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If your kid is going away to college, why not make a college care package to make them feel that you care and make them feel at home?

Despite the huge market devoted to getting you to buy “essentials” for freshman year, pack lightly, say experts. Here's what you actually need.

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Make the best of that small living space!

Learn how to build your own DIY Storage Unit with Kee Klamp fittings and pipe. In this tutorial, we'll cover exactly what you need to get building.

At my school, we are really fortunate and they actually hand match roommates. As freshmen, we take an extensive quiz that asks us all about our living habits, activities, lifestyle, where you want to live, basically anything you could possibly think about, the quiz covers it. They really encourage freshmen to trust the system and go with a random roommate your first year. It’s a great way to branch out a little and meet someone new! Once you get here and things have settled down a bit, we…

These are all of the things no one will tell you to bring to college that you'll need

Last year I wrote a huge college shopping list, and it remains my most popular post today! Because the list is so big though, some of the items are more necessary than others, and for those with small dorms, several items listed would be impossible to fit (I wish my dorm was big enough for […]

How to Survive Living With a Roommate for the First Time - Very Erin

The internet is here to help with a plethora of digital tools and, of course, puppies! And for those group projects, SkyDrive and Office can be your spirit guides; they’ll let you and your classmates work together online in real time, without sacrificing your formatting. When it’s that easy to get your group work done, there’s nothing getting in your way (except the occasional cuteness distraction).

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EW! I realized I had so many things to clean in my dorm room after reading this!!

I'd love to have a montessori art job decorating envelopes. How fun are these? 16 cool ways to address an envelope!

I think most kids love making forts and clubhouses, but my youngest is obsessed with them. At least a couple times a week, I go into her r...

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