skymama 35 #1 June 5, 2009 Besides condoms. My son is graduating from HS today and I'm already looking ahead to what he might need for his dorm room so I can start picking things up. I lived in apartments when I went to college, so I never had to worry much about small spaces. Any tricks or items that made your life easier? I'm taking notes! She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man, because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iambeav2 0 #2 June 5, 2009 Quote Besides condoms. My son is graduating from HS today and I'm already looking ahead to what he might need for his dorm room so I can start picking things up. I lived in apartments when I went to college, so I never had to worry much about small spaces. Any tricks or items that made your life easier? I'm taking notes! Condoms... Please don't hoit me...I'z juz kiddin....it's not the fact that you don't appreciate what you have until it's gone...it's the fact that you don't appreciate what you have until someone appreciates it for you! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LisaH 0 #3 June 5, 2009 Extension cords/power strips!!!Be yourself! MooOOooOoo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymama 35 #4 June 5, 2009 I never would have thought of that! She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man, because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skybytch 259 #5 June 5, 2009 Quote My son is graduating from HS today and I'm already looking ahead to what he might need for his dorm room so I can start planning what I'm going to do with what used to be his bedroom. Fixed it for ya. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
d_squared431 0 #6 June 5, 2009 A mini frig would be great for him to have and a small safe or lock box.TPM Sister#130ONTIG#1 I love vodka.I love vodka cause it rhymes with Tuaca~LisaH You having a clean thought is like billyvance having a clean post.iluvtofly Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,395 #7 June 5, 2009 Beer. Coeds.OK, seriously: - Mini fridge (for the beer of course).- Microwave. - Small ghetto-blaster, i.e. AM/FM/cassette. (Yes, cassette. It was 1986) - Small TV. I was a co-op student, meaning I had to move back and forth between school and a job 1000 miles away at the end of every semester, so everything (but the fridge), needed to fit in a Jeep CJ-5. There were always mini-fridges being sold at the end of every semester, so those were easy to buy/sell. Edit to add: Also a quality book bag. Due to the size of campus and the short time between classes, I had to sometimes haul a huge pile of books in my bag. The first bag started coming apart at the seams in 6 weeks. I replaced it with a good one from REI that lasted the remaining 5 years of school and I still have it today. "There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iambeav2 0 #8 June 5, 2009 Quote Besides condoms. My son is graduating from HS today and I'm already looking ahead to what he might need for his dorm room so I can start picking things up. I lived in apartments when I went to college, so I never had to worry much about small spaces. Any tricks or items that made your life easier? I'm taking notes! For serious, loftbeds are the shit. Puts you a mini office of YOUR space under your bed. Most colleges allow it. Where's he goin? Shower shoes/kits. Everyone in my dorm didn't get the "shower shoes" b/c they were MEN...and those MANLY MEN always had something passin b/w each other...oye....it's not the fact that you don't appreciate what you have until it's gone...it's the fact that you don't appreciate what you have until someone appreciates it for you! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NWFlyer 2 #9 June 5, 2009 Agree with what others have said about the mini-fridge. Check to make sure that a microwave is allowed before you get one of those. I think they weren't allowed in my dorm "back in the day." A fan. No A/C in our dorms, and the heat was always on during certain times of the year, regardless of whether there was an unseasonal warm spell. So we used the windows/fans as our A/C... year round (in Virginia!). Any other ideas I have, a young man would probably scoff at ... like shower caddys for toiletries (assuming shared bathrooms). "There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rookie120 0 #10 June 5, 2009 Kegerator! http://www.kegerator.com/If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wmw999 2,146 #11 June 5, 2009 I got to college with only clothes and a leather book back (from overseas). The things I bought right away that I couldn't live without were: sheets towels (with Yogi Bear ) bedspread toiletries Things I bought later: fridge can/bottle opener popcorn popper (hey, there weren't any microwaves in those days -- we just built fires!) koozie some cinder blocks and boards for configurable shelving And Lisa's absolutely right about the power strip. Wendy P. There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flusspirat 0 #12 June 5, 2009 coffee-machine! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brains 2 #13 June 5, 2009 Depending on the dorm room and they type of bed provided. Usually they are bunkbeds that can be taken down into two separate beds. we used cinder blocks to lift them up so we had more useable floor space. Microwaves weren't allowed in our dorm, but we had one of those little electric pots that boiled water for soups, etc. A cofee pot was a must for us as well. Never look down on someone, unless they are going down on you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Remster 24 #14 June 5, 2009 QuoteAnd Lisa's absolutely right about the power strip. A must, along with a bunsen burner, for any aspiring chemist looking for a way to supplement his parent's allowance.Remster Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Halfpastniner 0 #15 June 5, 2009 QuoteKegerator! http://www.kegerator.com/ Yes! he will be the most popular kid to be recently kicked out of the dorms!BASE 1384 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,395 #16 June 5, 2009 Quote Agree with what others have said about the mini-fridge. Check to make sure that a microwave is allowed before you get one of those. I think they weren't allowed in my dorm "back in the day." They weren't allowed at mine, either. That is why I kept it in the closet."There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymama 35 #17 June 5, 2009 Quote but we had one of those little electric pots that boiled water for soups, etc. Could that be what the school is calling a "hot pot"? I've used a hot pad and a crock pot, but never a hot pot so I didn't know what that was. A microwave or hot pad isn't allowed in the rooms. We are getting a mini-fridge, but it has to be bought through the school. He's going to Flagler University in St. Augustine. I told him he's close enough to come home every weekend and visit his mama, so I won't be redoing his room anytime soon! She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man, because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wmw999 2,146 #18 June 5, 2009 QuoteI won't be redoing his room anytime soon!I took a tour there a few years ago -- my memory is that even parents of the opposite gender aren't allowed upstairs, so you won't be redoing his room at all, will you... Really cool place, though Wendy P.There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jewels 0 #19 June 5, 2009 Quarters for laundry are good. It's not really for the dorm room, per se, but it's a good college-type item.TPM Sister #102 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymama 35 #20 June 5, 2009 I think we're allowed to help him move in. Maybe I better check on that! It's a dry campus and you're right about the "no opposite-gender mingling" in the rooms. I'm good with both of those! She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man, because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy0689 0 #21 June 5, 2009 When I started school, everyone thought I was lucky because my roommate had a typewriter and that was in only 88. A computer and printer was only to be had in the lab across campus. I have to +1 the loft and add a 2-seater. In a cramped room, it really doubles the living space. "L" shpaed worked well for me and my roommate. Desks were head to head under one bed and a 2-seater couch under the other opposite the TV.Andy I'll believe it when I see it on YouTube! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
poe62 0 #22 June 5, 2009 those under the bed roll out storage things~Nikki http://www.facebook.com/poe62 Irgity Dirgity Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jewels 0 #23 June 5, 2009 Oh--Noise canceling ear plugs/headphones!TPM Sister #102 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LisaH 0 #24 June 5, 2009 Considering it's a young man's room, some Glade Plug-Ins wouldn't hurt. Be yourself! MooOOooOoo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
futuredivot 0 #25 June 5, 2009 a necktie to hang outside on the doorknob to signal the roomies to stay out for a little whileYou are only as strong as the prey you devour Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
