Fun & Essential Items for Dorm Room | $150 Wayfair Giveaway!
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It’s hard to believe we will be dropping our youngest, Allison, off at college in just a few short weeks. Decorating a college dorm room is something we have not had the pleasure of doing yet. Our oldest went to cosmetology school and lived at home during that time. But Allison will be going away to the University of Missouri aka Mizzou.
We have been busy preparing for the move and picking up a few items here and there, but the list seems never ending. Dorm rooms present special challenges, so we’ve been researching dorm ideas on the web this summer and made a pinterest Dorm Room board where Allison and I have been collecting ideas.
As timing would have it, Wayfair – the online store that offers the largest selection of home furnishings and decor across all styles and price points, is having a HUGE college back to school sale thru Sept 1, 2014 and they asked if we would like to do a little shopping and share some of our favorites with my readers. So, I put together some Fun and Essential items for the Dorm Room that we fell in love with. Then later next month, after we get her all moved in, I’ll share pictures of her room, and tell you about the whole process!
Whether you (or your child) choose to live in beautiful chaos or complete organization……bright and chic or a clean and simple…..Wayfair has the basics essentials and lots of fun decor to help make a dorm room (or bedroom) their own!
Allison has not decided on a color scheme for her room yet (she will be meeting her roommate this weekend!) but we both thought this orange, yellow and green with gray was fun and trendy.
Shop Dorm Room Ready
- Rug
- Fleece Throw
- Orange Botanica Wall Art
- Cube Ottoman
- Umbra Mosh Desk Picture Frame
- Table Lamp
- Yellow Nesting Tote
- Tower Fan
- Vinyl Peel and Stick Chalkboard Mural
- Sterilite 5 Drawer Storage Unit
- Mid-Back Task Chair
- Bed Risers
- Vintage Wall Sticker
- EZ Fold Step Stool
- “I Love This Place” Decorative Pillow
- Green Garden Stool
- Microwave
- Hangers
I’m so excited for her! The new experiences, new challenges, meeting new people, and the first time being away from home! It’s a world of opportunity and can’t wait for her to experience it all!
A few more college and dorm room posts you might want to read……
The Dorm Room Decor Series at The Homemade Home
The College “Don’t Forget” Packing List at The College Prepster
WIN IT!
The great folks at Wayfair would like to give one lucky TidyMom reader a $100 gift card towards back to school supplies!! Wayfair has such a huge selection so I have no doubt you’ll find something you’ll want and need for back to school.
TO ENTER
- leave a comment at the end of this post telling me what is (or was when you were in school) your favorite item to buy for back to school
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Everything!!! I love back to school shopping. My school supply closet is endless. However if I have to pick just one I would say pens 🙂
My favorite item, circa 1984, was a giant bulletin board. I hung It over my bed and posted photos and posters.
I liked buying a trapper keeper when I was a kid
I love getting new paper and love getting that New backpack.
I shop every year for back to school items to giveaway to kids in school.(work in a school) I have to say I love markers and pens.
I liked writing utensils…..pencils, markers, crayons, etc
I like the #9 Vinyl Peel and Stick Chalkboard Mural the best. I do think that your choices were SPOT on for these young college students these days !
I get giddy buying all the new school supplies….markers, pencils, crayons, notebooks! I also always enjoyed shopping for new shoes & clothes when I was in school! Thanks for the giveaway!
Shopping for my college bound daughters has been a task indeed, fun, but definitely a task. There are so many things to get. My youngest is a Junior this year and she wanted a trampoline chair to sit in on for TV nights. I had no idea what a trampoline chair was until we shopped for it. Fun!
I loved buying matching notebooks and folders, then in college I was always excited to buy new bedding!
I always liked getting my new clothes and shoes.
New shoes were the best for me.
I don’t remember special new items but I loved my desk
i liked getting new clothes
I’ve loved buying a new trapper keeper when I was in elementary school! Now that my daughter is in school, I just love new glue sticks, pencils and crayons. Yup, dork here! 🙂
I loved pens. I still do.
My favorite back to school item when I was a kid was the binder or trapper keeper in my day! I LOVED the smell of that plastic cover and how clean and new it was, with no scribbles or writing on it.
I always looked forward to buying a new back pack and new fall clothes! 🙂
Best of luck to Allison! Love all of your picks!
I love new shoes, day planners and desk accessories
I liked getting all the fun school supplies like the markers and pens. I still like all the colored pens!
I loved getting new school supplies, shoes and clothes. I can’t just choose one – back to school was a great time!
My favorite was always definitely the clothes! Thanks!
New markers!
Cool new pens!
Clothes and all the school supplies from the notebooks down to the pencils. love them all.
OMG i can believe you forgot the body pillow! Its a must for every dorm nowadays! My daughter graduated and pillows where Hugh because the bed is where they all sit. As well as and IPod home and the Coffee maker!
My son is in his third year of college and its all about the electronics. Big screen TV, gaming equipment and movies.
Then there is a well stocked caddie for the shower and add flip flops!
Good luck we suffer the most, they do fine!
How old do I feel……..I used to love getting the newest Trapper Keeper!
Oh me too! They just don’t make them like they used too!!
I love to buy backpacks. The change each year and add to your style everyday. I hate rolling backpacks though. I went through to get a degree that took about 4 huge books at and I carried all of that! No lazy rollers for me, plus I needed the added weight to work these legs 😉
I think we plan mizzou this year! Oh to be back in college and go to football games as a student! To meet all of the new friends! Good luck to all of you!!
I loved pens & markers – still love them!!
I love getting papers, multicolored folders, colored pens, and markers.
Everything! Fun to get new items.
Thanks so much.
I love buying fresh notebooks and gel pens. I am kind of obsessed with school supplies!
Back when I went to college (which seems like a million years ago), I love buying bedding, wall decor, and the fun stuff to make my dorm room have some personality.
New clothes and backpacks were my favorite to buy 🙂
I really liked getting a new outfit and new shoes Thanks for the chance
I always LOVED buying school supplies! New Crayons, new markers, new pens and pencils, and new notebooks!! I love it!
I loved everything! The school supplies, new shoes, clothes…especially the clothes.
I always loved to buy lots of cute notebooks when I was in school. I was a huge note-taker.
When I was young, it was crayons. Opening a brand new box with and seeing all the colors neatly together was fun!
I love decorating. I’m jealous that your daughter is letting you be part of the dorm room decorating process. My son doesn’t want me helping him, but we did pick out his bedding together. It’s such an exciting time. My dorm room decor years ago consisted of milk crates. I noticed they still haven’t gone out of style, but luckily there are so many people choices now for dorm rooms. Thanks for the giveaway!
I was one of those kids who was jumping for joy when the school supplies came out. My favorite thing was a brand new box of crayons. As I grew older, my favorite was a hot pink pen that had 4 different inks to choose from.
I loved getting new pens, pencils, and notebooks. Everything had to match the color of the textbook.
That will be new clothes and shoes, it was so much fun! Thanks. Larisa
I loved getting those notebooks that had like a plastic cover that you put paper over and trace the photo! And pencils and pens – loved getting crayons!!!
I love school supplies and it was always a good excuse to go buy some!
I always loved picking out the notebooks and pens. Actually, I still do that, even though I haven’t been in school for a lots of years. My son starts college this year. This would be so handy.
I love school bags (backpacks). There is something nostalgic about vinyl.
When I went off to college, I loved having a cushioned backrest with arms to prop myself up in bed to study.
Mechanical pencils… crazy, we just can’t get enough of them!