How to Make Your Student Accommodation Your Own
For many students, the university is their first extended stay away from home. In order to make it as comfortable an experience as possible, you should find some ways to make the space your own.
Fairy Lights
Fairy lights are excellent accessories to add to your student accommodation for a number of reasons. If you are staying in the university’s halls of residence, fairy lights are easy to put up and are accepted as decorations according to the rules of most universities. Fairy lights come in an infinite range of colours and shapes. Some fairy lights are programmable, meaning that they can be set to flash on and off, or change colours, according to a predefined pattern.
Fairy lights don’t just add atmosphere and look great when you are entertaining guests. They also provide an elegant solution for those who like having a night light or a general low-lighting option for studying in their rooms.
DIY Bookshelves
Students, one way or another, have a habit of accumulating books. If you are finding yourself surrounded by an ever-growing pile of weighty tomes, with no permanent home for them, it might be time to think about investing in a bookcase. But what student can afford to splash out on the kind of bookcase that does their collection justice? This seems like a needless use of money when there are so many options for improvised book storage.
Any flat surface you can create can be purposed as a bookshelf. A tried and tested favourite amongst those who want to create some improvised book storage is to simply take some cinder blocks and some planks of wood. Use the cinder blocks to balance the planks on. Stack multiple layers as you like, but don’t go over 2 or 3, you don’t want to create a hazard in your home.
Storage Options
You want your university accommodation to be a relatively peaceful and open space, somewhere where you can easily think and relax. If your room is full of clutter, you will tend to feel more anxious and claustrophobic, this isn’t what you want at all! Removing clutter will open up more space for you to use in order to achieve your desired look and feel.
There are many different options open to you when it comes to storage. As well as the myriad of products and specially designed furniture which exists in order to make it easier to store your stuff out of sight, there are some creative DIY solutions that have become popular in recent years.
Choose Your Accommodation Carefully
The best opportunity to ensure that your accommodation is suitable and that it is an environment in which you feel able to thrive in your studies is by searching around. You can make a number of adjustments to your accommodation after you move in, especially if you choose private accommodation. However, you will have a much easier time if you choose the most suitable accommodation to begin with.
If you are someone who needs the most comfortable environment possible, have a look at this student accommodation Edinburgh offers online – https://www.collegiate-ac.com/uk-student-accommodation/edinburgh/ – for an example of what high quality private student accommodation looks like.
By making some relatively simple adjustments to your student accommodation, you can easily make the space your own. Make sure that you choose your accommodation carefully but be aware that you can make the space your own.
