UNIVERSITY FLAT #MyiQLife

Hello everybody!

For those of you who don't know, I am starting to study English Language at York St John University. I moved into my accommodation a few weeks ago and thought I'd share a few pictures of what everything looks like in the flat. I have changed things round slightly since these photos were taken, but you get the general picture. I will link all products, but if you have any more questions, don't hesitate to comment or send me a message on Instagram.


 My bed is a double, you can't see my sheets but they are from Studio, as well as the duvet cover (which I can't find on the website!) The yellow cushion was from Primark, the bee cushion was from Amazon and the bee happy cushion was from Next, but I believe it is now discontinued.

 This is my desk area. My printer is the HP Envy 4500 (the post-it note on the printer is there to remind me which way photo paper needs to be put in!) My coasters and water bottle were from Sass & Belle, the mirror was from B&M. My desk lamp was one that my grandparents had spare. The photo frames were from Next, as well as the wine glasses. My clock was from New Look and the storage baskets were from Amazon. I'll leave a list of the other bits and bobs in my shelving unit below the pictures.

• Magazine Holders- Poundland
• Lever Arch Files- Tesco
• Yellow Mouse- Heart Of The Dales
• Iron- I got mine from Tesco but you can get them here.
• Fake Tealights- Amazon 

I'm not going to show pictures of my bathroom because it's just a standard bathroom and there's nothing much to show. I won't show the kitchen either because that's a communal space and is just a kitchen. I'll leave a link to the IQ website here so if you're really nosy you can see what the kitchen and bathrooms look like.

Links to my 'Uni Essentials' blog series:

• Bathroom Essentials
• Kitchen Essentials
• Bedroom Essentials

Thank you for reading and I hope you have a great weekend!

Charlotte x

WHAT TO BUY FOR YOUR UNI FLAT (Bathroom Edition)

Hello and welcome to the bathroom edition of 'what to buy for your uni flat'! This will be the shortest blog as there isn't a huge amount of things you can buy for a small ensuite bathroom.


This bathmat is from Studio and it was reduced from £19.99 to £5.99. I'm going for a grey and yellow theme in my bedroom and bathroom, but this mat is available in different colours.

 I got the small mirror from B&M for £4.99 but I think this will go on my desk in my bedroom instead of my bathroom, I'm not too sure yet. It has two magnifications. I got these butterfly glasses for my birthday so I'm not sure where they're from. These flannels came in a set from Studio (mentioned below).

Studio have 8-piece towel sets reduced from £24.99 to £6.60. They include x2 face towels, x2 guest towels, x2 hand towels and x2 bath towels. I got two sets, one in silver and one in slate. These towels are an absolute bargain and are really good quality too.

My granny got me some Palmolive Aquarium soap because when I was younger I used to love it and made my mum cut out the fish in the middle. I had a huge collection of those fish and used to blu tack them to the walls. Ahh nostalgia.

I got a Metaltex Rolling Cart to put my toiletries and cleaning stuff on to keep them organised. This was from Amazon but many places do similar products.

 Cleaning Products:

• Flash Bathroom Cleaner- Tesco
• Tesco Lime Toilet Cleaner- Tesco
• Bleach- Tesco

Other things I recommend:

• Loo Roll 
• Toothpaste/Toothbrush (& charger if it's electric)
• Shampoo/Conditioner
• Shower Gel
• Baby Wipes
• Toilet Brush
• Painkillers
• Sanitary Products

WHAT TO BUY FOR YOUR UNI FLAT (Kitchen Edition)

Hello and welcome to the kitchen edition of 'what to buy for your uni flat'.

As I'm sharing a kitchen, I obviously don't have to buy as much, but we're each having our own crockery sets/cutlery and pans etc.

I've done a fair bit of my kitchen shopping online at Studio because they have an amazing range of items at extremely affordable prices! This 3 piece non-stick knives and chopping board set is currently down from £16.99 to £3.99! It comes with 3 knives and safety shields and a white chopping board.

I got some more chopping boards from Amazon as well so I can have different boards for raw meat, cooked meat and veg.

I got a set of 4 Click n Seal storage boxes from Studio. These are going to be so useful for keeping my leftovers in and are priced down from £16.99 to £5.99

This 6 piece utensil set from Studio was reduced from £19.99 to £6.99 and they seem really sturdy and of a good quality.

My mum bought me this egg cooker from Studio because I can't seem to boil an egg in a pan! The Tower egg cooker can boil up to 7 eggs at the same time and is also able to poach eggs or make omelettes. This was reduced from £24.99 to £9.99 so my mum bought herself one as well.

My mum got me this Cooksmart set from Studio which includes an apron, three tea towels and oven gloves. I'm not an amazing chef but I've promised my flatmates that I'll make cupcakes so an apron may come in handy so I don't get flour all over myself! This was £14.99 reduced from £29.99.

My Granny does a lot of shopping at Lakeland and she bought me a few things for uni. I can't find this frying pan on the Lakeland website or anywhere else on the internet but it's a Tefal Invissia frying pan. Lakeland have other frying pans so I'll link them here. That link will also take you to some pots as well. My mum is lowkey a hoarder and whilst this is usually a bad thing, it meant she had a spare set of pots to give me (don't ask why because I honestly don't know why she had them). So that was good because it meant I could save a bit of money there.

Other things that my Granny bought from Lakeland include a measuring jug (£4.99), some Toastabags (£6.99)  and some wooden toast tongs (£2.49) because once I tried to get toast out the toaster using a knife and my younger sister had to stop me before I electrocuted myself (yes I am an idiot). these tongs are also magnetic so you can stick them to the side of your toaster so you don't lose them (something I would do tbh).

My granddad had some brand new mixing bowls at his house and said he was never going to use them so I (very kindly) took them off his hands. If you can't scrounge any mixing bowls from anybody, I recommend this set of 3 plastic mixing bowls with lids from Lakeland. They look really good and are priced at £14.99.

My parents bought me these stacking tumblers with a star pattern from Next a few months ago and I bought the matching wine glasses using a Next giftcard that I had. The tumblers were £10 and the wine glasses were £14.

I have a few things for baking those cupcakes for my flatmates but I won't bother including photos of everything:

•  Kenwood Hand Mixer- Currys
• Cupcake Baking Tray- Amazon
• Baking Tray- Amazon
• Cooling Rack- Studio
• Sieve Set- Amazon

Other things I would recommend:

• Metal Tongs- Amazon
• Kitchen Scales- Studio
• Can Opener- Studio
• Bottle Opener/Corkscrew- Amazon  
• Vegetable Peeler- Amazon 
• Wooden Spoon- Tesco 
• Pan Scourers- Tesco
• Flash Kitchen Spray- Tesco

A List of things I still need to get and will link them once I've got them:

• Bread Knife
• Utensil Pot
• Cutlery Set
• Crockery (Plates/Mugs etc)
• Washing Up Bowl
• Kitchen Roll & Holder
• Washing Up Liquid

If you're not sharing a kitchen, you should probably get extra things such as:

• Kettle
• Toaster
• Microwave (if one isn't already supplied)
• Hoover
•  Dustpan & Brush