<p>Never like starting late, but I’ve finally convinced DS that he needs to do the college shopping for his dorm, and I finally got around to reading the wonderful links on shopping lists, etc. Hey, we still have next week! I know he wants to get a hutch to go on top of his desk in his room. I know the company that sells lofts at his school also sells them but I saw in one of the former posts someone talked about buying one at a Home Depot type of place for a cheap price and putting it together. I’ve tried looking at web sites for Lowes and Home Depot and can’t find anything that is a separate item, not part of a desk set. Does anyone know if this exists? Where do I look for it? We’re not crafty/handy enough to make our own, but if there’s a “kit” so to speak, we could figure out how to put it together. Any ideas out there? Thanks!</p>
<p>The only true hutch I have found is a pricey one from the Container Store, called the Skandia Hutch at $225.00. </p>
<p><a href=“http://www.containerstore.com/browse/Product.jhtml?PRODID=63457&CATID=69732&searchId=1041459&itemIndex=1[/url]”>http://www.containerstore.com/browse/Product.jhtml?PRODID=63457&CATID=69732&searchId=1041459&itemIndex=1</a></p>
<p>I also read a posting some time ago on CC about an inexpensive shelf that went over a desk. The only thing I could find was a two- shelf unit at Bed Bath and Beyond for $10 or $12.00 (depending upon the length, 24" or 30"), called “Stack A Shelf”. It is one component of multiple storage pieces (such as open cabinets, drawers, etc.) It wouldn’t attach to a desk, but simply sit on top of it to provide extra shelves. It just isn’t very high, only 11.5" high (and 11.5" deep) so books would fit only on the top shelf and papers, folders, trays, or smaller items on the lower shelf.</p>
<p>I like the one at the Container Store, but definitely not the price. This will be part of the search coming up. I’m still trying to talk him into my answer many years ago in the dorm, put the cheap metal bookshelf on top of the desk. He doesn’t seem to buy that one!</p>
<p>Maybe once he is in his dorm room, he will be more open to your idea? Or perhaps he might decide that he doesn’t really need a hutch? I’m starting to think that if the college students really needed this item, they would be sold at affordable prices.</p>
<p>I thought the poster about the Home Depot “hutch” said she used one of their shoe shelf set-ups but used it as a desktop hutch. I also have used the shoe shelf thing as a bookcase.</p>
<p>What i did at home is to get a cheap low bookcase thing from ikea and just set it on my desk. as long as its not too deep it works…i think the shelves are about 9 inches deep. i have room enough on the desk for my laptop but a monitor probably wouldnt fit. when i get to school i’ll look at target or the dime store in town for a similar little book case. Mom’s, dont bring a whole lot of stuff with your kids…its so embarrassing…</p>