<p>So I leave for college in August. My mom told me I should start shopping for dorm supplies (bedspread, coffee maker, etc..) now so that I don't end up doing it last minute. I know that some people like to color coordinate with their roommate so their room looks extra cute. And I already know what colors I want my side of the room to be. Do you think it will be rude if I get my bedspread now without asking my roommate if she wants to color coordinate? I dont even know who she is yet, but I think it will be kinda awkward if she asks if I want to match my stuff to her's and I tell her that I already bought my stuff. What do you think? </p>
<p>Also, I'm not really big about sharing my coffee maker haha. (At least until I get to know her better and if we get along well.) Do you think it will be rude if I just keep it on my side of the room?</p>
<p>I don’t know anyone who color coordinated. I reaaally doubt there would be any awkwardness if she wanted to. It’s completely understandable that you would have already bought your stuff.</p>
<p>As far as the coffee maker, if you keep it on your side and don’t offer to share it with her, I can’t imagine she would use it. I didn’t use anything of my roommate’s unless she expressly told me it was for both of us to share. Don’t worry about being rude! You’re allowed to have your own things.</p>
<p>I would have been annoyed if my roommate told me she wanted to color coordinate things. When I shopped for bedsheets, I looked for the cheapest stuff, that somewhat matched. If she does ask, which I’ve never heard of, just tell her that you already bought your bed spread. </p>
<p>Also just lay out some ground rules for sharing when you get to campus, or even before. Trust me, that will avoid a lot of future roommate issues.</p>
<p>If you don’t want to match/share, go ahead and get your stuff, it’s nice to have time to find sales. If there’s anything you’re hoping to share (fridge, microwave, tv) wait and talk to your roommate before buying those.</p>
<p>On color coordinating… that seems like it’d be weird, is it really common for roommates to do this? If she does ask, either tell her that you’d rather not (honesty is good) or maybe tell her that you really have you heart set on [insert color] and invite her to match you if it really matters to her.</p>
<p>Just tell her you already bought your stuff. I met my roommate at a school event and we requested to be roommates and she asked if I wanted to color coordinate because she was going shopping and neither of us really cared so we are just getting the colors we want. Don’t worry- it’s not a big deal.</p>
<p>I would suggest getting everything now. If she viewed it as being “rude” to have already bought YOUR things without consulting her first, I would imagine there would be bigger problems to come in the future. Get it now. That way you can hit sales when different things are cheaper. </p>
<p>I’ve never really heard of any color coordinating a college dorm room. It’s supposed to be a random assemblage of whatever was on sale IMO…lol</p>
<p>Make sure you lay down the ground rules for sharing/privacy right away. It will eliminate awkwardness later on.</p>
<p>haha. My roommate this year was really annoyed that her roommate from freshman year had changed her mind and that they weren’t color coordinated.</p>
<p>But imo, you’re the one who’s going to possibly be using the stuff for the next four years and you may or may not even live with your roommate for an entire year. I have plenty of friends who ended up switching roommates before even the first semester was up. So just don’t worry about it!</p>
<p>And I think it’s important to talk about sharing things on day one. The things you probably should share are a TV, microwave, and fridge. Everything else usually is separated. A coffee maker is small enough and cheap enough that it shouldn’t be an issue to not share.</p>
<p>I walked in to my room freshman year and everything was BRIGHT PINK. Like OMG PINK! My roommate was a bit speechless when I walked in wearing black pants with chains and some kind of black band tee and proceeded to decorate my side of the room with black linens and “gothic” (not really but that’s what my roommate thought) posters. It was a funny experience. </p>
<p>There is absolutely no need to coordinate colors. That’s just stupid and I’ve never heard of such a thing. </p>
<p>You might not even be able to have a coffeemaker in your room, just FYI. The things you need to talk about are big things (fridge, microwave, tv, etc). Everything else is up to you.</p>
<p>It’s perfectly fine not to coordinate your bedspread color, and not to share personal items. Just make sure you talk to your roommate before you buy anything that takes up a lot of space or is expensive (couch, TV, etc.).</p>
<p>Why is everyone so harsh on color-coordinating? Geez. It happens. It’s not “stupid”. </p>
<p>My roommates and I (before I moved to a single) didn’t color coordinate on anything, but we divided up essential things to buy (we had an in suite bathroom, so we divided buying things like tissue, cleaners, hand soaps, etc). </p>
<p>We each had our own fridges, one of my roommates had her own printer and so did I. I had a microwave that I shared with them but it was mine and came with me when I moved.</p>
<p>You can get things whenever you want. Be wary, items tend to go out of stock in August. Get things YOU like because you’re the one who’ll be stuck with them for 4+ years (it is not economical to buy new things every year).</p>
<p>Lol it depends on you two, otherwise buy one on your own of you intend to keep it and have you roommate buy coffee beans or let him/her use it for free.</p>
<p>A TV situation would be worse
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<p>You may already know this, however, many universities do not allow you to have any devices which have a hot plate. Check with your University because you may not be allowed to have a traditional coffee maker. Most I believe allow you to have a keurig style coffee maker.</p>
<p>If you’re roommate really wants to colour coordinate they will find a way to do it: one of my mom’s roommates was so big on colour coordinating that she had two sets of everything and redid my mom’s side to match.
On sharing: set down some ground rules once you’ve been able to contact them.That said, buy you’re stuff by mid-July, dorm-stuff goes out of stock by mid-August in most places. Also, see what you already have at home, you’ll be surprised what you have in storage.</p>