Student Residence Wisdom from the Chief Housing Officer Institute
As I write this, the Chief Housing Officer Institute at the Emory University Conference Center in Atlanta, Georgia is in full swing and generating lots of enthusiastic chatter on the Twitter backchannel and beyond via hashtag #CHOI12. If you know Twitter, you know that hashtags are a way for a diverse chorus of voices to [...]
What Your Ergonomic Seating Choices from University Loft Say About You
Three choices. No way to go wrong. But still a decision to be made. A seat-of-the-pants decision? Well, yes…and no. Deciding which of the ergonomic student chairs from University Loft is best for you might take a little soul searching. Here’s what your choice from University Loft student seating solutions might say about you: The [...]
If University Loft Student Furniture Were a Car, What Kind Would It Be?
Ever ask yourself these kinds of questions? By assigning characteristics from one type of product (or species, for that matter) to another, you can gain some interesting insights into the first subject. It’s an interesting exercise, so let’s take a look at what kind of car University Loft furniture for student housing might be: Crafted [...]
Have a Student Furniture Buying Decision to Make? Go With a Proven Winner: University Loft
Near the end of April each year, NFL teams have big decisions to make. They have to evaluate the college players available and choose the right ones to make their teams even better. Likewise, if you are a university housing furniture buyer, Directors of Residence Life, Director of Purchasing or Director of Facilities, the student housing [...]
University Loft Invests in Technology to Craft State-of-the-Art University Housing Student Furniture
When it comes to building the best student furniture for university housing, University Loft Company is both a pioneer and a leading edge innovator. Since 1986, University Loft has been outfitting on-campus student residences and dorm rooms with solid wood and modular loft-style beds, desks, dressers, and ergonomic seating. But University Loft is never one [...]
Art of the Matter: Accessorizing the Student Residence Begins with Great Furniture From University Loft
When I was in college, the most common item in my dorm room was the milk crate. It served as table, chair, storage unit, and even as a stand to elevate our student apartment-sized refrigerator. While milk crates might remain a staple of dorm room and residence hall room design and décor, today’s college and [...]
Ten Personal Observations, Mystifying Questions and Surprising Revelations About University Loft Furniture
1. Looking back, my college days were among the best times of my life (but they would have been way better if I’d had University Loft student furniture in my dorm room). 2. If University Loft’s solid wood modular student furniture had been in my residence hall, I might have stayed at that college longer. [...]
What if Movie Classics Featured University Loft Student Furniture?
I love classic movies. And not just the old classics, but some newer gems, too. As I was looking through the Internet Movie Database (IMDb.com) list of the Top 250 films as ranked by IMDb users, a few titles popped out at me, and then a few more, until I found myself reimagining the storylines [...]
What’s the Word for Fear of Choosing the Wrong Student Furniture?
Did you know that there’s an actual term for the fear of long words? Ironically, it’s this: hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia. Say that three times fast. Or not. There are lots of terms that denote one kind of fear or another. You probably recognize claustrophobia (fear of being closed in or confined in a tight space), acrophobia (fear [...]
Looking Forward to Quality Time with University Loft Student Furniture
It’s been quite the early spring around here. Downright summer-like. Most years, we have to wait a bit longer for the first signs of spring: flowers in bloom, the smell of fresh-cut grass, young people playing basketball in the park. But with the early onset of these signs of the season, and with our normal [...]
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