College Room - How to make it feel right at home

 I remember my first time entering my room, people were not and do not joke when they say that DCU Larkfield rooms is like a tiny shoebox. It was a tiny dull room, I spent the first few nights sobbing into a pillow wishing I was back home in my bedroom that I've been in since I was young. This little homebird wasn't ready to flee the nest, but as time progressed I finally began to add touches here and there to my little room and now it feels like I'm right at home. Here are a few ideas to make your home feel cosy and make you feel like yours. 

 I filled my empty clipboard with some inspirational little quotes & happy thoughts. I personally love to be feeling motivated every morning and the use of colour makes the room stand out that bit more. Whether it be quotes, pictures etc Just something you have a passion for it really helps you feel better!

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Pennys is my favourite place at the moment as they have such lovely homeware stuff. I stumbled across these and had to get them. Each cost around 3 euro each which isn't bad at all. It makes the place feel more homely. 

There was a blank space in my room with nothing there which constanly annoyed me, so one day I basically found some string, went to the Spar on campus to buy pegs and came up with this idea -I'm crazy for the inspirational quotes I know haha. But that's me and I feel that it is really important that your room is how you should like it, because a happy environment is crucial especially if you are going to spend a whole 9 months there. 

Pictures from home, I adore having these pictures in my room as I feel each picture holds a great memory. I love telling all my friends about the people in every photo so they get to know more about me. My boyfriend Gavin, Mum and Sister feature in these two pictures, they all hold a special place in both my heart and my room.

One thing I love about home is that mum always has the place smelling like Christmas! I love it, so she bought me this scented envelope sachet because I adore candles but have a very bad habit of forgetting to blow them out. You simply place this on your radiator and within seconds your room is smelling just like home. All my friends are forever commenting on the Christmas/Winter smell and how nice it is. 

Fairy lights! My absolute favourite thing about my room. Fairy lights just provide the ultimate chill vibes. I love coming home after a long day, putting on my pyjamas, make a big cup of tea, put the fairy lights on and watch Eastenders on RTE player. I know what you are all thinking, what a crazy college student Niamh is! They just add such a cosy feel to everything and I also bought these in Pennys for 4 euro so you aren't robbing a bank, battery operated too so you're saving on the good old electricity. 

I hope you liked some of my ideas, and don't be afraid to express yourself as it's your room and your space! Room decorating is my favourite thing about college, you don't have to spend loads of money either, just use your imagination! I hope this helped and talk soon :) 

Niamh 

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