--- title: "STYLE Savvy: Whose Room is it Anyway?" description: Lisa Hess prepares to launch her daughter and her styles into a brand new (small) space. How can you put your STYLE to work in a college dorm room? --- [![catholic-mom-logo-v2](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/images/catholic-mom-logo-v2.svg "catholic-mom-logo-v2")](https://www.catholicmom.com/) [![facebook](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-facebook.svg)](http://www.facebook.com/CatholicMomCommunity) [![twitter](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-twitter.svg)](http://twitter.com/CatholicMomCom) [![instagram](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-instagram.svg)](http://instagram.com/catholicmomcommunity) [![youtube](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-youtube.svg)](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAuUqHCVPDzyMgSMaMZxxug?view_as=subscriber) [![search-icon](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/search-icon.svg)](https://www.catholicmom.com/articles/2016/08/10/style-savvy-whose-room-anyway#) # STYLE Savvy: Whose Room is it Anyway? Aug 10, 2016 11:00:51 AM  |  by [Lisa Hess](https://www.catholicmom.com/articles/author/lisa-hess) This fall, I'll get to put all of my organizing by STYLE ideas to work in a new realm: my daughter's dorm room. Actually, *she'll *get to put this all to work -- I'll merely be the consultant -- both because this is her space, and because our styles are different. Or, are they? When she was little, my daughter was the embodiment of the *I love stuff* personal style. A collector of such proportions that she'd bring mulch from the playground inside in her coat pockets, she had difficulty parting with anything. Over time, she's become much more discriminating -- so much so, that I no longer think that *I love stuff *is a style that fits her -- which is wonderful because in a little more than a month, she'll be entering an environment where that style will be a challenge, to say the least. ![Image via Pixabay, CC0 Public Domain](https://www.catholicmom.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/bed-1298903_960_720-470x400.png?width=470&height=400&name=bed-1298903_960_720-470x400.png) Image via [Pixabay](https://pixabay.com/en/bed-bedroom-bunk-bed-dormitory-1298903/), CC0 Public Domain At home, in shared spaces, my daughter shares my *drop and run* organizational style, exacerbated by her dad's *I know I put it somewhere* need to pick up things she leaves in her wake and put them, well, *somewhere*.* *This style is in evidence in her room as well, but at least once a week, she reaches the point where the telltale trail of the *drop and run* organizer begins to get to her and she turns on her music and whips her room into shape. All of this will need to be taken into account as she furnishes her dorm room. Her *drop and run *predisposition will mean that she needs easy access containers, preferably those that make it as easy to put things away as it is to simply put them down. Finding the intersection of cheap, cute, portable and functional will be tricky, but it can also be fun. Keeping in mind [which containers](https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0HtlbPmlbWyc2dnNk9mZFRBT2s/view) work [best for each style](https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0HtlbPmlbWyNVFCVHJIVDVlTUk/view) will make shopping easier, especially since there's a good chance that she'll be rooming with someone whose styles are different. Merging styles and preferences, along with personal taste can lead to wonderful brainstorming and intermingling of success stories and strategies. Are you getting ready to furnish a small space? More next week on three things to consider as you tackle the fun of preparing a brand new space -- or being relegated to the role of consultant. *Copyright 2016 Lisa Hess* ### Share this article [![Share on Facebook](https://static.hubspot.com/final/img/common/icons/social/facebook-24x24.png)](http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.catholicmom.com%2Farticles%2F2016%2F08%2F10%2Fstyle-savvy-whose-room-anyway%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dfacebook) [![Share on Twitter](https://static.hubspot.com/final/img/common/icons/social/twitter-24x24.png)](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.catholicmom.com%2Farticles%2F2016%2F08%2F10%2Fstyle-savvy-whose-room-anyway%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dtwitter&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.catholicmom.com%2Farticles%2F2016%2F08%2F10%2Fstyle-savvy-whose-room-anyway%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dtwitter&source=tweetbutton&text=STYLE%20Savvy%3A%20Whose%20Room%20is%20it%20Anyway%3F) [![Share on Email](https://static.hubspot.com/final/img/common/icons/social/email-24x24.png)](mailto:?subject=Check%20out%20https%3A%2F%2Fwww.catholicmom.com%2Farticles%2F2016%2F08%2F10%2Fstyle-savvy-whose-room-anyway%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Demail%20&body=Check%20out%20https%3A%2F%2Fwww.catholicmom.com%2Farticles%2F2016%2F08%2F10%2Fstyle-savvy-whose-room-anyway%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Demail) ** #### About the Author ![Lisa Hess](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/Lisa%20Lawmaster%20Hess.jpg) ### [Lisa Hess](https://www.catholicmom.com/articles/author/lisa-hess) Transplanted Jersey girl Lisa Lawmaster Hess is the author of a blog compilation, three novels, and three non-fiction books, including the award-winning Know Thyself: The Imperfectionist’s Guide to Sorting Your Stuff. A retired elementary school counselor, Lisa is an adjunct professor of psychology at York College of Pennsylvania. She blogs at [The Porch Swing Chronicles](http://l2hess.blogspot.com/), [Organizing by STYLE](http://www.orgbystyle.blogspot.com/), and here at Catholicmom.com. [Read all articles by Lisa Hess](https://www.catholicmom.com/articles/author/lisa-hess). 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