Hi everyone my name is Sofia and this is my how to make your house a home video
I'm a Fresher so I just moved to Aberdeen two months ago and when I was
deciding where I would be staying I had to consider the location of
the accommodation in relation to the location of this sports village because I
knew that I was going to be spending a lot of time at the sports village and
the walk from here, my accommodation which is Pittodre Street, is a lot shorter than
the walk from Hillhead to this Sports village so yeah I'm going to be going through
tips for how to make your house a home. I hope you enjoy the video
So my first tip is to get pictures of your friends and family and also the
memories that you've had when you've been back at home so that then you can
actually have the photos in your in your room while you're at uni and you can
just look at pictures and memorise all the fun times you've had. I personally don't
think that I would miss home as much as I do. Well I miss
home, I'm quite home sick sometimes so just having those pictures and makes me
feel like I have all the people who would be around me at home like you know they will
be here with me at Uni. Even though I'm quite far away right now.
So the next tip is to get yourself some items from your home
so that you can memorize your home
and remember the time you had there. These sheets, some people might have even
realized. they're from a Finnish brand called Marimekko and I am Finnish so these
sheets kind of remind me of home and I also got them as a Christmas present so
these sheets kind of remind me of that Christmas and then I've also got these
cushions, my mum got them for me & basically the
pattern on them it's like from my home town basically
so the buildings are there for example that one, so yeah I really like them and
I'm happy that I took them with me when I came here.
My next tip is lighting and plants
I've got some fairy lights over there and a little more over here and then of
course I have that bigger lamps which are turned off right now um but I think
lighting is really important because it makes you well kind of feel like home
and you can actually see things properly when you have good lighting
which is always a good thing um and then some plants. I'm personally
really bad at keeping my plants alive. I've got 2 over there
and then 1 in my bathroom and somehow I had them for two months and they're still
alive and I'm quite proud of myself but they kind bring color to your room
yeah that's why I like them as long as I can keep them alive.
My next tip is to
get yourself some cushions and maybe a throw or another blanket and a hot water
bottle because it's gonna get colder soon and your heating might not work as
as well as you would want it to work so yeah it's good to be prepared just in
case something happens. Yeah I like to keep myself warm so having
that extra throw and some cushions really does the trick and also
the hot water bottle which is important. Okay so I've got a couple of tips more
um one of them is to try to kind of keep your room clean but when I say
clean I don't mean tidy all the time my room never looks like this trust me
maybe once a week when I clean it up but that's it to be honest um but kind of
try to keep your things organized so that it's easy for you to put them back for
example having some sort of a small pot or basket whatever, where you can for
example have your thing's in the bathroom because it's gonna make it so
much easier for me to clean, clean after yourself and it's easy to put the things
back and also you might feel a bit more motivated to keep your room clean once
you have their place where they actually belong to really near so yeah that is my tip for now
Also get yourself some slides they don't have to
look like mine but just some slides in general because the floor will get quite
disgusting especially the kitchen. You would think that it might not that's how
I thought before coming here but I wouldn't go to the
kitchen without my slides. It's not that bad right now I just want to have my
slides on. So just to save your socks get yourself a pair of slides so moving on
to my final tip and that is get to your know your flatmates
because they're basically going to be your family while you're living in halls
and you're gonna be seeing most of them or at least some of them every day so
it's just gonna make your life so much nicer and whenever you need groceries for
example but you're sick so you can't get them you can always ask your flatmate
to get something for you yeah so just get to know your flatmates. I get along with
all my 7 flatmates that I have yeah I think it's really good so during those
couple of first weeks really get to know them and try to spend some time with them
you might not be able to get on with everyone but at least try to so at least you have
taken the initiative and you have put in the effort of trying to get to know them. Yeah those
were my tips hope you liked the video um yeah if you
have any comments I guess you can leave them down below and I will try to look
at them or answer them somehow but yeah hopefully I will see you soon, Bye!