Hi. My name is Maria.
And my name is Tatyana.
And we are both student content creators here for the university.
Today, we are going to be walking you through
dorm essentials that we think you need when first coming to UK.
The university
does have an official list of dos and don'ts to bring to campus,
and we will link that down in the description below.
However, these are things
that we found useful that we just wanted to get that out here.
We do have our list down here.
So if you see use looking down, sorry.
My first thing is a sweatshirt holder. So when coming to college,
I personally like bringing a lot of sweatshirts wherever I am.
By having a sweater holder that can hang in my closet, keeps all my sweatshirts
in one place, and it reduces space that I would need elsewhere for them.
The second thing we included at our list was a door hanger for shoes.
This is personally what I have in my room.
Like, of course, we have like our closet space on the bottom,
but I don't really think it's enough for the amount of shoes that I have.
And really a lot of my clothes kind of block
My vision of my shoes on the bottom so like it's really helpful for me
to have my shoe hanger on the door so I can just easily grab my shoes and go.
So number three on my personal list, Tatyana doesn't
have this but
I need them to
function in my dorm and it's curtains.
I do not like natural light in the morning.
Like, and I just do not like it.
I for some reason I can't sleep through it.
Tatyana, you've been able to sleep through it the past two years in the dorm.
I feel like I need curtains now.
It's gotten rough. Just cause
the way our building is situated.
I'm getting like blasts of sunshine every single morning.
One thing I will note our dorm
from last year and this year do have different size windows.
So before, if you are interested in curtains at all,
I would measure your window before you get it.
So you're not like, getting the wrong size rod,
getting the wrong size curtains.
Because some dorms do have different sized windows,
and it'll be important to have that before you buy.
Next on our list is desk lamps.
Personally, I don't know if you have one.
I kind of do.
But I got my desk lamp at Walmart.
And even though we have like lights in our room, like
just general university lights, it doesn't like do really much when
I just want to study at night. And so I would definitely recommend that just because
it's a useful thing to have in your dorm. Makes it feel more homey.
A little homey.
I do know UK like they don't allow some lampshades.
I guess they're liable.
So double check that in the link below of what lampshades you can bring.
I recommend mirrors in my room.
We have obviously the large bathroom mirror
in our bathroom, in our common area, but I like to get ready in my own room
like in the morning
or if I'm going to bed at night and do enough skin care routine,
doing my hair or whatever.
I actually have one on my desk and I have one of those cheap
full length ones that you just get at Walmart. I think you have one too.
They're like they're super cheap, and I just like place mine on my wall.
I've had it for the past few years,
and I think they're good enough to they're small enough to have a dorm.
They don't take up much space when packing and bringing all your stuff here.
So I personally find that an essential for me to get ready in my room in the morning.
Well, personally, I have mine hanging on my door, so like,
it's like she says not in the way and definitely
do be careful with that because it can be dangerous.
If you shut your door too much. Not that I would know.
Next on our list would be storage ottoman or
well, in my case, it's like a storage ottoman, but just storage bins in general
because really I need as much space as I do because I
have like little trinkets lying around and just having somewhere to put it
or just like giving drinks from a store and not having enough room in the fridge.
I put them in there too.
So it's just a really beneficial tool for like for like just in your dorm
if you don't have enough space for the things you need.
So kind of piggybacking off of that, like just thinking of storage areas.
Listen, there's a lawnmower or something going out
and we're just all going to have to deal with it.
Up next on our list
kind of piggybacking off a storage is totes.
This is more or less when you're coming to UK.
I think totes are one of the most like practical ways to bring stuff to UK.
Walmart has like these really tall ones
that you can pack a ton of things into. And our beds.
I forget how many feet there are underneath our beds.
Our beds sit high at UK.
So you will have a lot of underneath that storage that I store
all my totes in just throughout the year when I'm not going back
home or moving or whatever.
So our next thing on the list would be a desk organizer.
I actually have two on my desk.
Because I have like
a lot of like pens and other like desk type things like stationery.
And you're just going to need it because
you're going to have pens, you're going to have note cards
and sticky notes and you're just going to need a place
to put that so you can keep your desk, like, organized
and have like enough space to put your laptop on there and stuff.
So I'd definitely recommend getting that.
OK, this next one I'm really passionate about because I like
I think this is an essential when living in a dorm. Like I will die on
this hill is having a laundry basket that rolls.
Do you have one?
No.
However, as someone who does not, I'm telling you, she is telling the truth.
I have to carry mine down to the laundry room and it's a pain every single time.
I'm all for getting
pieces in your dorm room that fits your vibe, fits your aesthetic, whatever.
But I also think you should also get practical things.
