Back-to-School: Organizing Your Dorm Bed
August 6, 2012
For most dorm-dwelling college students, the bed is a multi-purpose piece of furniture. Sure, it’s used for sleeping, but the bed is also a prime study area, where a student can lay out all textbooks, notes and other materials needed for an all-night cram session. With the proper items, a college student’s bed can also provide additional storage opportunities to those cramped dorm rooms. Here are some suggestions on making the most of a dorm bed:
- Shine a light on your studies with the Adjustable Clip-On Desk Lamp. Coming in black, blue, red and white, the clip-on desk lamp can be attached to the top of a head board or on the side of a night stand.
- A lap desk is another great item for dorm room studying. Go colorful and chose something like the Chevron Lap Desk, which comes with a cup holder for your coffee and other energy drinks.
For those that use a wireless mouse with their laptop, the Notebook Lap Desk with Mouse Pad would be a good option. For extra long study sessions, this lap desk comes with a cooling USB-powered fan, to keep your laptop from overheating. - Under bed storage is immensely important, considering the lack of storage space in most dorm rooms. Using the Stor-N-Slide Under Bed Container to store clothes, shoes or extra bed linens is a great way to utilize space under the bed.
Want to create more under bed storage space? Place your bed frame on these innovative Storage Pod Bed Risers. These bed risers will add an additional six inches of space for under bed storage, while providing storage cubbies for cell phones, remotes, keys, small books, magazines, and more.
Tips For Maximizing Closet Space with a Shoe Bench
August 6, 2012
Maximizing your closet space can be quite a difficult proposition, particularly when you have a home that your family has slightly outgrown. When you have children sharing closets and rooms, things tend to get a little bit messy. Add in parents sharing some spaces, and you have a recipe for disorder.
There are a few things you can do to free up some space in your closets and get the most out of what little you may have available. By adding some storage accessories to your home, you will find that you can accommodate more of your stuff than you ever expected.
Espresso Bench with Shoe Storage
In the closet, adding shelf dividers to a long shelf is the perfect way to get the most out of it. These dividers are usually made from steel or other sturdy metal, and slide onto most shelves. With these shelf accessories, you can use each “bin” that is created by the divider to separate items, making them organized and easy to find.
Outside the closet, adding a shoe rack is a great way to clear up closet space. One of the biggest offenders of closet clutter is our shoes. When you have four or five people sharing one closet, with all their shoes piled in there that is a lot of space lost.
The Esspresso Bench with Shoe Storage is a great way to get shoes out of the closet and located in one convenient, easy to find location. The bench has an attractive appearance, so it is a good accessory for the entryway, and has a bench seat, perfect for putting on your shoes on the way out.
The last organizational solution for the closet is a hanging organizer. These are relatively inexpensive and provide hanging “drawers” for storing everyday items. Because they face the front of the closet and have open fronts, it is easy to find what is stored within them.
With all of these accessories, you and your family can enjoy a more organized closet. All of these solutions are relatively inexpensive and easy-to-do.
Dorm Organization Tips
July 31, 2012
Dorm life is a rite of passage for most students and while it involves wonderful experiences like making new friends and gaining independence as an adult, it also involves learning to live organized. Anyone who lived in a dorm their first year of college can understand the space-issues I am talking about. And most teenagers don’t have a knack for organizing or keeping a tidy space (I know because I was one). It is okay if organizing does not come naturally, it’s just one of those things you have to learn as a young adult, like paying your own bills or cooking meals for yourself.
50 Pair Shoe Rack – Space Saving Design
Shoes can be especially tricky to organize, especially in compact living spaces. When my friend’s daughter moved into the dorm last year, I encouraged her to get a 50 pair stacking metal and plastic shoe rack. Now, she herself did not own 50 pairs of shoes, but the shoe storage rack was big enough to house both hers and her roommate’s shoes. The roommate was especially grateful for this! Because it stands at four and a half feet tall, the metal shoe rack does not take up a lot of space which is important in dorm rooms.
Bamboo Shoe Rack Set of 2
If that particular shoe rack does not work for you or someone you know who’s moving into a dorm this fall, then I would consider getting a stacking shoe rack like a bamboo shoe rack which comes in a set of 2. This too is a space saving shoe rack because it can be stacked vertically to take up less floor space in the room or in the closet. And if you only need one of the shoeracks, buy it with your roommate and split the pair up between the two of you. This is also an economical way to go about it, which is helpful for any starving student!