How to make your dorm a home away from home. Option 1: Pack the basics and buy what you need when you get to college. Cons: the first couple weeks, the mailroom is crowded and packages might get lost. Or you get whatever is left at the stores near campus. If you have no access to a car, you mi...
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For a Good Night's Sleep
Luggage, Backpacks, & Bags
Bath
Women's Winter Coats
Lighting and Charging Station and Gadgets
Kitchen Electrics and Cooking
For a Good Night's Sleep
To make the dorm homey and comfortable
Luggage, Backpacks, & Bags
If moving in to dorms by car, those IKEA FRAKTA bags are great. The bag handles allow the bags to be carried like a backpack or over the shoulder. One can put clothes on hangers, and put the FRAKTA bag around the clothes, so that when you get to the ...
Bath
Remember to bring a robe, since your bathroom may be down the hall.
Women's Winter Coats
What coats are great for the freezing Midwest and Northeast winters?
Lighting and Charging Station and Gadgets
College kids have a lot of tech!
Kitchen Electrics and Cooking
Medicine Kit
Add allergy medicines such as Benadryl or Zyrtec to the medicine kit because these can be life saving when someone discovers a new food allergy. Discuss birth control and perhaps add condoms to the medicine kit.
Storage
Small spaces need organized storage.
Laundry
Some college laundry machines are in basements and require walking several flights of stairs. A backpack laundry bag might be easier, as well as lighter detergent such as pods or laundry sheets. I tried a rolling plastic laundry hamper by Sterilite, ...
Clean Up
Hahaha!
Buy the things that are used at home. That way at the end of the school year, you have refills. But optimism wins, so here are things that might get used.
