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Back to School: 2024 College Dorm Room Essentials
A standard dorm room provides you with all the functional furniture you’ll need for the school year: Bed frame, storage, and a desk and chair setup. But when it comes to style, it doesn’t have much going on. If you’re looking to personalize your dorm room — aka your home away from home — here are some easy ways to do it with the right decor and accessories.
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Back to School: 2024 College Dorm Room Essentials
A standard dorm room provides you with all the functional furniture you’ll need for the school year: Bed frame, storage, and a desk and chair setup. But when it comes to style, it doesn’t have much going on. If you’re looking to personalize your dorm room — aka your home away from home — here are some easy ways to do it with the right decor and accessories.
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Instantly transform your bed
Although many students choose to bring their own accent furniture, like chairs or lamps, it’s not really practical to bring a whole bed. That’s why we recommend investing in a headboard. This easy addition will completely transform your school-issued bed frame to fit your dream aesthetic — modern, coastal, cottagecore, what have you. Add color and pattern or even texture and depth through cozy velvet or woven rattan.
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Maximize your space
Say goodbye to cheap plastic drawers from the office supply store. Add some practical functionality and timeless beauty with a wood chest that offers much-needed warmth, character, and elegance to your dorm room. To really level up your style game, you can swap out the pulls for ones that better fit your personal aesthetic.
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Define areas for work and play
In a multipurpose space like a dorm room — designed for studying, hanging out, and resting up — we recommend design elements that can help you separate one zone of activity from another. Areas rugs are a great way to accomplish this effect without putting up actual walls. Plus, rugs are essential for adding visual interest and coziness to a starkly undecorated dorm room.
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Power your next bright idea
Whether it’s glaringly bright or too dim to work by, an overhead light without a dimmer is never ideal for a room where you have to read, study, and sleep. Instead, we curated some table lamps that can instantly add warmth and design flair to any corner, in any style. Whether you go for an industrial Edison bulb or a vintage sculptural design, adding ambient light is maybe the most impactful change you can make to your dorm room.
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Add homey comfort
A space can’t truly feel like home until you layer in soft, inviting comfort. Whether you want to add a little more back support to your study chair or add more style to your bedscape, a decorative pillow is the perfect decor for the task. Get creative and playful by mixing and matching throw pillows in a range of colors, patterns, textures, or shapes that can really bring your dorm room to life.
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