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10 Ways To Make Your Dorm Room Feel Like Home
We beg to differ with those who say a dorm room isn't worth investing decorating time in. Even if you only plan on spending a semester in the space, an uncomfortable atmosphere isn't conductive to studying, working or sleeping. Click through for 10 ways to make your dorm room a little less sterile and a little more habitable...
1. Live Without: It can be difficult when moving away from home, usually for the first time, to think about all the things you'll be living without. In this parting of ways, it can be easy to horde things and spend all your time thinking about all the "stuff and things" you want to bring with you to help ease the pains of separation. In the process of all this, small dorm spaces can get bogged down with things you don't really need. Try downsizing, if not doing completely without many of the things you think you might need or have to have.
2. Focus On Your Work Areas: It doesn't matter if you have an awesome couch, fine linens or a microwave, what matters most is making sure you can accomplish what you need to in the space. Sleeping comfortably, working comfortably and a space for study are all at the top of the list. Even if it means doing without something you'd like to bring into the space, you pay for college and should be able to make the most of it without fighting a desk that's too small or a bed you can't get into.
3. Lighting! Lighting! Lighting!: Dorm lighting is always horrible. Overhead florescents aren't good for anything and a single desk or task lamp just doesn't get the job done. Plan on having three light sources if at all possible. This is the only time in your life (most likely) you won't have to pay for utilities, so make the most of it! Rope lights, floor lamps, desk lamps and pendant lamps are all a good idea, check out up lighting as a great option as is altering the basic overhead rectangular fixture or making your own lighting creation! Just please be cautious to not burn the place down.
4. DIY With Restrain & Purpose: DIY ideas for temporary spaces is a great way to jazz the place up. But a little goes a long way to make your room stand out from others. A room with clever DIY improvements makes for a great punch and a way to personalize your space, but a room with DIY overload can feel chaotic. Make your DIY projects count and use them to reflect bits of your personality and taste.
5. Add A Rug or Carpet: A real rug. Save up the extra cash and buy one you'll really love instead of the $30 big box special or check with carpet stores instead of the major hardware stores for in stock remnants for less than the price of a smaller area rug (plus you can pick up a piece of padding at a steal!). When seating is limited, the floor is an excellent option next time you're hosting Wii night in your room without the aid of having chairs. Plus it will help soften the visual weight of the usually heavy and oppressive furniture you'll be stuck with for at least the next semester.
6. Add Impromptu Seating: Poufs, Mats and Floor cushions are all great ways to bring in seating without having to bring in a couch or extra chairs. Try stacking them in a corner or at the foot of your bed to keep them accessible but out of the way until needed. Even if you don't plan on doing a great deal of entertaining, they can be a nice relief from laying in bed or sitting in a chair.
7. Textiles: Curtains (don't forget you can easily make cool ones yourself), throws, pillows and bed linens are all great ways to add some color without having to paint or add diy treatments to the walls (which is your first reaction when you move into your new stark white space). Try pinning fabric to the existing curtains or making your own. Often times fabric will be less pricey than buying them pre-made. Try picking one multi-colored pattern piece and pulling individual colors from it to use elsewhere in the space. It's a great way to have everything work together without being super matchy matchy (which means thrift stores and even auctions are a great place to find things).
8. Frame It Up: Although it can be easy to deck out your walls with large amounts of double sided tape and last week's kegger photos, try using your new found room as a more grown up space instead of something that looks like the expanded version of your high school locker. Try using Flickr, Facebook and Twitter for your pictures, or even make a book of them and frame up the ones you especially love. Industrial strength velcro works wonders for holding up inexpensive frames that are also light weight. Rotate through your favorites or try grouping smaller shots together to make a bigger impact.
9. Mattress Pad: Dorm mattresses are up there with the ones found in RV's. Plastic and uncomfortable, try adding one, if not two or three mattress pads. Have a foam topper? That will be a great addition. Try looking for loss leader sales on them or checking places like Overstock.com for ones on the cheap. If you find a king size at a steal of a price, find a friend to share it with and cut it in half! Just remember they smell weird when you unroll them, so try airing it out before you get to campus if at all possible.
10. Reflective Light: Mirrors are your new best friend. They instantly make a room look larger and you aren't confined to using just a rectangular one on the back of your door. If you want to make a larger floor mirror without the cost, try gluing mirrored tiles (found at your local hardware store for usually $1-$2 a tile) to a board (try Craigslist for someone cleaning out their garage) and prop it against a wall or use industrial velcro (really, it's your new best friend, forget those release sticky tab things) to attach it. It will be a fabulous addition anywhere you put it, but across from your windows or near a light source will be your best bet! Don't forget they can be horizontal as well as vertical!
What helped your dorm room feel like home, instead of a hole in the wall? Let us know in the comments below!
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disagree on buying a good rug...bad things happened to the very very cheap rug I had in school.
If you care a lot about the look of your room, get in contact with your roommate(s) early and put together a design plan. It's possible to coordinate too much (looking back I regret the matching duvet covers my roommate and I bought) but wildly clashing schemes in a small space can drive you crazy. Pick two or three main colors you agree on and personalize from there.
I agree that having a comfortable, attractive environment is important even for college students. These are all practical ways of cozying up a dorm room without spending too much money. It's not hard to find inexpensive and attractive bed linens, art, rugs and lighting. If you are a careful shopper, you can find things that you can use in room after room, and even past college.
However, I object to the excessive commercialization of 'the college experience' and the explosion of college-related decor and accessories in the past decade or so. A great deal of it is cluttery junk and will be left behind by students for bemused staff to dispose of. As with any kind of decorating, sticking with the basics and avoiding gimmicks is the best way to get the most bang for your buck and avoid creating more landfill.
