As we already know, the University of Alabama is the best school in the nation, but it also has some of the best dorms! The suite style University of Alabama dorms were a huge selling point for me when I was picking a school, and they didn’t disappoint! Despite having my own room and good-sized common spaces, I still felt at times that there wasn’t enough room for the crazy amount of stuff that I brought with me! If you’re coming to Alabama and looking for ways to save space, look no further! Keep reading for 11 space-savings tips for the University of Alabama dorms!
This was by far the best decision I could’ve made. Yes, sometimes it sucked coming home late (and maybe not completely sober) and having to climb up the side of my bed to sleep. In the end though, it was completely worth it to have my bed so high up.
Now that you took my advice and put your bed way up high, put your desk and dresser underneath it. This way you can put things on top of your dresser and have room for your clothes as well.
Tip: If you are just using bed risers, you won’t be able to stick a dresser or desk under your bed. However, you will still be able to fit under bed rolling storage underneath!
Yes, those wall hanging necklace holders are super cute, but super impractical for the University of Alabama dorms because it won’t hold any of your other jewelry. Also, the ones that sit on your table just take up way too much room.
Don’t just leave picture frames on your desk or against your window. Invest in some command strips and hang everything, you’re going to end up wanting that extra desk space!
Folding your clothes takes up way more room, so keep on rolling (your clothes and “with the tide”) …
You really don’t need all of your winter clothes until after winter break, so you can get them when you go home for break. Then, by spring break you won’t need them again so if you go home, just bring them back. I also had a bucket at the top of my closet where I put my summer stuff that I didn’t need.
Yes, those things in the annoying commercials! My roommate used these all year because she could never go home to trade out clothes and then just stuffed the bags away in her closet.
Makeup? Plastic container. Hair supplies? Plastic container. Perfumes and lotions? Plastic container. Medicine? Plastic container. You get the point.
They are cheap, easy to put together, and don’t take up that much room. You now have 9 cubbies for whatever you want!
You’re going to want a comfy chair in your room so you might as well get one that you can throw some random stuff in to keep your room clean!
I did this and my parents were super grateful because we got in and had everything set up in no time. Trust me, move in day is already stressful and hectic and you are going to rather get to know your roommates than fight with your mom about which wall your tv should be on.
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