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ChaosDaisy Housemate |
posted 06-13-2002 01:31 PM
   
A large laundry bag AND a laundry basket if you have room to store the basket. Both have dozens of uses besides lugging a months worth of clothing home. Also, a drying rack if you want to keep the dryer from stealing all your quarters. A nice big shower tote. A bucket works if you can't find a shower tote. A plastic thing for your toothbrush, and a soap holder too if you're going the bucket direction. For cleaning the best thing you can have is clorox wipes. They are only about 3.00 and you can get them at the dollar store. They clean just about anything, smell nice and can be put in a drawer. A lap desk for doing homework at your bed. Another place to sit besides your bed like a folding chair or floor pad is great because you can bring it out for TV, reading or company and stuff it under something later. A board game or two (Monopoly and Clue were favorites on my floor.) particularly if you don't have a TV. They are stress releavers and help you break the ice. Air freshener or better yet candles or inscence if your school allows them. Also those plastic drawers are great. They don't look all that horrible and they make a place for so much of that stuff (e.g. dishes, towels, curling irons) that simply don't have a place in your room. I had three and used one to store my bath stuff, one for computer odds and ends and the last for extra linen. A bookshelf is a really nifty thing to have as well. [This message has been edited by ChaosDaisy (edited 06-13-2002).] IP: Logged |
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Brookiebaby Housemate |
posted 06-13-2002 02:18 PM
You know how cinderblock walls are just so cold and yucky. My mom, being the genius that she is, did the coolest thing for me and my sister when we went to college. She brought a staple gun and stapled about four or five sheets from floor to ceiling to make it feel more homey! It worked and is a cheap alternative to tons and tons of posters that can just seem like WAY TOO MUCH. A nice solid color (like yellow or red - depending on your decor and preference, sunny or cozy) works perfectly and you can get all sorts of mismatched sheets at places like thrift stores etc. Also, when you sit on your bed and lean back when you are talking to someone, the wall won't feel like an iceburg! Always a nice perk! IP: Logged |
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LazyGoddess Housemate |
posted 06-13-2002 05:13 PM
Sheets are a great thing. My roomie and I had sheets at the ends of our lofts and along the sides to hide the icky 5gal. bucket blue walls in our dorm. We also had TV trays (nice wooden ones); they were great considering that all of our other stuff covered the "university issue desks". They also served as great pizza serving areas. IP: Logged |
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delightt Housemate |
posted 06-17-2002 09:24 AM
Most useful thing I can think of adding to this thread is a CORKSCREW. Everytime we have parties we realise that there's no damn bloody way to open the goddamned bottle of wine. So we resort to the dangerous lopping off of the top of the bottle, or the exhausting attempts to push the stupid cork in. IP: Logged |
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Arwenthefair Subletter |
posted 07-11-2002 10:55 PM
A few things I found helpful: Slippers PJ's that aren't too revealing for your taste (when I wasn't in class I was wearing PJ pants and a sweatshirt) HEADPHONES (for the times your roomate is listening to the music you don't like on her/his headphones and SINGING along) LOTS of undies a cordless phone--you don't want to be tied to your room during a b**** session about your roomie IP: Logged |
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naynay45 Housemate |
posted 03-28-2003 07:10 AM
*bump* IP: Logged |
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lesliele Housemate |
posted 05-27-2003 10:30 AM
*bumped* for a friend IP: Logged |
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LittleRed Housemate |
posted 08-07-2003 10:13 AM
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divajess Subletter |
posted 08-11-2003 08:00 AM
One thing you can do to loft beds...in the dorms I lived in for two years during college, we had bedframes that were built into the wall. If you didn't loft your bed, you were about six inches off the floor. However, we weren't allowed to use cinder blocks anymore--they had banned them from the dorms. So, what we did was take plastic milk crates and put them in between the wood frame and the box springs. It sounds flimsy but it works! You put one in each corner and then two or three across the center. It gives you extra space to put things under the bed and you don't feel so much like a midget, plus you don't break the rules! 
