When I was a freshman in college, I brought two dishes to my dorm room, but washing them became tedious so I just bought paper plates and ate mostly off of those. If you brought multiple plates and intend to…

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I have a sensitive nose, so when random stenches would arise in my college apartments, I could sniff out the source. Sometimes, the smells came from unlikely places. One thing you learn while living ...
After living in my two college apartments, I learned that the time it takes to declutter the living space depends on how much stuff you have and how big or small your place is. If every room ...
When clutter formed in my college apartments, it was usually because my roommate and I periodically fell into bad storage habits. Behaviors like holding onto stuff we didn’t need, impulse shopping, ...
After living in both of my college apartments, I realized that initially cleaning and organizing the space was one struggle, but making sure that it stayed that way was another. The first task is a ...
Category: Dorm Maintenance Tags: Organization
When I was a freshman in college, I brought two dishes to my dorm room, but washing them became tedious so I just bought paper plates and ate mostly off of those. If you brought multiple plates and intend to…
Category: Dorm Lifestyle Preparation Tags: Planning
One of the most nerve racking things about college for freshmen can be sharing a communal bathroom. I used community showers when I was in summer camp on college campuses, but not long term. My friend, however, spent her whole…
Category: Dorm Decor Tags: Decorating, Shopping
If you’re a fan of the preppy aesthetic, but don’t know how to make your dorm room look preppy, check out these tips and your room will look energetic in no time! To have a preppy dorm room, you’ll want…
Category: Dorm Maintenance Tags: Cleaning
While I was at college, I always lived in a place that had its own bathroom. Since that was the case, I always had to clean the bathroom while at school. My friends who lived in dorms with hall style…
Category: Dorm Maintenance Tags: Cleaning
Before I moved into my freshman dorm room, my mom made sure I cleaned it a little bit before settling in. Since the same room was used by hundreds of students before me, I agreed that it was a good…
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