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This room has eight corners, two of them inverse. The yellow cream of the ceiling and floor tiles contrast strangely with the soft sea green of the walls, and the blues of the beds seem to emphasize this difference even more. There are two closets, the doors spaced about a foot apart, each seeming like an identical twin of the other. However, this isn’t true because the one on the left is missing two round brass dots, dots that the one on the right seems to wear with pride. The paint is chipped in places, escaping notice for the most part because the chips are below eye level, a place that no one ever seems to look. It stays a crisp sixty-five degrees for the most part, and sunlight pours in through the open blinds.

Whoever designed this room didn’t do a very nice job. There are four power outlets on each side, but on the left side of the room, the power outlets are located on the wall directly underneath the bed. On the right, they are next to the desk, providing easy access for whoever happens to stay on that side.

The desks themselves are nothing fancy. Just like everything else in the room, they seem to be mirror images of the other. In fact, the only thing that isn’t symmetrical is the shape of the room. Everything exists in pairs. The wood of the desks has that sort of honey-brown colour and plastic texture that is similar to furniture found at schools and other public buildings. The chairs are wooden as well, with a slightly curved back and four legs that squeal and scrape against the floor when pushed backwards. The desks are located at the foot of the beds, simple frames each equipped with a blue mattress that sticks to the skin when touched. Their redeeming quality is that they are high enough off the ground to crawl underneath, without having to do that weird sort of shimmy associated with earthworms and the army.

The dressers, each with six drawers, are located behind the door to the room. They are made of the same wood repeated everywhere else, and are about three quarters the height of the doors. The doors are painted white, further adding colour confusion to the room. It was probably painted green because green is a soothing colour, but if so, more care should have been taken with the rest of it. The yellow white of the floors is an anxious colour, causing nervousness. The deep blue of the mattress is mysterious, and when all the colours are mixed with the honey brown, chaos forms in the human mind because nothing complements the others. However, I doubt that the first thing on the mind of anyone who designed this room was aesthetics, because it's not like anyone is going to live in the same room for a long period of their life