Verbal Snippets & Snapshots

After spending my freshman year in AMR I, my sophomore year in McCoy Hall, and my junior year in an off-campus apartment, I moved back into on-campus housing to live in a two-bedroom, one-bathroom apartment in the Homewood Apartments for my senior year. Take a look at it!

I. ENTRANCE

I think the title of this section of my entry and the photos are self-explanatory. By the way, do enjoy the college-style decor of the poster that greets you upon entering my apartment. In peeking to the right, you see the kitchen. Let’s take a look at it.

II. KITCHEN

The kitchen in my apartment isn’t large, but it serves the purpose. By the way, as in typical apartment buildings, the layouts of the apartments in Homewood Apartments vary–there are many other two-bedroom, one-bathroom apartments in the building, but they differ in the size, shape, and location on their rooms. Take a moment to look at the magnets on our freezer door. Most of them are mine, but the butterfly one–which I think is gorgeous–belongs to my roommate. Upon looking around the kitchen, you can see the living room through a little opening in the wall. Let’s take a look at that next!

III. LIVING ROOM

Like the kitchen, the living room (which has a small dining table) is small but serves the purpose. Again, posters serve as college-esque decór. As with all University-owned housing (both dorms and apartments), most of the furniture you see comes with the apartment. In this room, the exception is the floor lamp. My roommate and I thought we should get it to add even more light to the living room (which only comes with an overhead light and a lamp on a small table next to the couch.

IV. HALLWAY/BATHROOM

I also think that this section’s title and photos are self-explanatory. By the way, if you couldn’t tell from the photos, the bathroom is also like the kitchen and the living room in being small but functional. Also, note the shower organizer–it helps minimize the number of items lying on the sides of the bathtub!

V. MY BEDROOM

My bedroom is next to the bathroom. It’s the first bedroom I’ve ever had on my own during my undergraduate career at Hopkins–I lived in doubles in my freshman and sophomore year and shared a master bedroom in my junior year–so I like spending a lot of time in it to study! Some items of note are the wall next to my bed covered with photographs from calendars, the set of National Geographic magazines on the top shelf over my desk, the classic touch of college-esque decór with the Hopkins pennant, my orange crate overflowing with dance clothes, and the small table behind my bed with a lamp as well as a few personal items (including a small wooden elephant).

VI. VIDEO

To see a video tour of my apartment (as well as how much less decorated my bedroom was in January, compared to this month–and how horrible I look when I don’t fix my hair up, but that’s not really related to my apartment), take a look below.