The room of our dreams

Video Editor and décor correspondent Anna Hotter goes to discover the maybe classiest room at Columbia. If you are the kind of person who has thought seriously about getting a wine rack, this might just be the inspiration you need.

When you walk into the Broadway single of Alex, CC ’16, you feel like you just entered the set of a Ralph Lauren catalogue shoot. After hanging up your coat, you can sit down on a comfortable futon next to the bed, where you will disappear into a warm wall of colour-coded throw pillows. Before you know it, you are holding a Mason jar of “adult grape juice” that is probably imported. This is when you notice that the bottle of 2012 Châteaux Margaux came from a wine rack on the desk, which is surrounded by neatly arranged, framed pictures of Alex’s family and friends.

Once you allow your eyes to wander a bit further, you will discover the impressive number of art prints and posters that adorn the walls. The Impressionist landscapes above the bed give the scene a European flair, while the Rhode Island themed collage on the other side of the room brings us back to Alex’s New England roots. “I had to get custom frames for those” he says, pointing at a vintage post card of Providence. By now you might start to feel like a complete failure of a person; maybe because you do not own five potted orchids that radiate beauty and tranquillity in the afternoon sun.

Or maybe it is the dish rack that holds squeaky clean pots and silverware, and, of course, an assortment of Mason jars and wine glasses. Since Bwog has been eating out of take out containers for the past two years, the mere existence of crockery came as a bit of a shock. Once you have accustomed yourself to the warm colour palette of your surroundings, you might feel the urge to drop out of school and buy a small house upstate. Don’t fight it.