When I arrived at my freshman dorm room for the first time, one of the first things that I had to decide on was where I was going to store everything. During that time, I figured out quite a few…

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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 arrived at my freshman dorm room for the first time, one of the first things that I had to decide on was where I was going to store everything. During that time, I figured out quite a few…
Category: Dorm Maintenance Tags: Organization
One of the many things that I didn’t consider before I went to college was that I’d need a place to dry my towels. Luckily, I figured out a couple ways to effectively dry it to keep it from growing…
Category: Dorm Maintenance Tags: Cleaning
When my workload in college started getting heavier, the energy I had to stay neat and clean depleted more and more everyday. If this situation is sounding familiar to you, then here are my tips for how to stay neat…
Category: Dorm Maintenance Tags: Cleaning
When I was a freshman in college, one of my friends told me that my dorm smelled musty. My roommate and I were nose-blind to the smell, but nevertheless, I was so embarrassed. Ever since that day, I’ve figured out…
Category: Dorm Decor Tags: Decorating, Planning
When I was a freshman in college, my dorm hall was accented with a beautiful teal all around and inside the building. It really brought the place to life. During my sophomore year, however, they repainted it gray and everyone…
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