Tip Tuesday

Tip Tuesday!

Hello Zombie Unicorns! With the school season starting back up soon, I am going to share some tips about moving into dorms.

Whether this is your first time moving in or your third we can always use some help. This is my junior year of college and I think I'm starting to figure out how to pack and move in successfully for different types of dorms.

The biggest tip I can give you is ONLY PACK NECESSITIES!

You don't need every little knick knack from home, and you definitely don't need your entire closet. Now if you live pretty far from your school, like more than a day of driving, then some of this you'll have to adapt to your situation.

Dorms are extremely small, you WILL NOT have room for everything you have at home. Only take what you will actually use, don't take your whole makeup and beauty product collection. Most likely you will only have half a room to yourself, and your closet, don't be that person who hogs all the space with their useless china collection and dirty socks.

This was my side of the dorm room my freshman year, this is probably what you will be moving into. Now if you have the option to bunk your bed then you will have more room, but at some schools you are not allowed to because of safety, and you'll only have this much room to store things.

Also you see that dresser in the bottom left corner, I only had half of that to use the other half went to my roommate. Same goes to the top of it.

There was probably only room for another bed between mine and hers, so that space has to be shared and usually doesn't have anything in it.

I recommend packing what you need to get through a week or two first and then if you need more, you can drive home on a weekend and get it, as well as take anything home that you don't think you'll need. This rule also goes with clothing, only pack clothing for the current season.

Things To Waste Space.

TV

Lamps(bigger than a desk lamp)

Chairs

Jewelry

Shoe collection

Plants

Decorations

Trinkets

Clocks

Desktop Computers

Speakers/Sound Systems

 

Now all these are if you haven't seen the room before hand, if you can, go to campus and have a tour of the dorms. Most colleges now have staged rooms that will give you an idea of how much space you'll have. Also go on the school website and see if they have floor plan's of the dorms you were assigned.

These rules still apply for the bigger dorms.

This year I was placed into an apartment style dorm, so I have a living room, kitchenette, bathroom and a separate bedroom from my roommate's. So I had a little wiggle room to bring a few extra decorative things, but I still only brought what I think I will absolutely use, though I'm sure i'll be getting more for the kitchen as the year progresses.

I am only using half of that dresser, and only because I put all my scarves and skirts in their own drawers.

This room did come with blinds in the bedrooms at least.

Very little in this closet.

 

But the dorm did not come with, Wi-Fi, furniture(in the living room), laundry machines or dishwasher, it's also right next to a busy intersection so I can hear all the cars passing through the day, as well as a mystery humming sound.

Things Not To Waste Space.

Anything that can be hung on the walls(no nails)

Closet Organizers

Collapsable Luggage

Curtains

Laptop

Moving in For The Art Student

Obviously the biggest question most of us have before school starts is: what will I need? If you are lucky enough to get your supply list before classes start then go get your supplies then, except for maybe big items such as pads of paper or sculpture equipment.

If you already have a locker/flat file at the school then go store your stuff there before school if its not being used, and if your a new student grab a locker as soon as possible otherwise it'll be taken and you may have to lug your supplies around campus. Or make a friend and ask to share the storage space, never leave supplies in cars or dorms.

If you don't get a supply list beforehand then you'll be in my shoes, my professors usually give the class a syllabus and supply list on the first day of class. Sometimes they tell you to have it by next class period, which will give you about a day and a half to buy supplies, or some of them will say go get it now and then we will start class. If you have the latter option then that some what forces you to use the bookstore, where I suggest never to buy supplies or books, and pay overprice.

 

So whether you're moving into a standard dorm or an apartment style always:

1.Research the Space

2.Avoid space hoggers

3.ONLY PACK NECESSITIES