chairs, a table, a piano, and an altar. Eventually I hope to have kneelers for at least 4 people.



We have a small "office" type room in the front of our house that we have set up like this. The only difference is that we only have 2 kneelers and a book shelf.

I love it. We don't have many people that come to our home. But, when we have hired people come over I often get a strange look.

I can't say there are any draw backs, if you have the room to spare. For us we needed a place for the kids to practice their piano, so it really is serving double duty.   It is also a set space where the kids go when they need to collect their emotions to treat the family better (i.e. time outs!). I also like that I can keep a good chunk of my religious books/rosaries/chaplets organize and in the area that we need them.

Let me know if you have any more questions....



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