College dorm rooms are often bleak and bland spaces with no decorations offered when a student moves in. However, these spaces do not have to stay that way, especially since the dorm room is where a student lives, studies, and entertains.

There are several different ways in which students can decorate their rooms in an inexpensive yet practical way, depending on the student's taste and shared interests with any roommates.

It is important that a student, no matter what their tastes, keeps in mind the college or university's rules as to what students can take to college and what students cannot in college dormitories.