Reply to For those who recently dropped off their kids at college...

Forum Index » College and University Discussion

Reply to "For those who recently dropped off their kids at college..."

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous]Dropped our daughter off about 3 weeks ago. We had a few surprises awaiting us on arrival day, including a closet that was not configured as expected. My daughter's dorm room is at the very end of a hall and had a standard closet as opposed to the built-in closet/drawer unit we expected, so we made a run to Target for a couple of inexpensive collapsible storage boxes to organize what she placed on the closet shelf; otherwise, all went pretty much as planned.

We ended up lofting her bed, so a mini-fridge and her two-drawer dresser could fit underneath. She placed the bed length-wise against the window wall with her desk at the end, allowing her a view of the outdoors while she's studying. The room does not have a/c, but the windows face north and there's plenty of shade from mature trees, so it remains comfortable all day, especially with a small desk fan providing some air movement.

A couple of weeks after move-in, we delivered a bike and a small three-tier rolling cart from IKEA to store her meal supplies (an electric kettle, a set of dishes, utensils, spices, tea, snacks, canned soups, cleaning supplies, etc). It fits under her bed next to the fridge for easy access, and she rolls it down the hall to the dorm kitchen when she wants to cook, so she has everything she needs at hand. (She has a meal plan, but she likes to cook for her hallmates occasionally.)

She designed her space to be fairly compact, which turned out to a very good thing, because despite coming from overseas, her roommate is a borderline hoarder (by dorm standards) who's taken up a whole lot more space than truly necessary. My daughter doesn't seem to mind, though, so it's all worked out. She just keeps to her space and lets her roommate do her own thing.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics