Hopkins Cribs: Wolman Hall East, Suite 504B

Welcome to Wolman Hall East, Suite 504B!!

As you'll see when you first come in to our suite, we have a kitchenette complete with a refrigerator, two burners, and a sink.  We also have a bathroom .. but each of those places need a little bit of scrubbing down before I'll show them on my blog, so let's continue on!  ;)

Heading down the hallway to my and my roommate's bedroom, you'll see we tried to decorate the walls to make things a little more festive.  Those pictures are from a calendar we bought from a stationary store about a block from campus.  They're French advertisements for mostly kitchen items {food goods, spices, etc.}, and they're so colorful that they definitely do brighten up a plain, boring white hallway.

On opening the door to bedroom B, the first thing you see is my desk.  My desk is RIGHT in front of the door: if I sat there to do work, I'd practically be out in the hallway!  So, as you can see, it has become a handy storage area.  I keep all my books, my printer, flowers, and my flavored syrups {for Italian Sodas!} all the way on top; I have nail polish, medicine, bandaids, and jewelry on the next shelf; on the bottom, I have books, magazines, important paperwork, and some decorative touches like my Big Ben sculpture made of silver wire.  And, of course, my shoes are all underneath!  It looks cluttered .. but trust me, everything has its place.

The next big piece of furniture is my closet, which is right next to my desk.  On top of that, I have my television, my lava lamp, my mirror, and more school books, but recently it has been taken over by Alpha Phi things!  I have a bear that I got during Revelation {which is when all the new sisters find out which "family" they have been taken into}, a daffodil that my big gave me during our naming ceremony, and wooden letters that my big decorated and that spell out APHI.

Speaking of Alpha Phi, presents are not only taking over in that one area .. they're all over the place!!   Last week was Secret Week, so the new sisters got anonymous presents ALL week long from their big sisters.  I can't bear to take mine out of the bags because I want to make sure I remember what I got on each day, so everything is just sort of sitting in a corner of my room.  I'm making use of all the tee shirts, mugs, and candy .. I just have to dig through the pile to get at them.

So now, to the most important part of the room: my bed!!  I do all of my studying there, if people come over we sit on the bed {our plan early on was to make enough room for chairs/a futon .. and it didn't actually happen}, I get my beauty rest there .. it's pretty much essential.  It's amazingly comfortable thanks to a featherbed that my grandmother bought for me and, since my aunt and uncle bought bed risers for me, underneath of my bed is great for storing all my snacks, toiletries, my suitcase, and cleaning supplies.

And last but not least .. the obligatory tour of the fridge!  My roommate brought a mini fridge with her so we actually have one right in our room {our suitemates use the one that came with our kitchenette, so it works out really well}, and it's really convenient.  We keep all sorts of things -- milk, eggs, take-out, yogurt, chocolate icing {ok, that's mine}, soda, and more.   It's really nice to be able to keep these things there so they don't go bad.  It's great to know that you have the ingredients to always have a home-cooked meal if you decide you want one!

And there you have it -- a pretty typical Wolman suite.  I love Wolman and would recommend it to any incoming freshman.  It's just like a dorm in that you share a room, interact with people on your floor, and learn to do things on your own, but it's even more like an apartment in that you can cook for yourself, you have to clean for yourself, and you have room to take the steps to make it feel more like home.  It's a great dorm, and I'm really happy that I could show you a tiny bit of it so that you can see it for yourself.  I hope you enjoyed it!

Now, just as they say on MTV Cribs all the time .. get out of my house!  ;)

Comments

[JHU_Kate]

Your Alpha Phi items are so cute! :)

[Jackie]

I feel like we would be great roommates haha, i do a lot of my homework on my bed and I also leave the TV on while I work because I like background noise. Although, i'm pretty sure this makes me less productive.

[Diane]

Chocolate icing is great, but.....where is the packaged cookie dough??? ;-)

Love you! Mom