When you live in a small space, and perhaps with one or more people, you want to make the most of it. I want to provide you with some tips and tricks that I’ve used and find to be helpful!

You can never have enough storage. At the beginning of the semester, my roommate and I found that we had too much storage. It’s hard to believe. But now, nearly three months of living in a dorm room, we need more! My tip is to utilize every nook and cranny: 

Purchase a long container for underneath your futon or bed, so it can just slide out.

Buy some cheap storage bins for your closet or maybe for cube storage.

Use your window sill (if possible) as a shelf until you have to turn the heat on. Before we turned our heat on yesterday, we had plants sitting on the window sill, decorations, and would place our phones on the sill when charging (pro tip: DON’T do this when you turn the heat on…).

If your sink and mirror are magnetic, invest in some storage cases (old locker decorations, hello!) to put your tooth brush and tooth paste in.

Put up some command hooks to hang towels, robes, coats, whatever it may be.

Attach a door hanger for the above things, too!

Hanging shoe storage for closet

Using the space underneath the sink and every inch of the dresser and desk drawers

Storing things out of sight e.g. currently rambled behind our futon is a tissue box, paper towels, hanging lights, and a spike ball game. No one can see it so it doesn’t matter what it looks like!

Invest in storage carts for toiletries and a separate one for food.

GO TO IKEA! Just walking around, I ended up buying thing I didn’t think I would need, but use all the time. Plus, their items are cheap! I purchased a doormat, microwaveable cover, a small light for my bed, and a side table that has see-through storage on the bottom. And, bonus, trips to Ikea are always a blast and they have pretty good soft-serve ice cream.