I'm a firm believer in that and a roller basket is definitely one of them. That
that's like my almost my number one essential
for anyone coming to UK or living in a dorm in general.
And now our next thing is probably going to be my number one essential
for coming to UK and it's a shower caddy.
I'm telling you guys, you need one, go to Target. There at Walmart.
You can get them pretty much anywhere, but you need one.
UK has pretty good showers, I will admit to that.
However, we do need more storage space in the showers
because there are two people living here.
So shower caddies are so beneficial for that.
You'll get more room in the shower and just more stuff, more room to put your stuff.
Next thing on our list is a dish drying rack.
Of course it's pretty beneficial to have one.
Obviously, you're going to want you're going to want to have like
utensils when you come. And you're going to have to clean those utensils.
Hopefully. Yeah, hopefully.
OK. Our next essential is more of a I don't know, like a bed item.
I think everyone should bring like two pairs of sheets for college.
I hate doing laundry in general.
Personally, some people may love it, but personally I just don't like it.
So if I have to already do my clothes, my lights and my darks
and then do another load of my sheets, I'm like, it's just too much.
For those weekends or for those nights that you're like, OK,
I want a clean pair of sheets,
but I don't want to have to take my sheets off, wash these and do it.
At least you have an extra pair of sheets that you can just toss on your bed.
Next thing is a storage area for dishes. Right now,
what we have is like this two tiered storage,
just this two tiered storage thingy from IKEA.
Yeah.
It's very cute and it definitely helps with
keeping the countertop clean and like in a controlled area.
Next thing you're going to want to bring is a surge protector.
Just because I'm telling you this thing is
highly, highly, highly essential.
You're going to have a lot of stuff to plug in. We all know that. You're gonna have your laptop,
phone charger,
lamps, lamps.
And some beauty stuff you want to plug in like your curling
iron if you have one.
There's just a lot of things that you're going to need to plug in that
the outlets in your room are just not going to be enough for.
Oh, wait, do not do this
with your surge protector. Do not plug your surge protector in
and then plug another surge protector in with that do not do that.
That is very dangerous.
And our last thing on the list is a coat rack.
I do think it's a good essential.
I not only hang my coats on it, but I also take my towels on it.
The bathroom does give you towel hooks to hold on it
like attached to the wall already, but just if you know you're coming
back in the shower from the shower to your bedroom.
I like to just have a hook right here.
So and so kind
of just to wrap up the video, we want to list some stores that we found
a lot of our stuff in.
Target. Five Below.
I'm telling you, that's a good one. Walmart.
They have a whole like home and appliance section
that you can find a lot of good dorm essentials in.
Bed, Bath and Beyond.
Bed, Bath and Beyond. I found I think my throw pillows
or something from there even just like decorations.
You can find stuff like that at Bed, Beth and Beyond.
Just like essentials and appliances and stuff like that.
IKEA. IKEA's a big one.
I know IKEA. Not everyone has an IKEA around them.
So like let's say you're going on like a family trip somewhere.
This was in my circumstance.
We like went to Cincinnati for whatever reason and they have an IKEA there.
We picked up some stuff when we were visiting just to bring back.
And Amazon. Amazon.
That's essential if you're trying to find dorm stuff on Amazon.
It's off brand IKEA and you can find a lot of things there.
And a couple of things
just like on the official list, which again linked in the description.
We just want you mention just a couple of things on there.
Cleaning supplies.
I think a lot of people will like
I am a college ambassador for the College of Communications and we do get like
these kind of questions a lot is if there's a cleaning service.
And there is not. You do have to clean your own dorm,
your own bathroom, your own kitchen, all of it.
So definitely bring cleaning supplies.
A couple other things just throughout the official list that they mentioned
that we're like, oh yeah, that's pretty good. Chip clips.
We actually had chip clips last year.
We don't have them this year, and I think we both missed them.
And there really is no good reason why we don't have them other than we just
every time we go to the store, we just keep
forgetting them. We forget to buy them. I recommend
an ice cube tray if you have room in your like freezer because your freezer is small.
But I would definitely recommend that. If you want to check out some of that other stuff
that we mentioned, check go to our last video.
Yes, we made an official dorm tour.
We're in a standard two bedroom suite dorm here at UK
and that we also mentioned some
like a little sprinkle of dorm essentials in there as well.
Any questions, any other dorm like informational videos we could give you,
we would love to.
We have lived in the dorms the past two years
and we want to provide our guidance in any way we can.
So leave any suggestions on the comments, any questions you have. Again,
the link's in the or link's in the description. Again,
we want to emphasize that just because that's the official UK list.
This is just our personal one that we have found through our experiences.
And we just want to emphasize that.
So you have a written copy and that's officially from the university.
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