Step-Up Your At-Home Meals
Whether you consider yourself a home chef or prefer to watch your roommate make dinner from the couch, navigating healthy eating and shopping while at…
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HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS
Home is often associated with a sense of belonging and comfort. During the holidays, the emphasis on togetherness and shared experiences reinforces this sense of belonging, contributing to a nostalgic feeling of being in a place where you are loved and accepted.
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Your Drive Home
Ah, fall is in the air and it’s finally time to go home for Thanksgiving break. You only pack the essentials: 100 pairs of leggings,…
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Iconic “Open Door” Arch Digest Tours
Vintage, mid-century modern, the 70s…. all the right kinds of style you’d want in your home. Architectural Digest is the most popular architectural, design and…
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Take A Tour Inside These Celebrity Homes
This year, we’ve been stuck in our homes for much longer than we’d like. But have you ever wondered what it’s like to live in…
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Recharging At Home
With just four weeks of in-person classes left, it’s safe to say those mid-semester blues have definitely kicked in. If you’re tired of fast-paced college…
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Why Plants in Your Home are Essential
Everyone has spent plenty of time sitting in their room due to quarantine. This might have led to repainting, redecorating or reorganizing. There is one…
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How To Incorporate Pantone’s Color of the Year
Just because this year hasn’t gone exactly how you planned doesn’t mean you can’t celebrate 2020 by incorporating the Pantone Color of the Year: Classic Blue.
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VALLEY’s Survival Guide to Living at Home
It’s many people’s worst nightmare: you’re forced to leave your freedom and independence in Happy Valley and return home to live with your parents. Whether…
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Getting Into a Quarantine Routine: How to Make Home Feel Like School
Since leaving campus and continuing the semester remotely due to the coronavirus outbreak, our normally busy lives at Penn State have come to a screeching…
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Clear Space, Clear Mind: Keeping Your Online Class Workspace Clean
The phrase ‘a clear space is a clear mind’ has been around for a long time, but it seems to be even more true now….
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DIY Spring Nails Trends
While social distancing, spend your free time at home practicing a little self-care by trying out some of this spring’s hottest nail trends. If you’re…
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The Ultimate Quarantine and Chill Playlist
Here at VALLEY, we believe in making the most of these days in quarantine by staying home and focusing on ourselves! Honestly, we’ve lost count…
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People Sick vs. Home Sick
Homesick: a term that every college administration warns you of, every student tries to prevent and every parent consoles. Maybe this adjustment change thats been feared and engraved in our brains since the Common App days have led some to be misdiagnosed. Maybe, instead, youre people sick.
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Staying Productive At Home
Figuring out how to study at home can be tricky, but that doesn’t mean it has to be! VALLEY has some tips and tricks to help you be more productive in your pjs.
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Abba Java: Home Away from Home
It’s no secret that coffee is often the main culprit of broke college students’ empty wallets. Five dollar iced coffees add up way quicker than most people expect. Luckily for Penn Staters, Abba Java, a downtown State College coffee house, knows this.
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The Little Local Farmer’s Market
Every Friday nestled down Locust Lane, amongst the hustle and bustle that is downtown State College, lies the State College Local Farmer’s Market. With various…
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Refinery29’s “Money Diaries” — Rewriting The Story About Money
Growing up, many people learn the value of money at a young age. They also learn that money is a tricky topic that isn’t usually…
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Overcoming the Spring Break Slump
If you’re someone who’s going back home for the week, sometimes it can feel like you’re missing out because you aren’t going to a tropical location. Valley has the key to help you make the most out of a spring break spent at home.
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How To Bring Spring Into Your Apartment
After its long awaited return, spring is finally here in Happy Valley! If your dorm or apartment is still stuck in the dreary days of winter, Valley is here to help with some helpful tips on how to bring spring into your home.
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