And I think most would agree that the time and money one invests in a living space should be balanced with how long one will be there and for what purpose. College students should be more focused on studying, making friends, and generally maturing and developing themselves as human beings rather than perfecting their dorm rooms. I say this with regards to a couple of previous AT posts on dorm rooms, which I felt went too far in the latter direction.
I am 25 now and I don't use a single thing I bought to decorate my college dorm. Don't get me wrong, it looked great, but your tastes will change. It's a waste of time and money. Plus you have to move every 4-8 months!
Go for an inexpensive Anthropologie look. Hunt at the salvation army, yard sales, your grandparents garage...take hand-me-downs and concentrate on studying and meeting new and interesting people.
Keep it ridiculously simple. You will look cooler. Invest in an amazing laptop and really good bedding - that's it. Go cheap for everything else.
After you study hard and get a good job, then move into your first place and actually start investing in pricey stuff. For now, if you're a total design nut, just subscribe to Elle Decor and keep a design ideas folder on your computer.
oh, the mattress pad idea is a good one. I had a twin one from ikea for under $100. Awesome idea.
Its been a long time since I have been in collage but the only thing that was new was a butterfly chair and new mattress everything else was thrifted and it looked great.
I took Indian sarees that I found in the sales bin at an Indian mercantile store and layered them over rodes as my drapes which later became table clothes for my outdoor dinner parties. You can find some really beautiful prints and colors and they can be thrown into the wash.
st@cy good advise!
The one thing that REALLY made my roommate's and my room look AWESOME was black presentation boards from Hobby Lobby. You can take pins and pin up
e v e r y t h i n g! They look really sharp if you have them hung in the right places. :)
I wouldn't spend too much money on sheets, unless you have a more conventionally-sized bed and not the extra-long twin beds that are standard-issue at most colleges. A mattress pad is a must, I think. Those dorm mattresses can be terrible.
I agree with going inexpensive. I didn't, and now I don't use a single thing that I bought for my dorm room. Just buy the necessities, things that you will enjoy living with for the year, and then finish off the decorating with inexpensive items like photos. I had photos taped and tacked all along my closet and on bulletin boards in my room. They made my stark unit feel like home, and always served as conversation starters with my guests.
Keep it simple, save money and use hand-me-downs. in every small college town I know, there is an attic or storage space with tons of furniture for sale.
I used my dorm room for sleeping, since there were 3 of us in about 100 square feet. I spent most of my time in the hallway, library or lounge (not always even in my own dorm) and took advantage of all the other good spaces on campus.
Tie dyed curtains! (they were dirt cheap. I wish I still had them...)
As a former Resident Advisor, I've seen MANY modifications to a dorm room. Here are some of my favorites.
1) Try making a lightweight wooden frame that will fit large blank spots on the wall and covering it with any fabric you like (think of a painters canvas). Cover any cork boards with the same fabric or mix it up.
2) Many people in my dorm made loft beds and slid their desks under them, then stored their bed frames disassembled in their closet. Make sure you build it sturdy.
3) Rug - I agree that one is needed, but not an expensive one. As stated above, MANY "bad things" can happen to a dorm rug.
4) Check out thrift stores in the area for a cheap loveseat and cover it with a cheap king sized sheet of comforter after a heavy spraying of Lysol and Febreze. These fit great under a lofted bed.
5) Get either a hollow core door ($20 at a hardware store) or take the door off your closet. Clamp the door to your desk or set it on your bed as needed for increased work area. If you have a single room (you're lucky) you may have two of everything. Set the door across your two desks to make one nice big work area.
6) It sounds cheesy, but get a plant. A nice big plant to put in your work area. It will brighten the room and produce much needed oxygen. Plus, it monitors stress. If you're plant is dying because you're not watering it, you're either over stressed or partying too much to pay attention to what matters.
Remember, anything you do to the room will have to be undone by you before checking out at the end of the semester or year. Be creative and have fun.
I was all about cheap and cozy. I assumed that my room-mates would have different ideas of what the space should look like (as they did), so I concentrated on making my bed my own space. I studied there and rested there. I put see through curtains around my bed (with clouds on them). Since I had a bunk bed located above a desk and an armoire, the clouds were sort of cute. Also had a large blue Chinese lantern above the bed.
And yes...my tastes have definitely changed. No more black lights and photos of Hail Bob on my walls. :)
If you're totally on the same page with your room-mates about what it should look like, could be a worthy investment (I would try to not exceed $100), otherwise claim what's yours and make it your own!
Eh on the mattress pad -- what you want is one of those foam egg crate mattress toppers if you can find them, I'm fairly sure Target has them for cheap, and probably in twin XL.
I disagree w/ slowdown -- I had two pair of sheets from LandsEnd that I could rotate on my bed. Nice sheets in unfamiliar territory can be comforting.
But really, it's a DORM ROOM, there isn't that much space anyway (at least there wasn't where I went to college), so about the only decorations you'll need are maybe a few things on the walls, a comforter, and a desk lamp.
My dorm room always got lots of compliments, I think because I kept it all pretty simple and stylistically coherent. Lots of vintage prints of Paris (cut out of an old calendar), bohemian tapestry things covering a trunk, books everywhere, good (comfy, fluffy) bedding, interesting lighting. None of the pink plastic DORM ROOM target accessories, but lots of fun stuff from my parents. Lots of hand-me-down shelving.
Appreciate what you might already have.
