Room Overview

Howdy! I am finally getting around to a requested and exciting post: a room overview! Many family and friends were wondering before I came, and have been asking since, what my room looks like and what it is like living in a 6-person apartment. Even though I had no decorations or organizational containers coming here, I am very proud of how my room turned out and am excited to show you a comprehensive look at this temporary space.

Here is a rough sketch of the apartment's layout. I apologize as drawing has never been my strong suit, but I hope this helps explain the layout and gives a general (note-card-sized) overview. The door to the apartment is in the bottom middle of the sketch. Because of Irish fire codes all of the rooms must be separated by doors, therefore, initially, you walk into a hallway. A long, very purple, dark hallway. This hallway runs parallel to the public hallway and is the channel through which I travel to get from my room to another's, or from my room to the living/kitchen area. Sometimes I even jog going to the kitchen because the hallway is so long. 

I am one of six people living in the space. My roommate from Germany lives in room #1, I live in room #2, the other Kansas girls share room #3, my French roommate lives in room #4, and my Colorado roommate lives in room #5 (which is not included in my drawing as it protrudes in the other direction). Each room has its own bathroom (I left these out of every room but mine), and includes one desk and one bed per person.

Kitchen and Dining Area

Dining and Living Area

Super long hallway

The common area has proven a nice place to work on homework and eat meals. Often more than one person is eating dinner at a time and having a formal seating area for meals and a full kitchen to cook in has been delightful!

So once you walk down the super long hallway, I am the second-to-last room on the left. When you first walk into my room, my bathroom is on the left and then my room opens up to the bed, desk, and closet area. 

My bathroom is red and I like it a lot. Because I didn't bring any room decor with me, I have been making use of free maps and calendars handed out at school functions. Anything that is cheery and potentially useful works wonderfully. My favorite decoration is the map in the picture below. It is colorful and paints a clear picture of Cork City Centre. This way, as I finish getting ready, I can figure out where I need to walk for the day and plan my routes to different hotspots.

Sink and mirror with my favorite map

Me and some happy mirror quotes!

Now on to my main and most favorite area, my room! This space features a twin-size bed, a large desk and shelving, a cork board (from Cork - like a literal Cork board), and a closet. As you can see, decoration consists of more maps, the colors of my duvet cover (kindly loaned to me by my Irish family members) and my various jackets (hanging on command hooks I found at the grocery store). Once again, refer to my drawing for room orientation help. I am fairly happy with how my room looks and how it functions. I try my very best to keep it this clean (though I occasionally fail at achieving this goal), and have a decent view when looking out over my desk (which you can't see because these pictures were taken at night). Also, my bed has Dolly Dolly (my travel Dolly Dolly of course, the original is staying at home), and my favorite $5 Walmart Christmas dog blanket (it has dogs on it, it is not designed for dogs).

Anyways, there is an in-depth look at my accommodation! The whole room separation thing was a bit strange in the beginning but I am used to it now and think it is fine! I absolutely love having my own room and being able to go there whenever I want some alone time! Thanks for reading!