Dorm Room Decor

Is your student headed to college this fall? It’s only about a month away, and time to start dorm shopping! What cool new decor items do they need? (The Five Essentials are an entirely different post!)

Neon Lights

They’ll love seeing their name in neon over their bed, or even a cute Wooo Pig or another fun phrase! Here and here are a couple great places to order a custom neon sign.

Upholstered Headboard

They will be sitting on their bed to read, watch tv, and probably do homework as well as hang out with friends. They’ll want a plush headboard to lean back on, and it’s always nice to have a really cute one! You can just zip tie the headboard legs to the dorm headboard legs in two places on each side. It will just slip between the existing headboard and the mattress. Here, here, and here are a couple of great ones! I find that Wayfair, Amazon, and Dormify have lots of options.

Beautiful Rug

And what is dorm life, but a lot of climbing in and out of bed, sitting on the floor pulling items out from under your bed, and getting dressed…you’ll need a warm rug on that wood or tile floor! What about this one, this one, or even this one?

Storage

Boys and girls alike love these cute little rolling storage carts for bathroom, under bed, coffee maker/dishes…the ideas are endless! These bedside storage organizers are nice if their beds are lofted, and they don’t want to climb down to grab their phone, glasses, a pen or pencil or a charger! And most kids end up with some version of these handy little cubbies with dividers for cleaners (that they won’t use, haha), books, notebooks, clothing storage, etc.

Lamps

They’ll definitely need a lamp for their desk or their makeshift nightstand between beds! We want them studying after all, so lighting is important. This modern and slim light is great, this spacesaver that charges is nice, and this gold lamp with a charger would also be wonderful!

Mirrors

Girls love a great mirror by their desk! It cuts down on traffic in the shared bathroom, so it is practical. Here is a precious pale pink one (with lights!). Here is a smaller white one, also lit. And here is one that doubles your space (and they can check their ‘fit!)

None of these are essentials, but they are fun, somewhat functional, and they could always be used after college. Maybe even in that first apartment…that they’ll want their second year of college.