It's true that many dorms have terrible existing furniture, but some do not. In the dorm I lived in for my first year at school we had blond, bent-plywood desks by Marcel Breuer. I believe the chairs and bookcases were also Breuer.
Sadly, I hear the school has since gotten rid of them. (It makes me wish I had stolen my desk and just paid the $50 "missing item" fee at the end of the year!)
15 years later (gulp), I still use a few things that I (ok, my parents) got for my dorm room: some beautiful persian rugs, an antique leather-backed mission-style rocker, and a really quality solid wood bookshelf. They also gave me a few framed art prints that livened things up.
Rather than the mattress pad, I went for a featherbed for a little extra padding. I also bought a simple wood set of shaker pegs to hang coats and bathrobes and the like, preserving valuable space (but nicer than the gross plastic stick-on hooks).
But since our dorm rooms were very small, the biggest improvement that I made was to ditch some of the school-issued furniture. Not literally, of course. The most heinous stuff went into the basement storage areas of the school (with some help from sympathetic custodians), and the dresser was tucked into the closet where it's ugly lines didn't impact the room.
my top favorite things we did in our room (over two years w/ two different roommates):
- Lofted our beds. We had a pretty high ceiling so we still had enough room to sit up in bed, and it made a world of difference in the amount of room. The second year we painted the loft black which improved the room's look about 200%.
- Had a futon. The futon was a great place to study, relax and watch tv, or hang out. But try not to ever take naps on the futon, it helps to seperate sleeping (in bed) with studying (which should not involve sleeping).
- Bought an extra large mini fridge. Our fridge was just under the max limit (about 58 inches, I think). The seperate freezer comparment was awesome, our friends would often store their ice cream in it. It was also nice to be able to fit a whole container of milk/juice in the fridge.
- Made curtains. We took down the (gross, old, disgusting) off white curtains and replaced them with nice colorful ones we made ourselves.
- Covered our desk chairs. We had those standard wood dorm chairs with a seperate back and seat. We took the screws out of the chairs, covered the (gross, old, disgusting) fabric, and put it back together. Just had to reverse the process at the end of the year.
- Bought cheap rugs to cover the entire floor. We bought two ultra cheap, big box store rugs (probably $30 total) that covered almost all the floor space (except for the fridge/microwave area) and used carpet tape to tape it to the (gross, old, disgusting) linoleum. Our rugs held up much better than the expensive carpet remnants people bought on move in day on campus or more expensive rugs because stains came right out and they didn't get matted down.
That is the biggest dorm room I have ever seen!
The best way to decorate your dorm room is actually to wait for major things until the end of freshman year, when people throw out unbelievable amounts of stuff. Get a friend with a truck and snarff up anything awesome from the curb.
In the meantime, the single most important change to a dorm that I can think of is lofting the bed. If your school allows it, lofting makes an amazing change in the amount of usable space in your living quarters. Most school stick two people in a room as big as the one pictured above, so see if your roommate is open to making a bunk bed.
Every square foot counts.
we did wall to wall carpet in ours that my roomate had scored. It had padding attached to it, and was brand new, so we went wal to wall.
a lot of dorms are going to stackable furniture which can be good and bas. We had 3 guys in our room and left all 3 beds built up so your bed was on top and a desk and shelving underneath. Then one moved out, so we were left with a huge bed area. So we took that one and mine and constructed a super loft to get rid of the rest of the furniture. This out the extra bed literally against the ceiling, but we didn't need it.
You just need to get creative. Also, our walls were cinder block, quick way to make you seem like a prisoner.
OH, and get a nice flat screen, which they were around more when i went to school just 3 or 4 years ago, would save a ton of room.
Why would you buy expensive sheets to fit an extra-long twin bed? Unless you're planning on having an extra-long twin for your first apartment/home too? It's a waste of money unless you have a younger relative or friend to pass them onto.
That dorm room is HUGE for one person. You must have taken out the other bed, desk, and dresser.
The best thing you can do in a dorm room is to make your bed (you have a comforter---how much time can it take?) and keep your dirty clothes off the floor. It's a great way to keep it from feeling claustrophobic.
And open a window once in a while. It probably stinks in there.
As a recent college-dorm-move-out (now have my own apartment thank the good God) here are a few tips of my own:
1. MATTRESS PAD- I had both a foam pad and a pillow-top. It made the crappy dorm bed a cloud and a haven.
2. Another huge thing is lighting. See if you can replace the ugly-ass curtains they leave you with, or at least pull them away from the window and drape some cheer cloth over the existing curtain rod. It makes a huge difference.
3. The biggest problem I ran into was clutter. You're bound to save every piece of art your friends make, bring a billion pictures, etc. But in the end, it's suffocating. Clear a space and spice it up with a favorite picture, or a line of polaroids. Try a hanging photo mobile. And for God's sake, don't tape up a million photos on a wall, only to rip them when taking them off in 8 months.
I say go at least a semester before investing in any larger decorative items like rugs and furniture. by then, you will know what kind of room yours will be: the room that you work in, the room where you have movie night with your neighbors, the room where your friends come to preparty before a night out, the room where the raging party that gets shut down by campus security? furnish accordingly.
that said, less is always more.
- get a solid duvet in a neutral color. dress is up with pillows; if you get sick of the enough pillows will also make your bed a couch for when friends are over and can be used for floor lounging.
- do frame a few prints/photos. my freshman roommate did this right away and her half of the room instantly looked cooler. make sure, however, that you don't just frame a bunch of tiny images.
- get a rug of some kind. nothing expensive (urban outfitters has tons of cheap rugs). don't go solid or every little spot and crumb will show. and don't forget to vacuum now and then.
