As soon as you walk into my dorm room, you see on the left-hand side my closet. I have a towel rack on the side of my closet, where I hang up the towel necessities, and I put a poster above the towel rack that was from my Big. In the actual closet, I keep all of my shoes, clothes, and my shower caddy as well as a costume bin and a bin full of swimsuits on the top shelf inside my closet. On the side of my closet, I have 3 whiteboard type calendars posted up to keep track of dates and my weekly schedule. We keep our mini fridge on my side, because as you will see in future photos I have my dresser pulled out so I can have a makeup vanity and a place to film with the window lighting. Next, you see my desk and the beginnings of my bulletin board. On my desk, I have my keurig, a lamp, my perfumes next to my keurig and all of my books stacked directly below. My desk looks a bit cluttered, but I like how I am able to store all of my items. The biggest necessity in this area for me is my fan, as my dorm has no air conditioning and I would probably not survive without it! In my drawers I keep hair products, a random drawer of stuff like index cards and cleaning wipes, and a bunch of paper and school supplies. 

My bedding is from bed bath and beyond, and my roommate has the same one but in blue. A big recommendation I would make is to coordinate your bed spread and color scheme with your roommate and it can make everything look more cohesive. I have 6 large drawers under my bed which store pants, food, sweaters, and sweatshirts. I would definitely recommend under the bed storage as it really helps with the extending the amount of space you have in your dorm room. I got the ottoman from target and it is a perfect step stool to getting onto a lofted bed as well as a seat for when I do my makeup. I also find that it is great storage and I keep all of my shorts and extra towels in there!

Finally, moving on to the last part of my dorm tour. As I stated before I pulled out my dresser to create a makeup vanity area. I keep my brushes and my everyday makeup in the acrylic organizer and a mason jar and a pencil cup. The first drawer of my dresser I dedicate to other makeup items and I created a perfect vanity area. The lighting is great as it is all natural lighting and I am so happy with how this area turned out. 

My freshman year at the University of Southern California was amazing, and I am pleased with the final product of my dorm. If you have any questions or any posts you would like to see next leave them below in the comments! I hope you all have wonderful summers (:

xoxo

monicamarie