How to Decorate a Dorm Room for Cheap

When it comes to decorating a dorm room for cheap, a balance has to be maintained between your own personal style, the rules of the dorm and a very small decorating budget. As with everything that is new, it might take awhile for you to completely understand what your style exactly is and how to achieve it. Being that a dorm room is a transitional place, it is the best space in which to start experimenting with different ways to decorate for cheap. Here are some simple things you can do to make your dorm room feel more like home.

A lot of dorm rooms can not be painted, so a trick is to buy some inexpensive white sheets and dye or paint them the color that you wish that your walls could be. Have someone help you hold them tight to the walls while you staple them first at the ceiling. Then smooth them out and staple them to the baseboards. Instant Color!

Many dorm rooms have standard issued desks and beds. Just adding your own bedding and accessories to this area can make them your own. With your desk you can even create an original desk top out of a measured and cut piece of plywood. Whether you paint the top, decoupage or mosaic with old tiles, you add instant style.

One of the most important things when decorating any space is the artwork that you choose to hang. Now this can be made by your own hand or a group of talented friends. Many college freshmen also choose to hang up picture collages of all of their family and friends to remind them of home. Another option is to buy an inexpensive re-production poster of a print that you wish to someday own. Or go to a local museum, take a picture of the art piece that speaks to you the most and blow it up. A picture within a picture is always very interesting and will add a statement to your dorm room.