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>I’ve received lots of emails lately from this year’s incoming freshmen, wanting to know how to decorate a dorm room and where to find cute dorm bedding. I thought I would post on the subject,cheap Milwaukee Brewers Hats, because it’s so easy to make your dorm room fabulous.
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4 Tips on Buying Bedding for CollegeGet extra-long twin sheets. That’s the number one rule for dorm room bedding,cheap Colorado Rockies Hats, which they probably tell you at orientation. Normal twin size sheets won’t fit the beds, and you need to get XL-Twin.Don’t get white bedding. In college,Cheap Detroit Tigers Hats, your dorm room is where you spend most of your time – whether it’s studying,cheap Detroit Tigers Hats, pre-gaming,wholesale DC Shoes Hats, hanging out with friends or even eating. Since there isn’t much room for chairs in the typical dorm,Wholesale YUMS Hats, your bed is going to be like a couch most of the time. Therefore, if you get white bedding, it will be stained/ruined by the end of the semester. Go for darker colors when it comes to college bedding.Buy a few sets of sheets. You aren’t going to feel like doing laundry more often than every 2-weeks,Wholesale San Diego Padres Hats, and if you only have one set of sheets,Wholesale Colorado Rockies Hats, they’re going to get grungy. Oh,Chicago White Sox Hats, and message to the boys: you need to wash your sheets more than once a year,http://swugs.com/blog.php?user=0q6g0i3l&note=186531,Cheap Scarves! If you’re lazy,manolo blahnik shoes, get a few sheet sets and swap them out regularly.Buy a mattress pad. Trust me – the mattress your dorm room comes with is going to be hard as a rock! Get a good mattress pad (memory foam is amazing but pricey; egg crate pads are another decent option) and your back will thank you!Cute Bedding for Your Dorm
This will be a multi-part series I’ll be posting over the next few days. Today I’m going to focus on Dorm Room Bedding. There are so many options out there in terms of duvet covers and sheet sets,yves saint laurent sale, which I’m going to feature at the end of this post. First, here are a few tips on buying bedding for college:
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One quick thing to note: College is THE time to go crazy with your room decorations. Once you’re living in the adult world,Apparel Sale, it will no longer be as acceptable to have a hot-pink bed,cheap jimmy choo, purple mini fridge, and strings of Christmas lights hanging everywhere in your apartment. For now, feel free to express your personality in your room – you can go for the “adult” look later!
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Now that the basics are out of the way, on to the fun stuff – picking out cute bedding for your dorm room,salvatore ferragam! There are so many cute options for any budget and personal style. Some of my picks:
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Check out the rest of the posts in the College Dorm Room Shopping series to get everything you need for a fabulous dorm:
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