This post shows you the 10 best dorm room ideas to give you inspiration to have the cutest dorm on campus.
Having a cute dorm is a must but finding dorm room ideas that actually make that blank and boring room cute is HARD!
When I saw the dorm room I was moving into my freshman year, I was honestly shocked at how ugly it was. From the linoleum flooring to horrible drapes, there was a lot of work that needed to be done. I sat on Pinterest for hours looking up cute dorm room ideas.
With all that searching, I've found the best ideas that all freshman should know about.
This post is all about dorm room ideas.
1. Store Your Shoes In An Ottoman
This dorm room idea helps you save space and provide an extra area where friends can sit when they visit!
A shoe storing ottoman is the way to go because it does so many things in one, you can't go wrong with this dorm organization idea!
2. Use Wall Organizers For Jewelry
Jewelry is one of the hardest things to properly organize and store, as a result a lot of can get lost.
Save yourself the grief by copying this smart dorm room idea. This jewelry organizer is light enough that you can hang it with command strips! Perfect for a dorm room.
3. Put T-shirts On Hanging Organizers
Closet space is limited in the dorms, so make the most of it with this genius dorm room idea!
Just get some chain links and use them to link together hangers. Use these hanger links to store similar items such as t-shirts or dresses.
This dorm room idea is a life, and space saver!
4. Use Bins Under Your Bed For Storage
One thing you will find when moving into a dorm is that there is not enough space.
Solve this problem by using bins, bins, and more bins. For papers, shoes, sweaters, anything you can think of, think of a way to put it into a bin.
This dorm room idea saves so much space, trust me!
5. Loft Or At Least Lift Your Bed
If you keep your bed in its original position, it will take up 95% of the room and leave you with barely any other space to put your things.
Optimize space by lifting or even lofting your bed to be like a top bunk! While it might seem like a hassle, it creates so much more space for futons or storage that in the end, you will be so thankful you did it!
I did this both years I lived in the dorms and I couldn't imagine doing it any other way!
6. Coordinate With Your Roommate!
For girls especially, the desire is to have the CUTEST dorm room! For parents, that sounds super expensive!
Coordinating decor keeps costs super low and doing so allows for each to spend what they want, but still create a cohesive and cute space for their school year.
Some great ways to coordinate are by color or print, just match a few things within the dorm and yours will be the talk of the building!
7. Add A Cute Rug
Ok real talk, nothing is nastier than the linoleum flooring in a dorm room. Like, nothing.
One of the greatest dorm room ideas someone ever gave me was to purchase a rug that would cover up essentially everything. Not only was it easier to keep clean, but it also gave the room a pop of color and decoration!
So get a rug, you'll thank me later I promise!
8. Buy A Futon
Another incredible dorm room idea is to buy a futon. I know space is limited but if you can find the space (especially by lofting your bed like I mentioned before) you need to buy a futon.
Futons not only give extra sitting space for guests, but they also great a guest bed should you and your roommate have visitors. And even when its just you and your roommate, a futon keeps you out of your bed so that you can stay awake while watching TV or doing homework!
9. Put Desks All To One Side
A great dorm room idea that optimizes space and costs essentially nothing is to push your desks together on to one side of the room like in the picture above.
This opens up one side of the wall completely and thus gives you space for a futon or anything else you might need.
Plus, it makes those late night study session so much better because you have a buddy sitting right next you going through the same thing!
10. Use A Desk Hutch
Keep with the dorm room ideas that involve desks, purchase or build desk hutches to go along the back of your desks!
This dorm room idea gives you so much storage space within the actual dorm because it creates organization options for everything related to school.
Tip: Push desks together, put desk hutches on top, the futon on the other side and the TV on top of the hutches and viola! you've created a study space AND a den all in one.
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