- unless you have a spectacularly giant room, the only furniture you should get is a decent quality, comfy desk chair to help you study *at your desk*. if your chair isn't comfy, you will be tempted to study in bed and that's a bad plan. use it all four years, then sell it. other than that you can 'suffer' though having some bulky tacky furniture for a little while.
- most importantly, don't forget to (re)sell any items you acquire rather than trashing them. even if you won't be there over the summer, you can team up with a bunch of people and rent a storage space for a few items-- it's not that expensive and much less wasteful.
Regarding a rug. My freshman year of college I got a bunch of carpet samples from a store (super cheap) and put them down with duck tape on the back. Whenever there was a spill we'd just pull that piece up and replace it with another. Adds some color to the room as well as cheap and practical! I like to think of it as a precursor to Flor.
TOTALLY get the rug pad. You don't need to get the pricey rug, but spring for the pad. Industrial tile floors are not comfortable, even if you put down the plushest rug on earth. Get the rug pad.
I love this topic :)
I'm all for getting the biggest bang for a buck - which means transforming things you already have and finding inexpensive things (whether IKEA, Target, Craigslist, or thrift stores) and transforming them.
And with online DIY resources like Apartment Therapy, even more can be accomplished in dorm decorating.
I completely agree about the mattress pad. They can be pricey, but a worthy investment!
Some cheap ways to spruce up a dorm:
-Hang curtains from a tension rod, since you usually can't put holes in the walls. You can even paint on more designs if you want
-Switch out sheets and comforter every now and then. I get mine at Ralph Lauren Outlet - great quality, great price
-Netflix subscription. Not exactly decorating..but it will increase your quality of life
-Use those removable adhesive hooks by Scotch to hang things. I tied a string around the small hooks attached to my bulletin board, then hung the strings from the hooks. Also attach a tight string behind light picture frames and hang them from the hooks.
-Floor lamps with shelves. You can paint them to match your room's theme.
-Wall hangings. Put holes in the top of a tapestry or wall hanging and then hang them on the Scotch removable hooks to give those bare white walls something interesting
I'm bargain hunting this summer for things to spruce up my dorm room this year more than I did last year. I'll post pictures once I'm settled in this September.
Non-fluorescent lighting and a comfy bed are the most important things, at least in my experience. And inexpensiveness.
Do they still sell those halogen torchiere lamps? They may not be up to AT design standards, but nothing lights up a room like it. With the right floor lamp, you'll never have to use the overhead fluorescent light. Just try not to burn the place down by tossing your dirty clothes on top of it...
Make your bed a comfy place for sleeping and reading. Get similar bedding to what you have at home. (If you sleep under a cotton quilt or chenille bedspread at home, you'll never sleep comfortably under one of those synthetic fill comforters that come in those bed-in-a-bag packs.)
Get an eggshell mattress and a pillow-top to put on top of it. Then get oversized pillows so you can sit up and read on top of your made bed. And get a reading lamp for the head of the bed.
Re the decor:
- get a bulletin board or other photo board type thing so all of your photos are contained in one spot, rather than taped all over the wall
- Bring one or two nice prints, then decorate the rest over the course of the year as you come into your own style. Then your room will reflect your personality rather than a design magazine or target ad.
- plants are awesome :-)
My Gawd, that dorm room in the picture is enormous! My first one was half that size... we had to loft our beds up to the ceiling to have space to move!
Most important thing to bring to college: extension cords and outlet extenders. Our first room had two outlets. Running a refrigerator, a stereo, a microwave, two computers, a printer, multiple chargers, lamps, alarm clocks, and (of course) multiple hair implements, at the same time was some sort of miracle.
I agree about textiles- but bring things that are easily washed in a crummy dorm-room laundry facility. Rugs, curtains & blankets that can't be washed (or that are too big to stuff in a small machine) will become vile almost immediately.
Never ever put an expensive rug in a dorm room. Especially if you have a roommate who likes to party and throw up. I learned that the hard way.
In defense of my expensive sheets...yes, you will probably only use them for the year. But you use them every single night for the year and, think about it, all you have is your bed and your desk so you're in your bed quite a lot, your friends come and hang out on your bed and you need to get good sleep too!
Spend $$$ on a laptop and bedding. Get everything else second hand.
Oh man this coming year is the first time in 2 years I will not be living in the dorms, thank god! With that being said..It was hard for me to live in a tiny little room with bad carpet, lighting, walls, etc. because I am a design freak. Thankfully me and my roommate made the most of it, we got so many compliments on our room and everyone always came over. Our room was not "ikea-ish" which to me is a good accomplishment cause most dorm rooms end up being that way, It was unique, one of a kind! As much as I hated living in those dreadful rooms, I will miss the times me and my roomie spent there.
College students deserve to splurge!!
Jeez slowdown, how expensive do you think nice twin sheets are? You make it sound like a huge investment wasted. Twin sheets are super cheap... I got two sets of great quality high thread count sheets on sale for less than $40. Most college kids spend at least that in just one night out. And it was probably the best money I ever spent for my dorm room - when you're averaging five or six hours of sleep a night, every wink you get is precious and having a nice comfy bed to sink into is everything.
I also got the thickest mattress pad I could find, not just for comfort, but also because I didn't want my skin to be anywhere near the many years of grossness that has come into contact with a dorm room mattress. My university had lots of issues with their dorm cleaning staff and the rooms were nowhere near sanitized at move-in. I still shudder to think of it. The room only began to feel like home after many hours of scrubbing.
It hasn't been too long since I graduated (two years ago) so I figured I'd weigh in. Do NOT buy expensive things for your dorm - like rugs, etc -- you will only be extremely upset when your not so great roommate spills their soda on it. This happened to many friends.
