My dorm room is too boring: ideas? - NEW ROOM!

[weaselnoze]

that is a geeky ass room. my friend has a pole in his.  he gets the girls over and they do their thing

[Alphamazing]

that is a geeky ass room. my friend has a pole in his.  he gets the girls over and they do their thing

Of course it's a geeky ass room. I'm a geek!

I'd loft the bed, but I've got nothing to raise it up with. I'd bunk the bed with my roommate's, but we don't know each other, nor have matching schedules (I sleep at night, he stumbles in in the early morn, sleeps during the day).

I might try to go with the cloth thing on the walls. That's a good idea. Depending on wether I get my roommate request or not, I might add full carpeting.

[GeeP]

I'd loft the bed, but I've got nothing to raise it up with.

PVC pipe.  Do a search on "PVC pipe furniture".  

http://www.pvcworkshop.com/

Oh, use a pipe cutter rather than a hacksaw.  Much cleaner and faster.

[flyingbeagle71]

PVC pipe. Do a search on "PVC pipe furniture".

:lol:  :lol:  :lol:

I'd bunk the bed with my roommate's, but we don't know each other

Yeah, that's really sucks, trying to decide whose on top...  

[Jace009gs]

Tasteful, motocross posters with chicks in bikinis should do.

This should go over very well with his gf!

to over come this slight set back you must:
1. cut out the bikini model's head
2. insert behind the poster your gf picture
3. instant harmony0
----o and most importantly---
4. watch for the back hand b$*@ slap

[Jace009gs]

Ya need a table to trip over.  I suggest you go down to the electric company (Possibly the cable or phone company, but they're not as heavily built.) and pick out a clean and undamaged cable spool like this:



Yeah, the *do* come in smaller sizes.   :mrgreen:   Sand it down with to 220 and varnish it with a couple coats of spar varnish.  Really cool table for under $20 that's impossible to break, unlike wally world crap..

actualaty you get two tables for $20 if your good

[weaselnoze]

Tasteful, motocross posters with chicks in bikinis should do.

This should go over very well with his gf!

to over come this slight set back you must:
1. cut out the bikini model's head
2. insert behind the poster your gf picture
3. instant harmony0
----o and most importantly---
4. watch for the back hand b$*@ slap

get a new girlfriend! its an effin guys dorm room lol

[GeeP]

actualaty you get two tables for $20 if your good

Bah!  Only if you want to sit on the floor!  

:mrgreen:

[Jace009gs]

hey my culture finds it appealing to sit on the floor :lol:

[Alphamazing]

So, I put in a roommate change request and I'm thinking it's going to happen. I'd be rooming with my friend, so we're going to turn this place into something special.

We're going to bunk the beds and put them perpindicular to the wall, against the dressor. We'll put a recliner in between the desk and the beds, and put a couch on the opposite wall. We're going to cover all the walls with colored fabric, per Pablo's suggestion, and cover up the staples with posters and stuff. We're going to put a surround sound system in here with 12 speakers and 2 dedicated subwoofers. We're planning on covering the entire ceiling in posters, like the Sisteen Chapel or something, except with cool stuff.

This is going to be freakin' sweet.

[kidcoma]

[Alphamazing]

I don't know how I killed the Beta, but I did. I just don't agree with fish, I guess.

I like the idea of the family pictues stuff... I'll have to dig some out from back home.

[Turkina]

During my one resident year, I saw rooms converted into double-deckers.  Youl build a plywood platform that covers most the floor area, build a staircase.  You sleep under the platform, store your crap beneath, and on top, there you put your shaggin' lounge.  TV, sofas, fridge, carpet...

Of course, I went to an engineering school.  They did things like that.

Bunk beds are cool, as long as you don't mind people sitting on the bottom bunk all the time.  Otherwise, build a couple sturdy lofts and save even more floor space

[Alphamazing]

During my one resident year, I saw rooms converted into double-deckers.  Youl build a plywood platform that covers most the floor area, build a staircase.  You sleep under the platform, store your crap beneath, and on top, there you put your shaggin' lounge.  TV, sofas, fridge, carpet...

Of course, I went to an engineering school.  They did things like that.

Bunk beds are cool, as long as you don't mind people sitting on the bottom bunk all the time.  Otherwise, build a couple sturdy lofts and save even more floor space

Our rooms aren't exactly that big... 12' by 16'.

[pandy]

Our rooms aren't exactly that big... 12' by 16'.

Sounds more like a cell.

[Alphamazing]

Our rooms aren't exactly that big... 12' by 16'.

Sounds more like a cell.

Exactly! As soon as I get a new roommate I'll spice this place up like no other. Two engineers in the same room... madness.

[Narcissus]

Whatta cool idea to make the rooms double level.. It'd be interesting to see pictures of stuff like that lol. I'm not living in a dorm but my room is pretty small but its very open and doesn't look good that way. In my opinion a room with a lot of stuff shouldn't have big blank spaces in it heh. Having said that my solution was to put up a partial canopy above my bed, which is a work in progress still, but the girls think its a sweet idea  

[Alphamazing]

Hey everyone!

So after the first semester with my crappy roommate I moved into a new dorm, and a new room, with my friend Dirk. We are pretty happy with our room so far, and it's pretty nice considering the fact it's a dorm room. We've got a walk in closet and a private bathroom, fully moveable furniture, and a window that opens (shh! It isn't supposed to, but allen wrenchs allow us to lock it).

Here are some pictures of our new room. We've got an 8 speaker surround sound system wired up with 2 woofers behind the recliners, as well as extended S-Video and audio cables to the entertainment center so we can watch movies from our laptops (which we put in the entertainment center above the TV). \

So, what else can we put in here to make it even better?

[ajgs500]

Def not the party room huh??

[Alphamazing]

Def not the party room huh??

Maybe I should show you the inside of our refrigerator...