{"id":19700,"date":"2022-09-06T09:44:18","date_gmt":"2022-09-06T13:44:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cubesmart.com\/blog\/?p=19700"},"modified":"2024-01-09T15:13:39","modified_gmt":"2024-01-09T20:13:39","slug":"best-dorm-room-storage-hacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.cubesmart.dev\/blog\/your-life\/best-dorm-room-storage-hacks\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Dorm Room Storage Hacks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Your dorm can be your sanctuary in a time of change. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Living in a dorm during college can be one of the most\nexciting times of life. Surrounded by your friends and academic peers, working,\nand studying as hard as you ever have, and navigating new freedom and choices\nis oftentimes exhilarating. Less exhilarating, perhaps, is that you have to do\na lot of it from the limits of a teeny\ntiny<\/em> dorm room. With another person in there with you. Or two. Or three.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dorm rooms may vary slightly in size or shape depending on\nthe location or seniority level of the occupant, but one thing is always\nconsistent: they are never spacious. You are always going to have to be on top\nof your organizational game in a dorm. And while you may look to safe, secure self-storage<\/a> options if you\u2019re out of town for an\nextended time period, you probably won\u2019t have enough items at this stage in the\ngame to need one during the academic year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At CubeSmart, we\u2019re all about hacking small space living\nto make the most out of what you\u2019ve got. Below are the best dorm room storage\nideas we\u2019ve come across, heard about from our customers and used ourselves! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you\u2019re a long way from college, or never set foot in a\ndorm and have no plans to, keep scrolling anyway because these hacks are truly\nuniversal for anyone with too much stuff \u2013 and not enough places to put it. In\nother words: every single one of us. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Plan, Organize, Execute<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Planning your space can be fun. Get your roommate involved!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

As soon as you know your dorm room assignment, find out as\nmuch information as you can about the room and what comes with it. This\ncritical research step is to help you plan out where you\u2019ll store your\ndifferent items. You need to know basic room measurements, as well as the\nshapes, sizes and placement of furniture, windows, closets, etc. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Google far and wide. There might even be dorm-specific\nchat rooms or message boards with information about the rooms and possible\nfurniture set-ups or hacks that students before you have discovered. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Next, make a checklist of key items you\u2019re bringing that\nneed dedicated storage spaces: books, charging cords, shoes, wet towels, shower\nitems and toiletries, computer, mirror, winter coat and boots, etc. That way\nyou can easily group together and sketch out where different large, medium, and\nsmall items will live \u2013 and what organizational items they might live in. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also, talk with any roommates you\u2019re going to be sharing\nthe space with before becoming too set on any one design vision. For instance,\nif it comes with two beds that can be bunked, but neither of you are willing to\ntake the top bunk, well \u2013 there goes that idea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once you have a good idea of what and who you\u2019re working\nwith, you can start organizing what you want to purchase and executing your\npurchasing plan. That\u2019s right, we said purchasing\nplan<\/em>. Set up low-price alerts on Amazon and other competing retailers,\ncheck eBay and Facebook Marketplace, and keep your eyes open for any back-to-school\nbargains. You don\u2019t have to buy everything at once, and you don\u2019t have to buy\nthe high-end, expensive version of everything. The Dollar Store has a lot of\ngreat storage options, as does Home Depot, Wal-Mart and your local thrift\nstore.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Use the Space . . . All the\nSpace<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Get creative with layout in your dorm.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

One of the surprising commonalities between dorm rooms is\nthe high height of the ceilings. Given how cramped everything else is, the\nceiling height seems to be one area dormitory architects seemed to get together\nand agree to give a little on. And lucky for you, it\u2019s not just dead air.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are several ways to hack those extra feet for your\norganizational and storage needs, so be sure to get the floor-to-ceiling\nmeasurements in step one so you can be aware of your options. Some of our\nfavorites include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n