<p>I got my roommate and room assignment yesterday. We have a really, really, small room and neither of us want bunk beds. I'm not sure if we're allowed to loft beds- have to call and check, they didn't answer when I called...but if we have to put everything on the floor, it's going to be really tough. The room is 10 ft 5 inches by 15 feet 3 inches with a window and door...those are on the 10 ft sides, across from each other.</p>
<p>Does anyone have any good ways to arrange a room with that little space? Has anyone done this before? </p>
<p>I'm working on some plans for it, but they're not the best...</p>
<p>2 beds: 3 ft 5 inches by 7 ft, 8 inches under bed
2 dressers: 3 ft by 2 ft, 27 inches high
2 wardrobes (closets, but can move around): 3 ft by 2 ft, about 5 1/2 ft high or so
2 desks: 3 ft by 2 ft, not sure how high, with a hutch and bookshelf on them, etc. plus chairs
plus a mini fridge and maybe some other small stuff</p>
<p>Wow. Well, it might be a little difficult to visualize things until you actually move in. Generally, the rooms are already pre-arranged in a way that’s good. Have you seen a picture or virtual tour of the type of room?</p>
<p>If you’re allowed to bunk your beds, I’m sure they will allow you to loft them.</p>
<p>Nifity tool, it has plenty of objects to choose from, and the ability to change their dimensions.</p>
<p>Without knowing where your door is, I was able to fit everything you listed for your room, with the exception of the mini fridge and stuff. My verdict…Its possible, but you’ll have very little room for yourselves…A lot less.
You need to be able to get rid of at least those dressers and get something that would fit under your beds. 8 inch clearance is plenty of room to work with.</p>
<p>I would wait until you are actually in the room and then move things around. It’s difficult to plan online. Make sure to take advantage of hieght (for example tall bookshelves) and also buy some under bed storage boxes.</p>
<p>I need to have a plan for it so I know how much other small furniture-type stuff I can bring to hold extra clothes! We have a tiny closet/wardrobe (3ft by 2ft, about 6 ft high), small dresser (3 by 2 ft, almost 3 ft high) for clothes and that’s it! So I need to bring more storage for clothes and shoes. I’m hoping to fit about 35 pairs of shoes in my dorm, as well as a variety of clothing!</p>
<p>This might be hard, but you may have to pick and choose how much clothes and shoes you take to school. I don’t take nearly all of my clothes and shoes to school.</p>
<p>For the record, those closet and dresser dimensions don’t sound all that small. You could also roll your clothes neatly instead of folding them. That takes up less space.</p>
<p>You should buy bed risers, which raise the bed quite a bit. You can store more stuff under it.</p>
<p>I think I looked at this last year, you can find your actual dorm based on college and move the furniture around. It didn’t help me much, but I thought you might like it:</p>
<p>If your dorm is small, I really think you should only pack the essentials - maybe less clothes and shoes than you originally planned, a smaller fridge maybe, etc. You just don’t want clutter, especially in a really small room. My room was TINY, we had the tiniest rooms on campus, but we could loft beds (I only lofted mine halfway) so that gave me some extra space. Clutter is your enemy, trust me on this one - only take ESSENTIALS.</p>
<p>D1 and D2 both found that by arranging as much furniture against the wall around the perimeter, it made the room seem bigger than if the beds came out into the room. This sometimes meant having a desk at the head of the bed and a dresser at the foot, but it really made all the difference. I agree with using risers. If nothing else, you can store suitcases, and boxes and bins full of whatever under there.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t bring any kind of actual furniture. You already have a dresser and a closet, and it looks like there won’t be much extra room. You should get bed risers and get those plastic under-the-bed storage things. Plastic furniture works wonders in dorm rooms because they’re so small and easy to move around.</p>