Dorm Room Furniture for your new space

You’ve just gotten the keys to your dorm room, you walk in and you see that the dorm room furniture is not as bad as you had imagined. Or maybe it is. Either way, there are things you can do to make your new home work for you and your roommates.

The most important thing you can do is to not bring too much stuff into the room itself. Your second thing is to evaluate the room, your roommates & their stuff & how you’d like to use the room. Your dorm room furniture should fit the space and make everyone feel comfortable. A cramped room just means that you have less room to breath and less entertaining room as well.

One of my favorite types of furniture are those that can serve double duty. The most common example is a sofa sleeper. While a sofa sleeper would be nice to have in a dorm room it’s highly unpractical, however a day bed or a futon – now those are dorm room acceptable. Some other types of double duty furniture are tables that can be coffee table height or can raise to become dining height. I have an ottoman that is so cool. It is an ottoman with a cushy top, it is extra seating, it is a side table, it could be a bedside table, the top comes off and flips over for a tray-like surface for drinks, books, magazines, etc and the inside of the ottoman is available for storage.

Residence Halls normally provide a bed and frame for each person in each room. Some halls allow you to build bunk beds to make more room for studying, relaxing and entertaining. If you’d like to make your room look more like a lounge and less like a bedroom, make your bed look like a couch during the day. You can place the bed long-ways against the wall and prop pillows or bolsters against the wall to make it easier to lounge. Getting a fitted cover for your bed or tucking in your bedspread real tight can help keep the covers neat while you sit and lounge on your “bed.”

Double duty furniture, practical furniture arrangement, planning your room with your roommate and keeping the clutter out or organized, all of these things can help make living in your dorm room much more fun. The way you use your dorm room furniture is up to you, but I plan to help you along the way.