11 Ways to Make Your Dorm Feel Like Home!

11 Ways to Make Your Dorm Feel Like Home!

I loved decorating my dorm room to feel like home, it was easy and didn't cost way to much. I'm so thankful for my roommate, parents, and everyone else who helped make this dorm look so amazing! One of the main thing to remember is to reuse old items that you already have!


1. Paintings! 
 Painting make the dorm feel cozy and like home! I made these with left over wood from the desk hutches my dad helped me make. I used scrap book paper to cover them with modge pouge and I made the letters with my circuit!  I love having bible verses around my dorm to inspire me through the year!

2. More Paintings!

3. A desk hutch!

Desk hutches are great to go over the desk and give you plenty of places to put everything!

My Dad helped me make this desk hutch from wood from Home Depo.

4. Lights 

  

These lights from Target made my dorm look so bright and like home! 2 strands of 25 lights did the perfect job!

5. Pillows

I ordered adorable throw pillows covers from the wish app. They were cheap and all I  needed to do to them was to add stuffing to them!

6. A Bed Skirt

The Bed Skirt made my bed look so nice! It was made from a fabric shower liner from Walmart and held up with a shower curtain tension rod!

7. Head Boards 

These head boards were made with fabric from old shower curtains used in my last dorm room. The old fabric was used to cover a piece of ply wood the size of the bed to make the head board. 

8. Door Decor!

This door decoration was super easy! I covered the bulletin board with wrapping paper from hobby lobby and ribbon. The dots and koala were made with my cricut. Adding pictures also makes the door  super cute!

8. A Bulletin Board 

Luckily my dorm room came with a bulletin board. I covered it with wrapping paper, ribbon, and a banner I made with my Cricut!

9. A kitchen area! 

This kitchen was super easy to do! It is made with wooden crates from Michael's!

10. Storage

This organizer is from Walmart, since my bathroom is a little small this organizer is great for bathroom supplies, cleaning supplies, and anything else you might want to store! 

11. Find Friends and Find a Church!

One of the easiest ways I found last year to feel at home was to find friends who had things in common with me through clubs and classes. Another way was to find friends at church near your new college home to help and encourage you through the year!

Enjoy Your School Year!

Waiting

         So my last post was about a “Jesus Moment” well this post is a little different in that is more like a reflection, so I guess we could call it a Jesus Reflection?

         This semester I got a job working with kids with autism in Columbia. I've really enjoyed working there and learning new things everyday. Through my experience I never really thought that God could teach me so much in a short amount of time. I’ve learned that he put a passion in my heart for kids with special needs and He can use me through that passion. I also learned an important lesson, to wait.

     Waiting is something that I have been working on with my client at my job. Every day I would have to her to wait at least five times during the therapy session. I would tell her "okay you need to wait" and she would. But sometimes she wouldn't be all that happy about waiting.

      Through this I've realized God has been telling me what I have been telling my client every day “okay you need to wait" even though it isn’t that fun all the time, scratch that, waiting is never fun, but it needs to be done and God can really reveal Himself in those waiting periods.

The bible says:

Wait for the Lord; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the Lord!     

   Psalm 27:14

It’s okay to wait and though the waiting it’s also good to be present in the plan God has you in right now.

         This 2nd semester of college has been tough with some difficult classes, learning how to change a flat tire, and adjusting to college life. I constantly find myself just wanting to be in the future wherever that may be. I have no idea what my future holds, only God does.  

      I need to be present and wait. This is a constant problem for me, in high school I was ready to move on to the next step, college. But now that I’m in college I’m just ready to move on to the next step which I have no idea what that even is. I need to trust God and wait to see what amazing thing he will do with my life.

            God has a plan for you too! I hope by sharing my journey others will be inspired to see God in different ways throughout their life.

 I will end this post with my life bible verse, which I ended my last post with. You should read my last post if you haven’t!

For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."

Jeremiah 29:11

God Bless!

-Rachel Chandler