How To Stay Susty With These Sustainable Dorm And School Essentials
For the baddies heading off to college this year, we know maintaining your well-deserved “sustainable baddie” title is essential. Dreaming up the perfect dorm oasis is one of the best parts of the young adult experience, but unfortunately, those silly (read: greedy) corporations are pouncing to promote their not-so-susty furnishings. Luckily, there are many susty ways to build your perfect boudoir, and we’re giving you all the deets. Introducing the Sustainable Baddie All-Inclusive Guide to Building the Baddiest Dorm Room of All Time:
For getting your baddie beauty sleep:
As you embark on 2-4 years of all-nighters and lots of WFB (work from bed) and FWB (we don’t need to spell this one out for you) time having comfy and cute bedding is a MUST. Especially when your bed takes up ⅔ of the entire room…
The affordable option: Buffy
The classic and timeless option: Pact
The lasts-a-lifetime option: Parachute
To perfect your pillow arrangement: Baggu
For bringing a little color to the room: Verloop Repurposed Collection
It’s girlboss hour!
When grind time calls, a girlboss must answer! College life is all fun and games until finals week, but your perfect susty desk space will ease that test stress.
For desk catchalls, pen holders, and magnets to decorate your space: SMO Ceramics
For keeping everything in its place: Areaware
For late nights hunched over the textbook: Gantri
For when the friends come over: Actually Curious Cards
Did someone say girl dinner?
Undergrad dorm dinners basically defined the “girl dinner” trend (ex: hummus and crackers, a cheese quesadilla, and a bag of microwave popcorn). You’re going to get really good at these types of meals, so let’s at least keep it susty.
For whipping up some top ramen at 2 am: Recycled Bamboo Dining Set (not just for kids)
For wiping off the late night Cheeto dust: Dusen Dusen Napkins
For enjoying a snack in bed: Three Potato Four
For storing the avocado post toast: Food Huggers
For rushing the coffee to class: Stojo
Get your refurbished tech from Back Market, an especially susty and affordable marketplace for buying quality tech products like computers, tablets, headphones, and literally anything else you need to get your study grind on. They’re also offering specific Back To School discounts for students.
Get your school supplies from our favorite susty brands featured in our Back-To-School essentials. You’ll have the most colorful supplies in class.
The bag that fits the things that are in “What’s in my bag” tik tok
A good go-to bag needs to go with all your best campus outfits and fit all your intelligent baddie necessities. Here are our favorite bags.
Oh sorry, you’re more of a backpack baddie? Okay, posture! Okay, comfort and ease! Well lucky for you, Topo Designs has the cutest sustainable backpacks (in our humble opinion).
You’ll realize pretty quickly that a small space really means a small space. If you need to maximize the little under-the-bed or closet space your room has to offer, then check out these storage boxes from Open Spaces. Perfect to store all those thrift finds.
The biggest fear of most susty baddies who are heading to dorm life is the shared bathroom. It’s giving summer camp but for the whole year?? No thanks. To make your dorm bathroom experience a little easier to get through, we recommend a very comfy and cozy towel to travel to and from those showers with. Here are our recs.
Don’t think about the dorm floor, don’t think about the dorm floor, don’t think about it
Our fear of disgusting dorm bathrooms leads us to our next necessity: shower shoes!
When you’re far from home, having a space that makes you want to cuddle up with a good book and a cup of hot cocoa and give yourself those motherly vibes is extremely important. Our guide to curating a comfy and cozy hygge space will make all the difference.
There is nobody around these parts who is going to clean up after you babe. It’s the perfect time to stock up on all the cleaning products to keep your dream room dreamy and not totally dirty. But don’t be too hard on yourself if you let the laundry pile up a bit… it happens to us all.
What is hotter than a baddie who knows how to hammer in a few nails? In the moments when you decide to completely rearrange that room (it’ll probably start by delofting your bed), you’ll need to channel your inner Bob the Builder(ess). Here’s our fav tool brand.
It’s no secret that dorm rooms are drab as ever, but ofc, we can liven them up with plants, besties. So hit up our gardening guide to bring a little oxygen into your space.