The most expensive thing I had in my dorm (though I admit I lived at home the last two years since dorms are nuts) was the bedding and that is because I planned to reuse it every year. Everything else was thrift store, hand-me-down, dumpster dive find, etc. Almost no one uses the stuff from their dorm and you just got to move it every year.
Good storage solution is to get get some furniture risers for your bed - that space is extremely valuable. A ton of colleges don't like the idea of lofting the bed and furniture under - at least around here.
I'm beginning to wonder if Indiana has strict colleges - you had to leave the dorm furniture in, there was to be no curtains besides the blinds ad sheers they had on the windows, and you were restricted from hanging anything from the walls unless you used double sided tape. Plus the dorm was about 8' by 10' and I had to share it - I couldn't have gotten much in besides the essentials anyways.
This post cracks me up - I went to college a long time ago before students had so much easy access to credit. We would have never wasted scarce drinking money on or devoted much time to decor besides putting some stuff up on the walls, making the bed, hooking up the stereo and plugging in the fridge.
My freaky freshman roommate had absolutely nothing on her walls or anywhere else the first semester. We had a bet that she owed me a six-pack if she didn't hang anything up by finals. She did eventually hang a nice print, and bought me the beer anyway.
I had billboards stolen from the Metro North stations visible to everyone in the quad when our shades were up since we didn't have "window dressings".
Bring something to clean with. A mop/broom/dustpan/mini vac or something. Many dorms don't provide anything for cleaning and if you don't have it then you wind up living in dirt. Also, bring something to deal with the stale air. Most dorms don't allow candles or incense but if you want to keep same bring/make allowances to buy something.
A small fan - tower or otherwise. Again, about air circulation.
Oh, and before you buy anything make sure you know what you can and can't bring to school. Many dorms don't allow microwaves, mini fridges, or other appliances (except through the companies they contract with).
Reading the comments reminded me... a nice allergin proof mattress cover (they're just like the pillow protectors with a zipper and all, but for mattresses) really made sleeping on a dorm mattress seem a lot less icky.
I have a confession to make. I spent many, many hours thinking about how I would make my half of my very first college dorm "my own". I arrived armed with my own chair in a sand microsuede with patching pouf for additional seating, and the most amazing raw silk curtains in saffron and blood orange that I would attach to the Ikea bed canopy curtain rod we ended up drilling into the concrete walls. I thought my side of the room was a modern Morocco, complete with some beautiful lanterns I'd found at a yard sale.
And my roommate thought I was a huge pain in the ass.
Children! I was a total dorm design NUT in college, and I still use many of the nifty little things I acquired during my four years there. My favorite little tid bits that helped to make my dorm exceptionally homey:
-This may sound a little offbeat, but I went out to the dollar store and purchased a bunch of wrapping paper, which I used to "wallpaper" my walls. Stay away from busy prints and bright solids, as both are distracting. Stick to neutrals and simple prints, like stripes, that are easy to match up and easy to work with.
-Check out antique stores. Sometimes they have such old and nearly decrepit items that you get a real steal on something you only need for a short time anyway. I got a huge, really gorgeous old gold leif mirror that was missing a little piece for under $20.
-Don't even bother with hanging around June to garbage pick 6 year old vomit crusted couches left on the side streets in your college down. Gross. Instead, take a fun springtime drive with a friend who has an SUV in cute, classier towns. Redecorating couples throw away some wonderful items during spring cleaning. This is how I scored a beautiful kitchen table, which I later found out is worth over $600 by a furniture buff family friend.
-Jersey cotton extra long sheets. Cheap, come in ever color, and incredibly soft. When you graduate and hopefully make some real money, then you can splurge on things like high thread count.
-Never underestimate the luxury of non-halogen lighting.
-Art, whether it be crude collages constructed from torn out magazine clippings or a $10 Monet print, is priceless.
Regarding dorm room bedding.
I cannot reccomend this enough!!!!!
and put this under the mattress. Springs attached to dorm beds are horrible and are unable to support the mattress properly. Put this under the mattress, and put a memory foam topper on top.
Invest in a fluffy QUEEN sized comforter and good duvets.
None of the bed-in-a-bag flimsy stuff with cheap comforters and synthetic sheets.
You will be able to use your comforter and duvet for a long time after college if you buy queen instead of twin. And they fill so much more luxurious :)
@undercover: Again, I wasn't saying that all kids should be relegated to crappy sheets. When people mentioned buying "really good" sheets, they did not specify what that means. People have different standards and metrics.
For instance, I went to school on a combination of grants, federal loans, and various part-time jobs, so I scrimped on everything: the cheapest bedding, no extra furniture (even vintage stuff, a lot of which isn't cheap for someone on an extremely limited budget), used books, few new clothes, very limited eating out, etc. I don't think I'm the only person who's had to get through college with the bare minimum of 'stuff' (most of which was handed down to a younger sibling). I think I was tired enough from studying, working and socializing to not mind my sub-par sheets at night.
"College students deserve to splurge!!"
...when they have jobs.
Although I definitely agree that college students should focus on not spending a lot to buy ridiculous plastic furniture/accessories, I do think it's nice to have a cozy dorm room. You're away from home for the first time and having a dorm room that feels like a real room can make a huge difference. Plus it encourages you to leave your door open and have people over.
That said, simpler is better. The dorm rooms I remember were clean and bright, without tons of fancy additions.
I just let my dorm room be what it was.
too small for two people. unpleasant. made of cement. walls that rejected any attempts to hang things on them.
then I moved into an apartment. :)
now life is good.
