Depending on your budget you might want to help give your teen’s dorm room an upgrade. Here are some extras which can make any dorm feel cozier and a bit more like home. Check the Residence Life section of the college website to find out what items are prohibited before making a mistake on a decor purchase.
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Favorite Dorm Decor Ideas
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1.Accent Lights
String lights add warmth to drab dorm walls and these globe lights will look pretty with any decor concept.
2. Pin It
San Francisco-based Minted makes pin boards that are so GORGEOUS that they can be the focal point in any room. Each of the 11 choices comes in a beautiful wood frame. Don’t like any of the ready-made options? Browse their fabric selections and let your teen create their own design.
3. Map From Home
While you are on the Minted site, take a look at these foil pressed maps in gold, silver or rose gold to remind them of their roots, especially nice if your teen is going out of state for college.
4. Dress Up the Walls
Tapestries, posters and wall hangings are a great way to disguise and decorate the dingiest of dorm walls.
Society6 has a wide array of offerings and gives college students a 20% discount, too.
5. Sheet Sets
Poppy & Fritz make whimsical sheets for twin XL beds. Avocado, llamas, donuts are some of the cute designs….along with crisp blue and white stripes. Here is a sample but the pup is not included!
6. Sheets with a Pocket
Alarm clocks are a thing of the past and most teens use their phones to help get them out of bed for those early classes! These sheets with a pocket are the perfect and easy solution to the question of where to safely stash a phone to be within easy reach of lofted dorm beds. Available in 8 colors in Twin XL size.
7. Butterfly chair
Extra seating, for when friends drop by or when your student wants a comfy place to read, is made easy with this folding butterfly chair. Start with a basic color and personalize with a pillow or blanket.
8. Lean Back
College kids read in bed and these padded headboards will make them much more comfortable. Dormify has a variety of headboard styles – check out this one that has a built-in 6 ft power cord, 2 USB ports, and a grounded outlet for phone and laptop charging.
9. Storage AND seating
There are never enough places to sit in a cramped dorm room and this clever collapsable ottoman solves both the seating AND storage problem at once. It comes with dividers for shoe storage and has a panel that flips up to make a chair. Available in white, black, or grey.
10. Bring a Bit of Home
Decorate with photos from home with this cute frame set that comes with clips to hang favorite photos.
11. Step On It
Dorms are small but that doesn’t mean you can’t cover up the grimy old floor with a nice matching rug. Bed, Bath, & Beyond offers an easy way to pick a durable area rug in the color, multiple size, and desired material. (puppy not included.)
12. Personalized Pillows
Buying matching pillows with each roommate’s initial can coordinate a dorm room in one simple step.
More Dorm Decor Ideas from the G&F Community
Print out photos and hang them along a string on the wall.
Add an oversized cutout monogram.
Check out Pinterest for ideas.
Have a Project Repat t-shirt quilt made and hang it on the wall.
Buy inexpensive frames and put pictures of friends in each one. Hang on walls with Command Strips.
Pillows, pillows, and more pillows!
Coordinate with future roommate on color scheme.
Buy oversized stick-on initials for each roommate for the wall.
Monogrammed bedding makes the dorm room very personalized.
Order a life-sized pet pillow of the dog or cat back home.
Buy a tapestry to hang on the wall.
Get an over-the-bed storage unit and color-coordinated storage bins to slip into it.
Update an old comforter with new throw pillows.
Splurge on a mattress topper.
Use a giant stuffed animal as a guest chair.
A body pillow makes the room and bed comfy.
If you use a duvet cover over a comforter, it is easy to remove and wash.
Bed, Bath and Beyond, Urban Outfitters, Home Goods, Pottery Barn Teens, Etsy, and Dormify are all great resources.
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