Spring Break
A student's dedication to interior design
Bryan Murphy
Issue date: 9/10/08 Section: Commentary
Just don't think of painting your room. If your room inspection turns up significant damage, except to be charged unreasonably high repair fees by the administration. Therefore, don't be caught by the room inspectors - leave the brushes at home, and if you rip off any of the paint that's there already, or leave nail holes in your walls, go and buy some cheap caulk and some standard bone-white paint at Wal-Mart, and fix, yourself, any damage you do to your room over the course of the year.
Finally, class up your room with some nice accent pieces. Christmas lighting is a perennial collegiate favorite, but some colored plastic wrap around one or more of your university-provided halogen lights can also look great. Glade Plug-Ins, which release a consistent fresh smell for a month per refill, can also go a long way to providing your room with a palatable odor which masks the smell of wings and vodka - men, especially, take heed. Glade's Wisp Flameless candles are more expensive, but even fancier, and when the lights are out, super-romantic.
There are my tips for having a dorm room that doesn't look, entirely, like a dorm room. I wouldn't say I'm going to be showing up in "Architectural Digest" anytime soon, either - but hey, it's better than a room full of Lynyrd Skynyrd posters.
Finally, class up your room with some nice accent pieces. Christmas lighting is a perennial collegiate favorite, but some colored plastic wrap around one or more of your university-provided halogen lights can also look great. Glade Plug-Ins, which release a consistent fresh smell for a month per refill, can also go a long way to providing your room with a palatable odor which masks the smell of wings and vodka - men, especially, take heed. Glade's Wisp Flameless candles are more expensive, but even fancier, and when the lights are out, super-romantic.
There are my tips for having a dorm room that doesn't look, entirely, like a dorm room. I wouldn't say I'm going to be showing up in "Architectural Digest" anytime soon, either - but hey, it's better than a room full of Lynyrd Skynyrd posters.
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Michele Wilk
posted 9/10/08 @ 9:56 PM EST
Is it worth mentioning how many fire hazards were published in this article?
Merri Cvetan
posted 9/12/08 @ 10:52 AM EST
Check out www.amazinggoodwill.com. We did three dorm room "make-overs" with items purchased at Goodwill. Great design can be had on a budget. Put your personality in your room. (Continued…)
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