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drewgrl Subletter |
posted 08-11-2003 02:51 PM
Bed Lofting - my favourites lofts were milk crates - the kind that they deliver to the grocery store. I acquired mine from the on campus donut shop, but they were available at the back of any grocery store. I took 4 of them, and double stacked my bed - enough to fit my bike underneath it. We weren't allowed to store our bikes inside, but there was no way I would leave it outside to theives! My first year, I didn't have a fridge, but I got one for second year, and it came in very handy - although it was mostly to store beer, so if you don't drink, then you might not need it. I went to school far away from home, so didn't bring much, but I was glad that my floormates had all the essentials - an iron for that wedding I attended, a microwave for when I was too sick to eat in the cafeteria, a kettle for making tea/coffee to study late at night. I did have a sandwich maker (ha!) and used it a few times....something that hasn't seen the light of day since university. I don't get the flip flop thing though - the bathroom in Rez was WAY cleaner than my bathroom at home has ever been! Janitors came every day to clean it and vaccum the main hallway....I don't clean anything at home EVERY day! IP: Logged |
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drewgrl Subletter |
posted 08-11-2003 02:54 PM
quote: You can also open a wine bottle by placing a towel underneath it (to absord shock and prevent it from breaking) and slamming the bottle (with towel) on a hard surface. This forces the cork upwards....do it enough and the cork will be out far enough to pull out. Trust me, it's not dangerous, you won't break the bottle, but it's a lot of work! IP: Logged |
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Kimmi Subletter |
posted 09-02-2003 10:07 PM
I have never lived in college dorms, but I have been in the crappy military dorms. Uggg, I wanna vent but I won't. Okay, if I had it to do over, I wouldn't have left my room so bare! I didn't bring any of my furnishing from home, no pretty blankets, pictures or ANYTHING. And they wonder why I got depressed my first week there. The things that made me most happy were getting a cheapy lava lamp, christmas lights, and a goldfish. I don't suggest that you pack this stuff to take with you, but bare it in mind when you get there and realize that your room needs some cheer. I got these awesome christmas lights that had controlable settings and ran them over the top of my room. It had a romantic light for my men, sparky party light for my friends, and just a nice subdude relaxing light for quiet moments of reflection. yes, I don't know if they are legal in college, but if they are buy them to decorate with. They really don't require much extra room use and actually make the room feel bigger at times. IP: Logged |
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cmtigger Housemate |
posted 09-03-2003 09:24 PM
At the school I went to, we were allowed to bring our own furnature, and stash stuff in locked storage rooms in the basement. Lots of people actually built their own loft beds, used the mattress from the school, and stashed the bed in the basement. That way they could put chairs/fridge/microwave/whatever in the space under the bed. Candles were not allowed- but if you put them in the fridge, they go out and nobody smells the smoke from blowing it out until you open the fridge. My favorite appliance was my toaster oven. I even baked a cake in it for a friend one time. IP: Logged |
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Shadowhand Housemate |
posted 07-14-2004 02:11 PM
bump! IP: Logged |
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greschya Housemate |
posted 07-14-2004 03:08 PM
Ahhh, the annual Summer Bump o' Dorm Threads. Hee. IP: Logged |
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motionparallax Housemate |
posted 07-14-2004 06:59 PM
I strongly second whoever suggested the Brita filter... sometimes you just don't want to haul yourself out to get a drink of water. Good lighting fixtures, a coffeemaker, a travel mug to haul your caffeine fix with you, and milk crates for stacking shelves were also key for me. An important thing I forgot was my own printer. I didn't get one till second year, and since then I can't believe I bothered to go so long without one. IP: Logged |
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greschya Housemate |
posted 07-15-2004 03:56 AM
This is more of a general college thing, but the one thing I found absolutely indispensable was a mini-stapler. I carried it in my backpack with me, and it got used by DOZENS of people. Profs never bring them, the one in the computer lab was always getting ripped off, so being able to staple, anywhere, was a huge bonus. It's a buck -- spend it, you will be so glad you did. IP: Logged |
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