mood boards

One way to make your dorm room a little less boring is to create a mood board. You can find many different pictures on the internet and just save them to a file and print them off at your local photo printer such as Walmart, Target, CVS, or Rite-aid. I found my photos from Pinterest and created a board to see what all the colors would look like together. I then found some of my own photos and added them onto it to add a little personal effect. Another way to find photos is to pick up one of your favorite magazines and cut out what you like and create a mood board that way. The magazine mood board is probably the cheaper way to do it. After you have everything lined up however you like it just tape it onto your wall. There are many different ways of taping the images onto your wall. Two of my favorite ways to hang the photos up is just to the back of the photo so you can’t see the tape and or one or two strips of some colored tape taped down onto the front so you can see it. It adds a little more detail and will look great.

plants

Another way to spice things up is to add some plants to your room. There are many different stores to get fake plants such as Ikea, Walmart, Target, Amazon, and many other stores. You can always get a couple real plants if you have time to take care of them. For you busy/lazy people out there those stores have some great fake plants.

Once you get your plants, you’re now wondering where should you put them. If you have a windowsill one or two on there would be cute. A shelf or desk will also work and look really cute. You also could pick up a wall hanging plant holder. I have one that I bought from Five below.

bedding

Another way to change up your room is your bedding and pillows. A cheap way to get cute bedding is to get a duvet cover to go over your comforter. I bought a cheap twenty dollar comforter off Amazon and bought a cute duvet cover from Ikea. Whenever I get bored of it I go to Ikea or Amazon and find duvet covers and change it up a little bit.

Next thing to get for your bedding is pillows and throw blankets. I have like 10 different pillows on my bed. You can never go wrong with too many pillows. I pick up different pillows from stores such as TjMaxx, Home goods, Marshalls and or online. Same with my throw blanket.

I hope these three ideas can help you like they helped me. Don’t forget to follow my instagrams @Haleycarter.16 and @Vintagehoneys_ and Pinterest linked under the mood board idea. (: