Pack This: Kitchen

What do you need to bring for the kitchen?

When I asked my roommates this question, the first thing I heard was "bring a doorstop!!!"

This is our makeshift doorstop. Here's the deal - you will walk in your front door and enter a smal space with two other doors. One leads to the kitchen. The kitchen door stays open if you leave it open. The other door leads back to the bedroom. This is known as the chastity door. It won't stay open - which, in it's defense, is a good thing when people are over. Imagine walking to your room out of the shower with a towel on only to realize your FHE family is chilling in your kitchen. When people are over, the door gets closed. 

BUT, for the rest of the time, constantly having to get the door gets really annoying. So, we prop it open. Note - you don't actually need to buy a doorstop. We used a duffel bag strap. A lot of dorms use hangers. You'll figure it, find something that works, or just leave it closed. (you could buy a doorstop though. You could. its your call, really.)  

View from the hallway, through the chastity door, and into the kitchen.

Detour! This is the storage closet. There is also storage available through your hall advisor in the basement! This is good news if you plan on bringing a bike to campus. 

You can see here how you walk in through the main door and then turn to get to the kitchen. 

Here's a pic of our fridge, as a reminder to you to bring magnets. You'll be glad you had them. (our fridge was never this empty - we just cleaned it for clean checks before this was taken). 

You've probably seen this picture before. Not my apartment.

I don't have very many tips of things to bring for the kitchen - it's mostly all the things you'd think of. Dishes, silverware, pots and pans, mixing bowls, cooking utensils, small appliances like a toaster (microwave is included) and blender, crock-pot. (crock-pots are incredible. You put frozen pork in when you wake up and then you get home from church and all you gotta do is add barbecue sauce for delicious, delicious pork. I don't know where I'd be without my crock-pot. DEFINITELY RECOMMENDED. The possibilities are endless. It'll make your whole hall smell like what you're cooking, and that's a good thing when you get to eat it. :)

One thing that I lived for too long without was a silverware drawer organizer. I got mine at Marshall's (or maybe TJMaxx?) for probably $4. 

Some dorms put rugs in their kitchen by the sink. Ours never did, but I think its a good idea. Makes it feel more home-y.