10 Best Dorm Room Hacks (Number 4 Saved My Life!)

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 that harsh, dorm room lighting.

9. Set Up A Coffee or Tea Station: Whether your morning drink is coffee or tea, create a space that has all of your drink fixings so that you can wake-up and enjoy your morning drink in the comfort of your own space instead of a busy, dining-hall.

8. Invest in Luxury Self-Care Items: This doesn’t have to entail a lot of money, but buying hair care, shower things, and even a nice, soap can bring a sense of comfort to your space.

7. Try And Coordinate With Your Roommate: If possible, try and come together with your roommate on creating a shared space that compliments one another to bring a calm space as a whole instead of one side.

6. Utilize Hidden Areas For Storage: Stress often comes from a sense of claustrophobia, so try and create some clear space by hiding some of your things in storage under your bed, in your closet, or wherever else you can discreetly find space.

5. Carefully Select Your Pillows, Bedding & Blankets: A comfortable bed is the KEY to relaxation.

4. Do Your Laundry Weekly: I CANNOT stress this enough. When you let laundry pile up, it can smell or bring a sense of clutter to your space, not to mention the hours you’ll spend doing laundry if you let it pile up! Do a little bit each week so you never have to stress about what to wear.

3. Keep A Secret Stash of Snacks (And Have A Microwave!): This is pretty self-explanatory: Favorite Food=Happiness

2. Keep Your Space CLEAN: Again, no one likes to feel overwhelmed with clutter or dirt. Keep your space clean to keep your mind clear.

1. Keep The Dorm Room A Relaxation Space: Try and do your studying in the library or somewhere else other than your room. Let your brain form a habit that when you are in your dorm room, it is time to relax and just breathe.