Dorm Mom: College Laundry Services and Apartment Cleaning

To Launder Or Not, That is the Question Wouldn’t it be nice if after you wore your clothing you just stuck it in a basket with the rest of your dirty stuff, only to have someone else come sort, wash, dry and fold everything for you? Well surprise, this is ACTUALLY a thing! When you think of laundry services, you probably just think about sending in those dry clean only items. However, the laundry world is changing and now these services aren’t just for your Sunday best – they are for your band t-shirts too! Remember that story about my old roommate, Susie? Had college laundry services been available back then – I would have suggested it to her! However, laundry services are not just beneficial for someone who doesn’t know how to do laundry. It’s actually really great for ANY college student and here’s why! Time You have SO much to do while you are away at school and everyone knows that between the washing, drying, ironing and folding it can steal an entire day. That day could be ...

When I was in college I had a roommate, we will call her Susie. Susie had come to college from her parent’s home where her mom did all of her laundry for the past 18 years. Susie didn’t think it would be difficult to throw some clothes in the wash, put in some detergent and clean her own clothes when she went away to school so she never took the time to learn to wash correctly. After all, how hard could it be? The first time Susie did her own laundry she turned her clothes pink. Apparently if you throw new, colored clothing in the washer with whites the dye in the fabric could leak and get into your other clothing. Who knew? Susie sure didn’t! The second time she attempted her laundry it was a success…but Susie forgot to get them out of the dryer quick enough and someone else in the dorm needed the dryer. Susie’s clean, semi-pink from the previous wash clothes were put in the floor. As people came in and out of the shared laundry space, her clothing got kicked around and stepped on. As...

Keeping Organized in Small Spaces It’s no surprise that dorm rooms aren’t the biggest; couple that with the fact you are sharing your space and having to fit your entire life into one room and it can be downright small. Just because there isn’t a ton of extra storage doesn’t mean that you can’t keep things organized. Check out these hacks to make life in small spaces much more bearable! Add a rug and curtains to break up your space . A lot of students forget the basics when decorating their dorms. Rugs and curtains are cute and make any space feel more like home. They also help to break up your dorm and make it feel like more than one big room. Utilize wall space . Hang some shelves and get some cute baskets from the dollar store to store smaller items in. When you group smaller items together and put them in a basket it makes the room feel less cluttered. Keeping these things off the floor and up on the wall gives you extra floor space. Use curtain rods to hang...

10 Best Dorm Room Hacks (Number 4 Saved My Life!) Anyone that has ever spent time at any university can tell you that dorm life is not for the weak. Between school work, student life, being away from the comfort of home, finding a new social circle, choosing a major, and being as frugal as possible to avoid asking your parents to put money in your account for the third time this week, students have enough stress to deal with. A peaceful, clean, organized, and homey dorm room can make all of the difference between having a great university experience and eagerly awaiting your four years to be over. While a dorm room by itself doesn’t seem like the ideal space to call “home” for the majority of the year, here are 10 of the BEST hacks to create a one-of-a-kind space that your peer will be green with envy over. 10. Change The Lighting: Add a lamp, string some fairy lights, or even buy a Himalayan Sea-Salt light (which is known to create a stress-free environment) to steer away from t...

How to Get the Most Out of College (You’ll love #5) Old habits die hard. We go to college and expect life to be drastically different, but very quickly we find ourselves in the same routines we held when we were in high school. {Think: on Tuesdays we eat tacos and on Wednesdays we wear pink}. Now, I love a good Taco Tuesday but there has to be more to life than the monotony we often times find ourselves in – college is the PERFECT time to break out and try some new things! 1. JUST SAY YES. Unless it’s illegal or against your morals, say yes to it and see what happens! It may be out of your comfort zone and you might fail, but “darlin’ you might fly”. Some of the best things in life happen when we step outside our bubble and do things that scare us. This might be joining a club, doing karaoke, or taking a semester to study abroad...the possibilities are endless! 2. EXPERIMENT! Besides preparing you for your future, what else is college for?? Now is the perfect time to rock tha...

How to Ace Your College Classes ✔✔ Most of us were able to skim by in high school; but college? College is a whole new ballgame. It’s not just that the classes are harder (they are) or that there is a ton more information to learn (there is) but you are also given this incredible new freedom. Without self-discipline to go to class every week and stay on top of the homework that is no longer an actual requirement, you could easily start seeing lower numbers on your exams than you are likely to be seeing in your bank account! Here are a few quick ways to ensure you are on the track to making straight A’s! 1. SKIP THE 8AM CLASSES. It may seem like a great idea to take 8am classes and be done every day by noon; but unless you are automatically an early morning person you are going to find it difficult to be on time, alert and ready to absorb all the information being thrown at you. Take advantage of the fact you can choose your own schedule and take classes during times you are a...