Dorm Decor on a Budget

By CC Staff

You could go to pbteen.com for a dorm room like this…or follow our time-tested advice!

It’s a dorm. Not an apartment, not a studio, and not a tiki hut. Keep that in mind whilst decorating.

In fact, one of my closest guy friends constantly mocks those girls who go all out on a simple dorm room, exclaiming, “GiRlzz! Letz do a BeaCH ThEmE! Lolz!”

That aside, it is your home, and your own personal residence for an entire school year, so it’s important you like it, want to be in it, and it’s presentable for guests at uh, any hour of the night.

So yeah, there are those crazies who have the money (and stupidity) to pimp out their dorm rooms, but what about you? What about poor, busted-my-ass-at-Ruby-Tuesdays-for-this-paycheck? you, who likely can’t afford a single Johnny Depp poster, let alone an entire room’s worth of decoration.

I’ll let you in on a little secret chickies, it’s all about the bargain shopping. And knowing where to find that.

Flea Markets. Every single flea market high and low is bound to have those cute little tin signs that say ‘Cold Beer on Tap’ or something clever and college-appropriate like that. Not only are you beating out those dumb girls down the hall that have a lifesize David Beckham cut-out (Isn’t that kind of creepy anyway?) but now you’re all vintage and cute! You classy broad, you.

Thrift stores. I had a couple friends back in middle school that wouldn’t let me flip through sale racks when we’d go to the mall. There’s a reason that I’m happy and fabulous and they’ve fallen off the face of the earth five years later. Thrift stores are the perfect place to find cute picture frames and other cool little doo-dads for your bare empty desk.

As for bedspreads and rugs? They always tend to run semi-expensive anywhere you look, but this is when you raise your hands in the air and thank God for Sweden! IKEA has some of the best (and cheapest!) shit out there, and I’ll let you in on a little secret. The children’s duvets are cuter than the adult ones, and run conveniently in twin- just for your little pathetic dorm bed. Yippee!

It’s really not that hard to find bargains if you’re willing to dig and rummage.

Isn’t it better to be the chick with all the unique decor rather than the FIFTEENTH girl on your floor with the same James Dean poster above your bed?

Sure, it takes a little extra energy and time, but is that so not worth the extra dollars you’ll have for booze this Friday? Frugal & fuckin’ wasted, what’s better than that?