By Stephanie Nam,
SP Room Review is a new series exploring different rooms and lifestyles within the community. If you know of any awesome candidates, please do not hesitate to let us know!
Jenny Wang, at her desk.
For the second article of the room review series, we visited Jenny Wang. She is a third year student in Mechanical Engineering, and is one of the Brunch chairs at SP, serving about three hundred people every month. She is also known for her expertise in “growing living things,” so we decided to visit and see.
At first glance into her room, you’ll see a leaf-patterned curtain behind which Jenny keeps her plants and flowers in front of the large window. The plants are arranged on a storage rack, with a beautiful fuchsia hanging on a spring loaded drying rack. We also saw a recycled mini-greenhouse that was nurturing some seedlings. Next to her desk there was a special incubator for some mushrooms. In addition to these indoor plants, Jenny also grows some of her vegetables from SP community garden – if you need any advice for a plant, now you know who to turn to.
(CW from the top left) The mushroom incubator, the curtain covering the stand, the plant stand, the recycled greenhouse, and the hanging fuchsia.
Having some fresh greenery in the bedroom can make it feel more like home. Another thing that can help improve the ambiance is lighting. In Jenny’s room, there are a number of different lamps, each with its own purpose. Plants like the white light, and so does Jenny for studying. For relaxed reading and resting, she has put some red cellophane over some lamps. The desk lamps are connected to a power strip so they can be conveniently turned on and off at the same time.
Jenny’s tea collection.
Overall, the furniture is arranged to separate the living, resting, and storage areas. The desk and the bookcase stand together, just like the wardrobe and the chest of drawers are placed next to each other. On the side of the wardrobe, just above the top of the dresser, SPeaker spotted Jenny’s collection of leaf tea. Jenny’s creative and space saving storage method is to store her tea in small metal tins, and stick them on magnets mounted on the side of her wardrobe. This makes it quick and easy to find what you’d like for tea time- if you can manage to choose from the many varieties of tea!
The visit to Jenny’s room reassured us that a dorm room can be quite homey, and you too can achieve that by bringing in some things you appreciate and enjoy. Thank you to Jenny for giving us a glimpse into her room and life!