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To know teenagers better, look inside their lockers

March 15, 2005|ABBY PIPER

What's inside the teenage mind? Adults have been pondering this question for centuries, but the key to today's teens may be in the last place anyone thought to look: their school lockers.

The trend seems to be partnering with a friend. Although sharing can crowd a locker, it allows friendships to bloom. Boyle County freshmen Kaylyn Evans and Megan Hines are best friends whose locker features an array of pictures of each other and their friends. However, the girls concede that the display didn't appear overnight.

"We added bits and pieces over time," says Evans, "When we see a picture we like, we add it."

Their inspiration comes purely from everyday life. "We love taking pictures, and it makes things a lot more interesting and fun since we spend a lot of time at school," says Evans.

Combining their love of art

Another dynamic duo, Boyle County freshmen Kelsey Barbato and Kelsey Stillwell, combined their love of art to create a locker that's all their own. Their locker features a random thought of the day, decorated magnets, a message box, and other eye-catching decorations that the girls say lure other students to their locker.

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"It makes me feel organized and creative," says Stillwell. "It's the only place you have the freedom to create and decorate."

Barbato and Stillwell take inspiration from the world around them. "We just add stuff when we find something cute," says Stillwell.

Stillwell and Barbato both love drawing, painting, and making crafts.

"We made most of it," notes Barbato, "I love to scrapbook, paint and draw, and that's been really helpful in this."

Their girlie, artistic flair gives a certain tone to the locker that the girls really enjoy.

"We're definitely not tomboys, and we both like everything to be really pretty," says Barbato. "We like what makes us happy."

Decorating with stickers

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