Dorm Room Checklist

College is usually most people’s first time away from home. Therefore it’s almost like starting from scratch, setting up a new home. No doubt you’re excited and a little apprehensive as well. The fact that you’re usually on a shoe string budget and have to put up with strange companions doesn’t help either. Moving day just got so much better. The first thing to when you move in to your dorm room is to settle in and hang out a little with your dorm mates. You also need to take a good look... Read Full Story

by Melissa Evans College life can be very boring. Especially when you’ve moved into a dorm room with dull blank walls or with unattractive hues, you can easily get tired just looking around your room. One way to liven up your surroundings is to place dorm decals on the walls. If you want to know more about dorm decor while being on a budget, then read on. These inexpensive wall decals are so unique and have so many design options available, that there isn’t any college student out there... Read Full Story

Wall??Stickers?? Hey, just cuz you’re??stuck in a??stuffy old dorm room doesn’t mean you can’t get funky with your walls. OK so colleges don’t encourage creativity when it comes to??painting dorm walls??but that’s the great thing about wall graphics, they’re not permanent. They’re super easy to apply, no special glue or anyting like that and when your saying saynora for the summer you just peel them right off. Microwave A microwave will help to??kill those hunger pains in between... Read Full Story

WeeGee is bringing something a little bit different to the modern lighting market in the form of these bold floor lamps. Rather than the usual minimalist white, the shades come in a wide variety of subtle prints (over a dozen) that come to life beautifully when lit. I find them so beautiful and have actually been considering ditching my $10 Ikea paper light sculptures and investing in one for my living room. The lamps are available at Design Public , 2Modern and Velocity . I mention all... Read Full Story

It's your space, and you can decorate it however you want. That means if you'd like to add the funny "I Love Beer" poster, you're free to do so. If you want the demotivational "Diamonds" poster, no one's stopping you. If you're more of a chemistry person, maybe the Periodic Table of Sex is for you. Whatever the case may be, these are the best of the best funny posters that will last you through all four years of college, and maybe even long enough until you move back in with your parents... Read Full Story

Decorating Your College Dorm Room Retro Style Are you going off to college in the fall? Have you been wondering how to decorate your dorm room? Don’t worry! We are here to offer lots of retro-inspired ideas on what you can do to your room. An easy way to bring life to a small dorm room is to decorate with a theme in mind. This unifies all of the separate pieces and makes the décor of the room flow together. We have many items that can be combined to create your perfect theme. Here are... Read Full Story

Got one of those “spare” rooms that have kinda turned into a dumping zone? Old exercise equipment, the kids old toys and clothes, boxes of book and who knows what else. Well it’s time to take your space back. Time to clear it out, have a garage sale and actually be able to find the “guest bed” under the pile of jeans that need hemming and the old drapes from down stairs. It’s time to make a guest room. So now what? How do you decorate a guest room that will appeal to everyone. All ages... Read Full Story

For the past week I have been working on a project for the State of the University Address in October. After completing the initial project last week, we evaluated it, and thought perhaps we should try a think or two different this year. So, I set out to grasp innovation (a word that truly defines Lynn University). After Jason, Laura, and I (the Media Team) put our thinking caps on and bounced a few ideas around the room, we came up with something quite novel. However, I obviously cannot... Read Full Story

Here are a few really different lamps from Luceplan lighting, and these are just a sampling of what they offer. The Carrara floor lamp, called the one piece Luminator, is perfect for home or public and is visually pleasing where ever it is. The state of the art compact fluorescent bulb offers extreme brightness (6,400 lumen) with very low energy consumption (100watts), and is dimmable due to the ballast. 14" x 9" diffuser x 73"height List price $2,350 Ross Lovegrove reveals the... Read Full Story

Find plenty of information about dorm rooms from sites like zimbio and www.dormlife411.com   these will help you find what you need to know before you move in.  Don't be affraid to ask questions to get the info you want. Read Full Story