52 Amazingly Decorated Dorm Rooms That Just Might Blow Your Mind
We recently scoured the BuzzFeed Community, TikTok, and Instagram for the best and trendiest dorm rooms. Here are the gorgeous results:
1.This dorm that might actually be an Urban Outfitters display:
2.This plant lover's paradise:
3.This wonderful poster gallery wall:
4. On top of being super cute, this room that also has a whole vanity for getting ready:
@anna.banana724 #greenscreenvideo DORM TRANSFORMATION 💙💙 #uark #dormlife
♬ Cassiiroll_original sound mean girls - Cassandra Villalobos
5.This charming room with the most calming palette:
6.This princess bed that's giving royalty:
7. This room that is so cute and cozy:
@deeennzzz first official day of college room tour 🦋 #yale #dormroom #dormtour #collegemovein
♬ Where You Lead I Will Follow - Carole King
8.This neon-light haven:
9.This darling dorm that was big enough to have a VELVET COUCH:
—Morgan Brand, Facebook
10.This soft and cozy hangout:
11.This magical setup that just might belong to a fairy:
"My dorm room at San Diego State. Bought the macramé wall hanging on sale at Urban Outfitters and dip-dyed it myself."
12.This dorm with the perfect pop of color and an adorable seating area:
"Goodwill and Ikea were seriously my best friends. An $8 table, a $4 rolling cart, and a little bit of spray paint go a long way!"
13. This dorm room that straight-up looks like an apartment that's wayyy off campus:
@rebeccadunnn wreck em baby 👸🏼👸🏼 #dorm #dormtour #texastech
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14.This classy use of white:
15.This artsy little area:
16.This room with the on-point gallery wall:
"My first-year dorm room at the University of Kentucky! Used some canvases, paint, and frames from Target, combined with some artwork I printed off my computer, to DIY my own gallery wall."
17.This elegant use of lace:
18.This cozy space that makes me want to curl up with a good book, stat:
19.This picture-perfect haven:
20.This lovely use of gray:
21.This eclectic dorm that captures its resident's worldly travels:
"My place in Australia, decked out in photographs and textiles from my travels in India."
22.This cream dream:
23. Imagine coming back to this after a long day of class:
@tuthutlife #greenscreenvideo welcome to the tut hut 😈 #SHEINcares #rue21BeYouChallenge #tut #alabama #tutwiler #dorm #dormtransformation
♬ #violintransition - Zachfromdisney
24.This room that's absolutely wall art goals:
25.This dorm with the vibrant paint swatch masterpiece:
"It took a few trips and a few dodged glances from the paint section of Walmart, but I always used paint strips to decorate my dorm rooms. When the year is up, just tear them down!"
26.This gorgeous pop of color:
27.This incredible before-and-after that proves dorms can be bright and cozy:
"My senior-year dorm room at Columbia, before and after!"
28. This cozy nook that looks a lot more comfy than your average dorm bed:
29.This amazing use of storage space:
30. These roomies added a chic accent wall with some peel-and-stick wallpaper:
@lainemartin_ WELCOME TO OUR CRIB! @room.422 @lojewels #dorm #dormreveal #reveal #dormtour #room422 #auburn #auburndorm #collegemovein collegemove
♬ Can't Take My Eyes Off You - Joytastic Sarah
31.This soothing respite from beer pong and first-year seminars:
"I dressed up my sad, cinderblock dorm room with lots of beautiful fabrics. The best part — I don’t think I spent more than $20 on anything! Thanks, Amazon!"
32.This masterpiece that only an art student could pull off:
"My sister and I occupied an older, very TINY one-hallway, two-bed dorm room. Nothing except the chair was movable. All the walls were concrete and painted white. I really wanted to keep motivated and stay peppy (fine arts major), so I stepped it up a notch!"
33.This cozy use of a giant tapestry:
34. The impressive way that couch fits so perfectly:
@highmaintenancebrunnette home ❤️ #college #dormlife #dorm #mississippistate #hullhall
♬ original sound - Betty Fletcher380
35.This pillowy paradise with the ideal number of octopuses:
"My first-year dorm at Brown University! Recurring themes include foxes, octopuses, and all the pillows ever."
36. Madison has totally nailed the dorm room gallery wall:
@iheartapples i think i’m gonna start rating my days so 3/10 because i’m sick #college #dormtour
♬ original sound - vernissagemelina
37.This actual magnum opus of a wall:
"I’m an art history major at Barnard College, so I’ve curated my own personal 'museum' of images that I’ve collected over the past two years of museum hopping in New York City!"
38.This heavenly haven:
39. These roomies made their dorm look like a glam boutique:
@shartseriadelfoot #dorm #college #smu #southernmethodistuniversity #dormtour #GreenScreenTile
♬ Dorm room checkkk KB - Kendall Bowers
40.This room that...isn't even fair to call a dorm because it's so freaking cute. Come ON:
"Our super-homey dorm room at Northeast Mississippi Community College."
41.This mansion that laughs in the face of the humble studio apartment I call home:
"This was my dorm sophomore year. Kept my walls pretty low-key with a poster of the NYC skyline, a poster of my favorite band and movie, aaaand pictures of my #squad, of course. Oh! Can’t forget the string lights."
42.This...potentially real ad from West Elm?!
"University of Nebraska–Lincoln."
43.This fantastic minimalist setup:
44. Adding a carpet and curtains made all the difference in this dorm:
@lomariie spelman ‘25 move in day 🦋 #spelman #collegefreshman #dormtour #moveinday #atl
♬ Let’s move out - 🛹
45.This one that was literally years in the making:
"I’ve spent years collecting magazine photos. They finally got put to use in college. It took nearly a week to put up, and days to take down. But it was worth it for everyone’s reactions when they saw it."
46.This perfectly coordinated and patterned wonder that can't possibly be lived in by 18-YEAR-OLDS?? RIGHT????
"Ole Miss."
47. This transformation was seriously impressive:
@maryhialayla love the view from my dorm ! #collegelife #collegedorm #dormtransformation #gsu #dormroom #college
♬ Pull Yourself Together - H
48.This one that seems as though a professional designer decorated it:
"Ole Miss, decorated by Mom on budget. I had her when I was 16 and did not have a traditional college experience. I think she wanted to give that to me, so she said I could do her dorm any way I wanted, 100%. Almost everything was a surprise to her. It was lots of work and LOTS of spray paint."
49.This "Surely you can't be serious that a dorm could look this cute and cozy..." specimen:
"Last year’s room at the University of Montevallo. You can’t tell, but the room was actually huge. We had a big TV and stand, a futon, two beds, closets, desks, and a sink and STILL had room to walk around. That’s not normal size for a dorm room in that hall, though, because all of the rooms come in a variety of sizes, for whatever reason."
50. This dorm is perfect for any fans of boho decor:
@simplyeverydayliving How I decorated my daughter’s dorm! #dorm #dormlife #college #collegelife #dormroomdecor #dormtiktok #decor #collegedorm #tothesalon #iloveit
♬ to the salon - inactive
51.This *checks back to photos of real-life dorm rooms* MUST BE A LIE, YOU GODDAMN INTERIOR DECORATOR, YOU:
"Tutwiler Hall, University of Alabama."
52.Come on, this is getting ridiculous:
"Martin Hall at the University of Mississippi."
This post contains content from Kayla Suazo, Farrah Penn, Terri Pous, and Alex Gurley. It was compiled by Laura Frustaci.
