Dorm Tour: Freshman Year

Today I’m coming at you with my freshman year dorm tour! I’ve had these pictures for months but never actually got a post together featuring my dorm room. I’ve always loved dorm tours and lived for the day that I was in a dorm and could do one. I searched and searched for dorm tours and layouts of the building I was going to live in and found basically zero of people who were at my school. I wanted to share mine with you to give all you incoming University of Denver freshmen something to go off of when you’re planning your dorm and to give everyone else inspiration for their own rooms. For reference, I was in Centennial Towers this past year at the University of Denver. Enough introductions, let’s get to the pictures.

This is my bed, made all pretty. I went with a quilt style bedspread because I tend to get hot and I’m glad I did. Though I didn’t end up sleeping with it much. Even though we had air conditioning, it got hot some winter nights especially since Colorado weather can be kinda crazy. I’m talking a sixty degree day in January and likewise. Plus, I was on the 10th floor and heat rises, so everyone below me who was running heat, their excess heat came up to us and maintenance had turned off the actual air conditioning since it was winter. Still, my roommate tended to bundle up every night since she was international and from a warmer climate.

The rooms are weirdly laid out in both Towers and the dorm next door, Centennial Halls. The closet is in the most inconvenient place and no matter how you lay out your room there’s gonna end up being something in front of it. There’s actually about 2 feet of space there, but it was still annoying. My bed was there, and for my roommate she had to put her desk there. I put a curtain up as a “door” to my closet just for those ~aesthetic~ vibes.

Each room comes with a little shelf area attached to the wall. It was super handy for storage! I kept my notebooks and textbooks up there as well as kleenex, an random bulletin board that I didn’t have a good place to hang up, and my little three drawer bin that had makeup and other beauty supplies in it. The top shelf had my fan, my mirror for getting ready in the morning, and my mugs. I also kept all the random cards I got in the mail up there–my grandma sent me one every week my first quarter and it was lovely.
The shelf area was right up by my desk which was super nice. Above my desk I have the canvas that I made and two pom poms that I got at a hockey game or something. I also have the dining hall hours there for reference.
Here’s an overview of my desk! Just some random decorations, a lamp, my TV, and my computer charger. Basic desk stuff.

 

I raised my bed so that I had room for storage under it. I brought 2 plastic 3 drawer bin and put the dresser the school provided in the middle. There I put everything from extra K Cups (I had my K Cup storage on top of one of the bins and a lap desk on top of the other) and towels to food and first aid stuff. My old cheer box was repurposed as a stool to get on the bed and let me tell you, it was the perfect height.

I had a little gallery wall above my bed. I actually made three of the pieces here and compiled the pictures on the left. I also hung lights up that are actually Christmas lights that I got on sale after Christmas my senior year of high school. Pro tip. They’re just as aesthetic as fairy lights and you get a great deal post-holiday season!

I was in a suite style room and it even included a kitchen. Here’s a quick picture.

This was the sink area to our bathroom. We designated a sink for each room since it’s 2 rooms attached by the kitchen and bathroom area. The actual bathroom was pretty tiny and hard to photograph but it’s just your standard shower and toilet.

And there’s that! My whole freshman year dorm room. It’s bittersweet that it’s already over but I’ll be super glad to have a little nicer of a room and be closer to the center of campus instead of the farthest north building on campus. I will miss being close to the gym and sporting events, though.

Published by Tara