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When my daughter moved into her first college "house", mini-vans full of parents rolled in with beautiful lamps, cozy chairs, paint, thow rugs, and 1,000 framed pictures of friends (and in our case, we brought extra smoke detectors because it was a 100 year old wooden house).
The boys across the street showed up---mostly on their own---with stereos, big TVs, a couch for the front porch, and a foos-ball table.
The boys were already out on the porch drinking beer while we were still hanging curtains. My husband pointed across the street and said, "I wanna live with THEM!"
Kids---ya gotta love 'em.
daughter is up in two weeks to her second apartment at big university in small town in a green state with a river running through it and way too much rain, unless you like rain.
fresh year was in a semi-swank 3 br with two other girls and it was drama city. boys in their complex had like a door and a couple of crates for a table and that was it. they had sofa, chairs, big tv, bar stools, table and chairs, coffee table. the comforts of home. but the drama was intense, some of it involving furniture. her own room was nice, really, with desk bed, office chair, bookshelf, and all her clothes on the floor. now she has a new room-mate and we hope it will be cool. decor is like college cheap, but that can work.
its all strange for me. i lived at home and went to cal.
Graduated this year, and always had the room (now the apartment) where people want to hang out.
1) SEATING- cushions are perfect for stashing in unseen nooks.
2) MAKE YOUR BED!- the room will instantly look bigger, cleaner, and more inviting.
3) LIGHTING- you and your roommate wont come home at the same time, and it's nice to have some light when you get in without waking up (or being woken up by) the other person. Christmas lights around the ceiling work well, while offering a party vibe when you have friends over.
4) SOUND- you need good headphones (so you and your roommate can study/watch movies/listen to music without bothering each other) and you need good speakers (so you r music sounds good when you have friends over.
That being said, your best times at college wont happen in your dorm room... so dont stress out or break the bank designing it. Also, your friends wont remember what posters you had on your wall, but they will remember the good friends and good times :)
I never went to College... (sad)
anyway, what we use to do in the warm weather was drive up to the College, and look at all the stuff the College kids would put out on the decks, (how they would decorate their decks) from housetrees & houseplants, bikes, furniture, we just like the tour, and the drive.
from washington state.
Reading these stories of jail-esque dorm rooms makes me so happy to go to Mount Holyoke next year! It's an all women's college, and they allow you to do anything to make your dorm room feel at home: nail things into the walls, remove furniture in the room and bring in your own, even take out their bed and mattress and bring your own from home! Not to mention that every common room has a grandfather clock, a baby grand piano, and most have a working fireplace. I assume these liberties exist because there is no threat of not-yet-matured boys on the horizon. Needless to say, I'M SO EXCITED!
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found out what happened to the mouse. He's apparently not dead.
What Happened to the Mouse?
- We still don't know what happened to Wally Winkerbean, post-
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II. We've gotten one hint - we know he was in Iraq and now Becky's car has a POW sticker on it.
Becky placed a flag on a grave in the local cemetery on Flag Day 2009. Whether this has anything to do with Wally remains to be seen, as the next day's cartoon was about baseball.
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Teens Are Monsters - Funky's steals Lisa's cancer charity money and it's implied it's just his latest brush with the law. Funky covers for him by replacing the money himself...while appearing as a "good guy" because he makes a grand gesture of it without telling Les where the money went. The plot has yet to be revisited.
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Truth #1—Be nice to EVERYONE! You NEVER know whom you are in the presence of! Just be nice—even when they aren't nice to you! They may not be nice to you because you are Ethiopian-American. They may not be nice to you because you are awesome. They may not be nice to you for a number of options or reasons. That's ok—still be nice. They won't know what to do with your niceness. *This doesn't mean you are a doormat and allow people to walk all over you.
Truth #2—Your penis should be used for good and NOT evil! Obviously, I will expand upon this when you're a wee (no pun intended) older.
Truth #3—There is such a thing as skank! Love her because God loves her, but don't date her, sleep with her or marry her.
Truth #4—Jumping off a roof into a swimming pool is just strait unwise—don't be stupid.
Truth #5—You WILL go to college. It can be trade school, medical school, whatever, but the "School of Hard Knocks" ain't college!
Truth #6—Allow yourself to fall in love. It's scary and you could get hurt, but don't let that keep you from loving and loving someone else with all that you are!
Truth #7—It's ok to cry, but… make it worth it. Losing the NCAA Championship—cry, Baby! Slamming your finger in the door—cry, my love! First person you ever loved dumps you for someone else—let it go and cry Konjo! Getting a "B" on a paper—um NO!!!
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Truth #9—When people show you who they are—believe them. I can't take credit for this one, but thank you Oprah for having Maya Angelou on your show when she shared this. Take it to heart. People rarely change. Allow them to be who they are, but when they show you who they are—good, bad or ugly—it's probably the truth!!!
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Truth #16—There is no such thing as "woman's work". Knowing how to do dishes and laundry and baking and cooking and cleaning makes you AWESOME!
Truth #17—TRAVEL. Explore the world. Don't pass up the opportunity to see how other people live, experience history, and step outside your "world". Embrace cultures and language and food and life!!! It will truly change your life for the good.
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Truth #19—Technology is your friend, but it doesn't replace REAL friends.
Truth #20—Not everyone will believe in your dreams, and that's ok—keep dreaming (but you also need to have a real job at some point in your life!).
Truth #21—Celebrate yourself. Don't do it to the point of being a jerk, but you need to be your best advocate, strongest encourager and celebrate each day.
Truth #22—Unless you can sing—just DON'T do Karaoke. Trust me.
