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Comments (34)Hmmmm. Seattle is a city that is known as an area full with back to nature, earthy-crunchy types for lack of better words. It would not seem like a place that regulations would allow for negative effects to the environment through development. My belief is that there is a sensible reason for this. That is to promote high density in some areas and deter development in others. Severe work is done on small areas to preserve the large. In some areas there is 2 acre lot zoning, That means that every time a house is built 2 acres is attached to each house. Build 50 houses and 100 acres is consumed. In Seattle, it might be possible that they put those 50 houses on 12 acres close to infrastructure instead of sprawling out over many acres of rural land. Sometimes it makes sense to devastate a small area in order to save a greater resource - the large urban tree vs. the large forest near the city. You can replace the tree in time, but you'll never reclaim that forest....See MorePart 2 Adventures of Gomer & Margie (Story Using TV Shows)
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Comments (34)When my first was prepping I was where you are at. I just glanced through the suggestions so I apologize if these have been mentioned. The bff was the last to go from a family of 3 so his mom had a HUGE list for us to glean from. Some dorms restrict the use of extension cords so we got a huge power strip with a LOOONG cord. Window fan, if there is no air conditioning.--very old school but they are the primo for sucking out the hot air and bringing in the cooler night air. The first month is BRUTAL in the dorms. If yours is sharing or lofting a bed a shelf that clamps right onto the bed frame was helpful for clock/alarm..now phone near by. Those three are the items mine had that no one else on the floor thought of. It really is a matter of walking through a week of life and observing what all you have at their disposal at home. Food/bathroom/first aid/bedroom/entertainment/clothes/storage and how to economize and cram all that in a very small shared space. For sure after you move him in you will make a 'wally world' run and get the things you forgot or now realize are needed. Unfortunately in a college town move in day means empty shelves for many of these last minute items. The upside for those of us who have boys go first..they aren't so into decor. When the daughter's started packing it was all about the DECOR and that makes it more fun but also more complicated....See MoreParents: Did you decorate your kid's dorm room?
Comments (85)Oh, good grief! Anything can be taken out of context and to the worst degree! I’ve purposely avoided this thread after I initially posted, as some posters made it sound like any parent who helped decorate this kid’s dorm room was crushing that child’s own creativity “Mommy-Dearest-like”. In retrospect, I’m sure there are parents like that. And, yes, some of those initially featured pics of rooms are so incredibly unpractical. BUT, there are so many more, like us, where daughters have grown up learning from mothers who are very good at decorating, and they are absorbing and enjoying it, too. They have their own likes and dislikes, which are encouraged and respected. BUT, they still need and want help with storage issues in those minuscule shared dorm rooms, lighting ideas, and a lot of other ideas to consider. It irritates the heck out out of me that some immediately paint the worst scenario when someone (Me) says, yes I did help my daughter decorate her dorm room. No, it was not some impractical designer room. No, it did not make her friends there hate her or her room. But, yes, it was overseen by DD and her roommate with the colors and art they wanted and chose. We mothers did, though, know what and where to find the storage and lighting that would facilitate the very best use of that minimal space. And, we did it at our daughters’ and with our daughters’ blessings. In closing, there are probably as many normal, happy mom-daughter collaborations as there are non/collaborations. Maybe I’m in the minority, having had a great, fun relationship with my own daughter her entire life. I consider it a blessing, but one that takes work. My own daughter has learned and absorbed so much interior design creativity from me over the years. She could easily make it her career if she chose. And, we love trading ideas still. But, even at age five, I allowed her to make the final design decisions with her own personal spaces. Not all decorator mothers are “Mommy Dearest monsters”....See MoreSina Sadeddin Architectural Design
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