63 Amazingly Decorated Dorm Rooms That Just Might Blow Your Mind

    I am so jealous of...all of these?!?

    Farrah Penn
    by Farrah Penn

    BuzzFeed Staff Writer

    Moving into your college dorm room can be a stressful (and sweaty) time. To make the college move-in process as smooth as possible, we've rounded up some of the best dorm room inspo we could find.

    Some of these rooms are literally swoon-inducing. 

    We asked the BuzzFeed Community to share their most beautifully decorated dorm rooms — plus threw in a few more ideas from TikTok and Instagram for good measure — and boy, were the results gorgeous. If you copy any one of these Pinterest-worthy dorm room ideas, everyone on your floor is guaranteed to be jealous.

    1. If you don't like the dorm room colors, look up styles you love with those same colors for inspiration.

    2. Make your room a little more *lively* by adding some plants. And if you're tight on space, make them hanging plants:

    3. Adding a color scheme to your room can sometimes be tacky, but other times, like this, it's super cool:

    4. Also, like this:

    5. This dorm that might actually be an Urban Outfitters display:

    6. Upgrade your place by adding a futon (if you have the space!):

    7. A few Pinterest-inspired touches can go a long way:

    8. Create your own ivy-covered dorm room wall:

    Female university student eating in her room with plants
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    9. Show off your shoes with a shoe rack:

    10. Pick an accent color (in this case, a bright, sunny yellow) and use it across your room to liven up a blank canvas:

    University bedroom in the North East of England. There is a single bed, a desk and no people.
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    11. Brighten up your room instantly with some string lights:

    @izzyycanoutas

    ayooo dorm room checkkkk☺️☺️☺️☺️ #dorm

    ♬ #violintransition - Zachfromdisney

    12. Hanging paper lanterns are inexpensive to buy and easy to install (with the help of a few Command hooks):

    Dorm room with hanging paper lanterns
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    13. This plant lover's paradise:

    14. Transform your walls with this temporary wallpaper:

    15. This wonderful poster gallery wall:

    16. On top of being super cute, this room that also has a whole vanity for getting ready:

    17. This charming room with the most calming palette:

    A bedroom with a twin bed and a pastel palette of light beige, pink, and blue
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    —courtneyb485364fc3

    18. Rearrange your furniture to spice up your room without spending a penny:

    19. This princess bed that's giving royalty:

    Princess bed with drapes and stuffed animals
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    —erynj45f532db3

    20. This room that is so cute and cozy:

    21. This neon-light haven:

    22. This darling dorm that was big enough to have a VELVET COUCH:

    Dorm room with a velvet couch, chair, table, and rug
    Morgan Brand

    —Morgan Brand, Facebook

    23. *Elevate* your room instantly with bed-raisers:

    24. This soft and cozy hangout:

    25. This magical setup that just might belong to a fairy:

    A bed with fairy lights above it
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    "My dorm room at San Diego State. Bought the macramé wall hanging on sale at Urban Outfitters and dip-dyed it myself."

    —michaelaw428a7218b

    26. This dorm with the perfect pop of color and an adorable seating area:

    A large window with green curtains, a green area rug, and green accents on chairs and tables
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    "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!"

    —katyj3

    27. This dorm room that straight-up looks like an apartment that's wayyy off campus:

    28. This classy use of white:

    29. This artsy little area:

    30. This room with the on-point gallery wall:

    A gallery between a twin bed and fairy lights, including "Good Vibes" and "Holy Chic" framed posters
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    "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."

    —katherines4dfc3cd2f

    31. This elegant use of lace:

    32. This cozy space that makes me want to curl up with a good book, stat:

    Fairy lights above a loft bed
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    —shelbyk45c2bbb8d

    33. If you're sick of the dull dorm furniture coloring, use furniture skin for an instant color pop you'll love:

    34. This picture-perfect haven:

    35. This lovely use of gray:

    36. This eclectic dorm that captures its resident's worldly travels:

    A twin bed in a room with many photos on the wall and decorative bedspread and coverings
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    "My place in Australia, decked out in photographs and textiles from my travels in India."

