Bwogger Sara Vogel points us in the direction of the Housing website, where there is a list of all summer dorm renovations. "We cannot guarantee projects or timing," it warns. Anyway, we are excited!

• Three lucky apartments in Woodbridge (right) are getting an environmentally-conscious makeover, complete with Energy Star appliances and lighting and Forest Stewardship Council-certified furniture and flooring. 

• McBain's getting a new elevator and it -- along with the existing elevator -- is going to be remodeled after the "sleek" new elevators in Hartley.

• Oh, and remember last summer when the north side of Ruggles was renovated? Kind of? Oh good, because the south side is currently undergoing the same renovations "to replicate the same look and feel as the rest of the building."
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From Woodridge to Wien, we've covered a lot of ground already. But we've got to maintain a steady pace if we're going to reach McBain by suite selection.

Ruggles

With recent renovations in all eight-person suites and upcoming summer renovations for the four-person suites, Ruggles is quickly departing from completely carpeted floors and cramped kitchens of yore. Most eight-person suites have two singles and three doubles, while two lucky groups of eight can snatch up suites on the fourth and sixth floors that have four singles and two doubles; four-person suites are usually only available to senior groups.

With an expanded common area down the hall from the suite's entrance, Ruggles is a decent venue for any kind of exploits that might irk your friendly (or not so friendly) neighborhood RA. And with the building located near Amsterdam on 114^th, situated near the frats, Ruggles allows for quick access to campus. In regards to cheap food, Strokos is literally next-door and HamDel and Roti Roll are in short walking distance. All-in-all, there's not much to complain about, except for maybe the thin walls adjoining suites. If you're not careful, you might be kept awaken by some late night techno, courtesy of the soccer players one suite over.

More photos after the jump.

Bwog doesn't have the cash to "pimp your room," and we certainly don't want to raid it and then date you. So we bring you the semi-weekly Thursday feature, the "Cribs-esque" Room Hopping, continuing with...

Ellen and Ashley C '09 admit their newly painted jungle green Ruggles double has brought them closer together in a special way.

"We sleep like a married couple that doesn't have sex," Ellen says. She may be referring to the side-by-side set-up of their twin beds, but the two have certainly reached new levels of intimacy, even attaining that oft-celebrated sentence-finishing stage of friendship:

Ellen: We have breakfast together on the terrace. Ashley got a Waffle iron.
Ashley: I got a waffle iron...
Ellen: We watch UPN 9 together.