Dorm Design Guide (With a Little Help from Two Art Majors)
Now that you’ve lived in your space for a couple of months and have had a chance to recover from midterms over Quad break, it’s time to figure out which details will make your dorm room feel a little more like home.
Posted on October 21, 2019 by College Communications in Featured.
Today it’s a double room in Nyland Hall, tomorrow it’s a New York City studio apartment. Who knows where you could end up after school? Now that you’ve lived in your space for a couple of months and have had a chance to recover from midterms over Quad break, it’s time to figure out which details will make your dorm room feel a little more like home. To help you get started, two senior art majors are here to show you their on-campus digs and offer savvy design tips along the way.
Meet Josh Peterman ’20 and Kaitlyn Wulf ’20. You could describe Josh’s vibe as eclectic contemporary and cool-toned. Abstract portraits and lots of blue, green and grey hues fill his room. Kaitlyn’s is more of a boho paradise, replete with hanging metal stars, ivy plants and canvas totes. (Fun fact: she also has an emotional support animal named Mochi.)
No matter your style, these seven tips from Kaitlyn and Josh will transform your space in no time:
Rearranging furniture in a Ferrin-double can be its own high-energy-expenditure game of Tetris, but for Josh it’s an important part of making the most of a small space.
“When you first arrive, your dorm layout is not the most functional. Nothing in this room is in its original spot. It’s small, but there’s a lot of space you can use,” says Josh.
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