Having a townhouse in your junior or senior is part of the Fairfield experience. Making it totally unique and eye-catching can only add to your time there.

From the outside the townhouses look extremely ordinary. Every townhouse has red doors with slightly chipped off paint, the railing up the front steps, and the house number with a small bush accompanying the front of the house.

However, what townhouse 107 and 103 have that differ from every other townhouse are special decorations inside that possess a great story.

Townhouse 107 happens to be unique because it is the only townhouse on Fairfield’s campus where you will be able to exclusively find members of the Ski and Snowboarding Team.  Residents include juniors, Taylor Temple, John Kuczarski, Andrew Kringas and Julian Focareta.

Temple explained that when people come into their townhouse, they are usually overwhelmed by the amount of ski and snowboard objects scattered around the house or hanging from the ceilings.

It has often been related to a ski lodge.

“When I walked in for the first time I wasn’t expecting to see skis all around. It was a cool touch to show off what the residents of the house are all about,” freshman Hope Agresta said.

The townhouse is decorated with skis, skateboards, contest jerseys, flags, and various snowboarding and ski posters.

The residents of this townhouse were inspired to decorate their townhouse like a ski lodge when they were at a garage sale and found an old pair of skis for sale. They thought it would be a cool way to show they are on the team, but also to decorate their new home for the year.

“The decorations have been an ongoing process since we all moved in at the beginning of this semester,” said Temple. “We will continue to hang stuff on our wall as we acquire it.”

The residents wanted to have a living space with character and personality.

“We all wanted a townhouse that we would enjoy coming home to as opposed to having empty walls that look like a prison cell,” Temple explained.

Townhouse 103 is another eye catcher.

When first stepping into this townhouse, the “Wall of Busch” is the first thing many people notice, according to resident Joseph Mastroluca ’14.

Mastroluca’s housemates include fellow juniors Dan Sileo, Mikey Raymond, Salvatore Trifilio, and Gianluca Iaboni, who is currently abroad this semester.

Townhouse 103 is 90 percent decorated will all different types of beer boxes that the residents drank over the course of the semester.

About one week ago, the residents decided that they had to stop their year-long effort of collecting because the year is winding down.

“Raymond was the architect of this project making sure the walls were always updated,” said Mastroluca.

Mastroluca explained that every resident had to make sure they saved the boxes from their beer. “It actually got to the point that at the liquor store we would look for good boxes and different beers to break away from the normal brands.”

“The townhouse brings a “good vibe to everyday life,” said Mastroluca. “it also lets people know that we’ve got some good taste.”

The residents of Townhouse 103 often find people just looking at the walls amazed at all of the different kinds of beer they drank.

“It’s kind of a tribute to all of the good times we’ve had this year,” said Mastroluca.

Sophomore Shane Tarca said that he has been in this townhouse before and was shocked when he walked in the front door and saw all of the beer boxes on the wall.

“It’s a cheap and easy way to decorate your walls,” commented Tarca. “And hey, no need to recycle.”

Now that the school year is finishing up, these two townhouses will be remembered as some of the most unique. We can only wait for next year’s residents to see who can top them.

Photo by Nick DiFazio/The Mirror

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