    —aanchal8897

    37. This cream dream:

    38. Imagine coming back to this after a long day of class:

    39. This dorm with the vibrant paint swatch masterpiece:

    A wall covered in multicolored paint swatches
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    "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!"

    —emkel14

    40. This gorgeous pop of color:

    41. This incredible before-and-after that proves dorms can be bright and cozy:

    A bare room versus one with colorful wall hangings, curtains, and bedspread
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    "My senior-year dorm room at Columbia, before and after!"

    —taylorjacquelynng

    42. This cozy nook that looks a lot more comfy than your average dorm bed:

    43. These roomies added a chic accent wall with some peel-and-stick wallpaper:

    44. This soothing respite from beer pong and first-year seminars:

    A canopied twin bed with a decorative wall hanging
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    "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!"

    —sierrah43af12414

    45. This masterpiece that only an art student could pull off:

    A wall with colorblock textile squares above a bed with a bright comforter and colorful pillows
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    "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!"

    —emoryp3

    46. The impressive way that couch fits so perfectly:

    47. This pillowy paradise with the ideal number of octopuses:

    A dorm room with fairly lights and octopus-logo pillows
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    "My first-year dorm at Brown University! Recurring themes include foxes, octopuses, and all the pillows ever."

    —irisc49e95e088

    48. 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

    49. This actual magnum opus of a wall:

    A wall above a twin bed covered in photos and posters of different sizes
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    "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!"

    —younglioness

    50. This heavenly haven:

    51. These roomies made their dorm look like a glam boutique:

    52. This room that...isn't even fair to call a dorm because it's so freaking cute. Come ON:

    Two twin beds with colorful quilts with a chair between them and many pillows on all three
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    "Our super-homey dorm room at Northeast Mississippi Community College."

    —cassiegracet

    53. This mansion that laughs in the face of the humble studio apartment I call home:

    A bed and desk separated by a half glass door with fairy lights
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    "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."

    —Ahrim Nam

    54. This...potentially real ad from West Elm?!

    A room with a blue-gray color scheme, with a small refrigerator, love seat, small table, and posters
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    "University of Nebraska–Lincoln."

    —laurabolton2013

    55. This fantastic minimalist setup:

    Three small framed posters and hanging decorations above a bed with a furry throw and pillow
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    —cneups

    56. Adding a carpet and curtains made all the difference in this dorm:

    57. This one that was literally years in the making:

    Two walls covered in posters, photos, and magazine covers featuring people like Benedict Cumberbatch and Idris Elba and a large "I left my heart in Middle Earth" poster
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    "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."

    —alessandrar7

    58. This perfectly coordinated and patterned wonder that can't possibly be lived in by 18-YEAR-OLDS?? RIGHT????

    Two twin beds with many pillows and similar, complementary patterns
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    "Ole Miss."

    —pmoneyy98

    59. This one that seems as though a professional designer decorated it:

    A room with rich colors, a large wall painting, and sleek futon
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    "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."

    —Kiminman

    60. This "Surely you can't be serious that a dorm could look this cute and cozy..." specimen:

    Room with twin bed, warm fairy lights, wall posters and hangings, and a mauve-pink color scheme
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    "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."

    —hhollaa

    61. This dorm is perfect for any fans of boho decor:

    62. This *checks back to photos of real-life dorm rooms* MUST BE A LIE, YOU GODDAMN INTERIOR DECORATOR, YOU:

    A warm, golden room with a poster board, small end tables, and a bed with a sham, throw, many pillows, and stuffed elephant
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    "Tutwiler Hall, University of Alabama."

    —ojjeffrey

    63. Come on, this is getting ridiculous:

    A room with matching twin beds near the window and a living area with a TV, TV stand, couch, and large table
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    "Martin Hall at the University of Mississippi."

    —mkbarker

    This post contains content from Kayla Suazo, Farrah Penn, Terri Pous, Andrea Reindl, and Alex Gurley. It was compiled by Laura Frustaci.