<p>I lived in Botetourt, I brought a loft but the beds could have been bunked. I also had a halogen light and coffee maker.</p>
<p>Nearly all of the beds can be either bunked or unbunked. It's up to the student. And who said the desks, etc are 'nailed down?' It's been my experience that every piece of furniture is movable.</p>
<p>Botetourt desks ARE nailed down, unless you get a room that's designated as a triple overcrowd. Example: I lived in Fauquier 3rd Upper. Rooms 306 and 308 were the designated triple overcrowds, and those desks are not nailed down. However, all the other rooms in that hall had desks bolted to the wall, and there's no way in hell you can move them. They're attached directly to the side of the closet, and they are not free-standing.</p>
<p>Here's how you can tell what you've got in your room: <a href="http://www.wm.edu/reslife/residenceHalls/freshman.php%5B/url%5D">http://www.wm.edu/reslife/residenceHalls/freshman.php</a>
Find your room and look at the "Built in Furniture" - if the desk is listed there, it's fixed and can't be moved. In many cases (esp. Botetourt) the closets are fixed as well and can't be moved, despite the fact that they're not listed as built-in furniture. I suppose the diagrams themselves are more accurate - if the desk/closet is included in the diagram, it's fixed in place.</p>
<p>In Botetourt, the beds can either be bunked or separated. They can be lofted as well, if you want to do an "L" shaped configuration for the beds, but there's no way to loft them over the desk. Again, the exception is the triple overcrowd rooms - those beds are capable of being bunked or separate, and can even be lofted over the desk without purchasing any separate hardware.</p>
<p>Halogen desk lamps are allowed, but the tall torchiere halogen lamps are not.</p>
<p>Wow Botetourt sucks.</p>
<p>thanks, java. That site is where I got square footage of room, etc. Obviously, inchoative isn't experienced as first thought! (smiles)</p>
<p>Not with Botetourt, no. I've never been inside, for obvious reasons. I mean, bolted down desks? Really? That doesn't even make sense. What a terrible idea.</p>
<p>At UVA, my S's desk and bed were bolted down. I thought it was kind of lame, but once my S and his roomate wrecked the room, you couldn't even see the desk and bed anymore, lol!</p>
<p>The fact that the desks are bolted down in Botetourt does suck, but you do have a huge desk with a nice shelf compared to most of the other dorms. You really don't <em>have</em> to have your beds bunked unless you want to have a couch or something like that in your room; otherwise there's usually plenty of room to have them unbunked. </p>
<p>Botetourt dwellers beware: your "dresser" is going to be tiny. Two drawers, no more than about a foot and half wide, between two and three feet tall. Bring hangers or a good closet organizer, or be prepared to use your desk drawers to store clothes.</p>
<p>Thanks so much for the info, javabytes. Is there enough room for the "dresser," desk, closet and bed against one wall?</p>
<p>Usually, no. Two of the walls are pretty much taken up by the desk/closet combinations, however you're usually able to fit a "dresser" or two on the longer wall (or a TV stand if you so desire). The other two walls are where your other furniture will go. You can loft the beds in an L shape (if you buy/rent a loft) and put the dressers/mini-fridges underneath, or you can bunk the beds and have room for a couch (the beds can bunk without additional hardware), or you can leave the beds entirely separate and squeeze the dressers in wherever they'll fit. It gets tight especially if you have a mini-fridge too. My roommate and I had our beds bunked and put a couch in. Then we had room for either a dresser or a mini-fridge, which led to creative solutions. My roommate put his mini-fridge on top of the dresser. I put my mini-fridge on the floor and put the dresser in the closet.</p>
<p>Sounds like time to get very creative. More to confirm original reason for this thread.....I'll move D in and then head to Bush Gardens. She and roomie can worry about furniture arranging!</p>
<p>The putting of the dresser in the closet is actually very popular. Depending on the size of the dresser/closet it might be a tight squeeze. I can't speak for any other dorms other than Monroe, but I know last year most people put their dressers in their closet. It saves a ton of space.</p>
<p>It's going to be hot on Friday so plan accordingly. According to the Ten Day forecast, Williamsburg is going to be 99 degrees with a 30% chance of thunderstorms. And it's supposed to be 100 degrees on Saturday! However, everything's subject to change</p>
<p>Although I'm normally a skeptic of weather forecasts, especially 7 days in advance, the one thing you can count on for the next few weeks is sweltering heat combined with unbearable humidity. For those few weeks, Dupont and Yates residents will be most loathed by all of Botetourt and the old campus dorms.</p>
<p>I think this is the only time I'm glad my daughter's got allergies! At least she'll have an air-conditioner.</p>
<p>atrmom, I'm on 3rd floor Monroe too! That's awesome.</p>
<p>This is a really helpful discussion.</p>
<p>quick question, that may seem silly: are there shower curtains in the botetourt dorms? i honestly don't know...</p>
<p>Good question, datkid. Someone has Daughter scared of the lack of toliet paper in Botetourt!</p>
<p>All of the hall dorms I have seen have curtains. Though I haven't seen the ones in Botetourt. And hall bathrooms are regularly cleaned, and I'm sure there is a substantial supply of toliet paper, lol.</p>
<p>Are there curtains or blinds? I remember my roommate asked me that.</p>