Truth #23—Be a maverick. Don't just follow the crowd. Be a trailblazer. Use words that aren't "cool" just to change it up a bit. This keeps people on their toes. *It also shows them that you are not just a follower!
Truth #24—No ponytails. Believe me on this one.
Truth #25—Life is NOTHING like the movies.
Truth #26—No fanny packs!!! EVER!!! (or Uggs or Ed Hardy)
Truth #27—Take responsibility. This applies to your choices and actions. Once you make a decision about something, it's now on you to take responsibility (good or bad) for what happens next. And it's ok to be wrong! Please see #'s 1-4, 11, 12, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 26!
Truth #28—Grunting, rolling the eyes, loud/audible guffaws are NOT acceptable responses. EVER!
Truth #29—Listen. When someone speaks to you, listen to them. When someone you care about says "no" in an intimate situation, it means no. When a teacher tells you to do something (unless it's #10 or 11), you listen to them. When a friend needs to talk, please listen. Sometimes listening could save someone's life.
Truth #30—If someone looks like they need a hug, they probably do. If you don't really know them, ask before you go in for one. But, for the most part, sometimes, people can use a good hug!


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In 1983, NBAA convention-goers who happened to be at the static display at Dallas Love Field at the right time witnessed a bit of history when a radical-looking airplane made a flyby. The flyby was the coming-out party for what would become the Beech Starship, an all-composite canard twin-turboprop that looked nothing like any other airplane ever built or even contemplated.
No offense intended to its participants, but aviation progress by the 1980s had become rather mundane by comparison with the incessant leaps and bounds of previous decades. Maybe it was a matter of butting up against the realities of aviation's maturity, or maybe it was simply a product of the funk enveloping the west at the start of the 1980s.
It's fitting that the first museum to which Raytheon Aircraft is donating a Beech Starship–the Kansas Aviation Museum–is located in Wichita, the city where the composite twin-turboprop pusher was conceived, designed and built. In June Raytheon Aircraft disclosed to AIN (July, page 1) that it planned to destroy all 50 Starships produced because continued support is cost prohibitive.
The Beech Starship fleet is being destroyed at the behest of manufacturer Raytheon, which owns 40 of the 50 production airplanes built between 1988 and 1995.
A Beech Starship has joined the world's most famous flying boat and the "world's fastest aircraft" on exhibit in an Oregon museum, thanks to a donation by Raytheon Aircraft. The three aircraft are among those displayed at the Evergreen Aviation Museum in McMinnville. The Starship joins Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose, an SR-71 Blackbird and more than 50 other historic airplanes and helicopters at the nearly three-year-old museum.
Look for a new twin-engine very light jet to be unveiled at the NBAA Convention next week in Orlando, Fla. Start-up Spectrum Aeronautical, based in Encinitas, Calif., and led by industry veteran–and father of the Beech Starship–Linden Blue, has scheduled an announcement at its exhibit booth on November 8. Its product is the Model 33, a twin-engine jet with composite construction. N322LA is the registration assigned to S/N 0001.
Start-up Spectrum Aeronautical of Los Angeles today unveiled a nine-seat, $3.65 million all-composite very light jet.
Mention Wichita, and most people in the business aviation industry immediately think of Cessna, Raytheon/ Beech, Learjet or Boeing. Aviation history buffs and old-timers are likely to add Laird Airplane, Culver Aircraft, Travel Air or Stearman
to the list. But it's a good bet that very few, if any, would even mention the National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR).
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3e8 m/s speed of light
1.5e7 m/s is 5% of speed of light
v = at so t = v/a
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Your error is that 1 g is not 1 m/s^2 but rather 10 m/s^2.
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You're off by a factor of 10. Ignoring relativity, accelerating at 1 g for 1/2 of a year brings you to approximately 50% c and not 5%.
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- So far, so good... Review by techniQ
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I really think this gi is great. I haven't really payed attention to grip breaking, but put it this way... If you can break the grips on this thing, then you're going to be fine when you wear your 'go-to gi.' This thing is light as heck and a pleasure to roll with. Ossssu!
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Just got my one, haven't used it yet, so I won't assess durability or how comfortable it is just yet, but I can say that I'm 5'9", 160lb and aware the A2 fits very well. Be aware though that on my case the A2 actually weights around 3.5lb as opposed to the 2.8lb advertised. Still very light but not what was advertised.
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- Great Review by Ryan
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The gi jacket is great and well designed for warm weather training. It shrunk a little after washing and I haven't had any issues with stretching. The lighter weight material is easier to grab/hold. The gi pants are low quality and don't hold up well. I think there a better choices, look for a lightweight gi with rip stop jacket/pants
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- Great Review by Benjamin Betz
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Some problem as other. Gi stretches a ridiculous amount. 6-8 inches per sleeve. Bought this gi after buying a pro light that I'm happy with. Would never buy this gi again for any reason.
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I never use this gi anymore. It loses its shape after 2 minute of rolling. Skip it.
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I bought this gi about six months ago. I am 5'11 and 180. The good, it fits perfect, its comfortable, and its very light. The bad, the pants ripped last week, and the gi stretches when its wet from sweat. If someone is pulling on my sleeves, the gi stretches past my hands. Plus i think the material of this gi makes it harder to break someones grip. I would only buy this gi again if light weight was important.
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I found the gi to stretch way to much. Once your opponent gets a grip on your sleeves or any part of your gi , it seems like they have total control over you, it could probably stretch like 6-7 inches. I was very disappointed. Even though its light weight and feels comfortable, the stretching is ridiculous.
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I bought this gi based on the positive reviews, i cannot believe guys that are 5'5 and 5'7 say they went the A2. I am 5'10 pushing 5'11 at about 174 pounds and the skirt goes past my ass (the A2), I also found it to be extremely stretchy after about 5 minutes of people pulling on it and it became extremely baggy because of this. Straight out of the box the sleeves were perfect but again i found they became stretched when gripped and by the end of class they were too long. I dont know, maybe i have an awkward sized body but the Koral Classic A2 fits me like a glove, the bottom of this gi hangs about 4-5 inches longer than my Koral A2. I wouldn't recommend this for heavy duty competition style training if you like a tighter fit because although it does seem very durable it becomes quite stretched. I am also wondering can i shrink this gi?
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Macquarie Capital hires US head of equity capital markets
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Macquarie Capital, the corporate advisory and capital markets arm of Macquarie Group, has appointed David McShane as a senior managing director and US head of equity capital markets.
McShane will join Macquarie from Bank of America Merrill Lynch, where he served as managing director and head of US energy and power equity capital markets.
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Sat Sep 5, 2009 11:21 pm NFL suspended free agent DE Erasmus James indefinitely for an undisclosed violation of league policy.
Fantasy Source Spin: We're not exactly sure why, but James must have done something to tick Roger Goodell off. The Vikings made him the 18th overall pick in the 2005 draft and it's been all downhill since a torn ACL during the 2006 season.
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Mon Aug 11, 2008 9:11 am Redskins DE Erasmus James will be activated from the PUP list.
Fantasy Source Spin: Knee injuries have hindered James to the point where anything the Redskins get out of him should be considered a bonus, but with their lack of depth it's worth a shot. DE Kevin Huntley was released to create roster space.
Source: Washington Post
Tue Jun 3, 2008 1:43 am The Redskins expect DE Erasmus James (knee) to be at full strength by training camp.
Fantasy Source Spin: If there was any guarantee of this, the Vikings never would've moved James. There's also no telling what "100%" of what James has left constitutes after several surgeries. The Skins should consider anything he adds a big bonus.
Source: Washington Post
Tue May 27, 2008 4:49 pm The Washington Post reports that the Redskins have traded a conditional seventh-round 2009 draft pick to the Vikings for DL Erasmus James.
Fantasy Source Spin: James was reportedly limping badly before being waived by the Vikings, but the price is right to take a chance on the oft-injured 25-year-old. James was the No. 18 pick in the 2005 draft, and while knee surgeries have likely hindered his explosiveness, he could contribute depth to a thin defensive line in Washington if he manages to get healthy.
Source: Washington Post
Sun May 25, 2008 8:47 am Erasmus James was reportedly limping badly during spring minicamps before the Vikings waived him.
Fantasy Source Spin: It doesn't look like he'll be helping anyone soon. James can clear waivers and join Minnesota's injured reserve list, but the Vikings coaches probably don't want him around anymore. Taking the year off wouldn't be a bad idea.
Source: ESPN Insider
Fri May 23, 2008 4:56 pm Vikings waived/failed physical DE Erasmus James.
Fantasy Source Spin: James, the No. 18 overall pick in the 2005 draft, hasn't been healthy since his four-sack rookie season. Multiple knee surgeries have likely cost him a good deal of explosiveness. Still, James is only 25 and should land somewhere if he gets healthy. By trading Troy Williamson and cutting James, the Vikings no longer have anything to show for their once-heralded 2005 first round.
Source: Minneapolis Star-Tribune
Wed Mar 19, 2008 12:44 am Vikings coach Brad Childress said Tuesday that he doesn't know when DE Erasmus James will be able to play again.
Fantasy Source Spin: James has had three knee surgeries in the last 12 months. The Vikings will consider anything he offers in 2008 a bonus. With Kenechi Udeze (leukemia) even less likely to help, defensive end remains a big need area for the club.
Mon Feb 25, 2008 12:24 am Vikings coach Brad Childress isn't optimistic about DE Erasmus James (knee surgeries) making an impact this year.
Fantasy Source Spin: "It's been one bad turn after another for Erasmus," said Childress. "He was a holdout as a rookie, and then got hurt immediately. Had a bad surgery, came back and had to have the knee repaired again. He's got a long road to hoe here rehab-wise (to get) back on the football field."
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48 years ago tomorrow, the Equal Pay Act was signed into law by President John F. Kennedy to "prohibit discrimination on account of sex in the payment of wages by employers". To celebrate, check out this PSA from the 60′s starring Batman (
Adam Westunidentified actor), Robin (Burt Ward), and Batgirl (Yvonne Craig). Holy discontent Batman!
The ad is unfortunately still relevant. As President Obama pointed out in his press release from last year, at the time the Act was signed, women were paid 59 cents for every dollar earned by men. But today, 48 years later, pay parity remains far from reality, as women in the United States still only earn 77 cents for every dollar earned by men. For women of color, this gap is even wider.
The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act was a good start, but as we all know, there's much more to be done. You may remember that the Paycheck Fairness Act, which would have expanded the scope of the original 1963 law, failed to pass the Senate back in November. According to the Nation, by some estimates women could lose between $500,000 and $1 million over a forty-year career.
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Emsley Jo Golter - December 21, 2011
To Traci and Blair Golter of Gothenburg on Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2011, at North Platte, a daughter, Emsley Jo. She weighed six pounds, 14 ounces, and was 19 and one-half inches in length.
Grandparents include Don and Sharon Abbott and Tom and Connie Long, all of Gothenburg, and John and Brenda Golter of North Platte.
Great-grandmother is Margaret Long of North Platte.
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