Dorm Room Decor Tips from Posterjack
The end of summer marks the beginning of a new adventure for many kids – college and university! A dorm room offers the chance for students to claim a space and come into their own, often in limited square footage.
When I had my own dorm room to decorate I made use of my colour printer to create a giant collage. Looking back it was kind of low budget, I wish Posterjack had been around back then!
Posterjack has 5 photo art tips to make the most of the small space.
1. Make it feel bigger with reflections
Metal Prints and Lacquer Frames catch and reflect light which can make a space feel bigger.
2. Make a statement
An oversized Poster makes a statement and also creates a focal point, tricking the eye into thinking the room is bigger than it is.
3. Create continuity
Use a collection of Canvas Prints that have the same soft colours and are the same size for a natural flow throughout the room.
4. Add personality without the paint
Create a great accent wall without the paint or damage with Peel & Sticks.
5. Inspiration boards
Create a collage of all the people, places and things that inspire you – perfect for above a desk or workspace.
Decorating a dorm with photo art from Posterjack is as easy as 1,2,3:
1. Upload a photo
2. Select your print and size
3. Sit back as Posterjack delivers right to your door
While my girls are years away from needing to make a dorm room their own, we still love to use Posterjack to help with decorating their rooms with quality prints.
I recently ordered a set of gorgeous framed prints for Keira’s room to fit in with her Winnie the Pooh theme but with a bit of a more grown up feel. They might end up in a dorm room one day too, who knows!
How did you add personality to your dorm room?
Great ideas, thank you
Those are very cute. Great way to add some style.
My son has been wanting some posters for his room. I”ll have to check ou some of these ideas.
I’m going to check out their peel and sticks. Our walls could use some pizzazz!
I purchased a lot of posters when I was in university.
These are amazing ideas and I need to decorate the walls downstairs,thanks
I didn’t go to college, but wish I had. I would probably decorated with posters of bands or something.
Love your dorm tips. Best thing too is to keep it really simple. My girl love having photos of family and friends from back home in their dorms. Then they add new photos of their new friends. It is fun,
Those are great tips! I had posters in my dorm room, but never ventured into more stylish options such as canvas or frames.
I love using wall decals to decorate. These are some great tips to personalize any room.
These are great tips for any small space. Thanks for sharing.
Oh wow look how easy that is! No dorm rooms here. But 4 kids rooms to decorate!
Sadly, I never had a dorm room. I got married right out of highschool and my mom helped me decorate base housing from the thrift shop. It was horrible.
This is so much classier than my dorm room walls, which was a collage of magazine tear-outs. Very cute.
much nicer than the tapestries we used to hang on the wall. they are gorgeous prints
They sure do make it easy! Dorm rooms need jazzing up to be cozy homes away from home.
I love the idea of having an inspiration board. What a great way for a student to stay focused on their dreams and goals,
I love those print outs! Too cute, I need to decorate my office with those!
I love inspiration boards, not just for dorms but for the home too. Positivity breeds positivity.
what a cute way to give life to a boring dorm room. I love how this would brighten a room up.
I always wanted to live in a dorm room so I could decorate. I totally would have hung inspirations on the walls!
I tend to use movie posters and canvas paintings to get my room looking nice. I also have a flyer for a Mark Ryden art show on my wall.
Since I lived in the town where the college was my Freshman year I did not live on campus. When I went back to school later in life for my MBA I took classes online.
I used to add posters to my walls. These prints are much cuter!
I think inspiration boards are such a good idea. I love the idea of having a great visual to refer to from time to time.
I love these! I wish I had a dorm room to use these great ideas!
Dorm rooms can be jazzed up so they feel more homey and it can be done on a budget! Love these tips.
We’ve been in our new home for about 2 months now and are still decorating, so even though this is a dorm room post I may hijack some of these for myself! Thanks for the tips.
Dorm rooms aren’t the only room that can be blah. Mirrors and collages can brighten up any room
These are great ideas. You’ve got to get creative with decorating dorm rooms. You can’t paint, and there’s no room for a lot of furniture.
These are some great tips! I had so much fun decorating my dorm rooms in college. I usually would end up covering every square inch of wall space!
These are cute! I never had a dorm room to decorate – I went right to an apartment. That was shared with 4 people! We were doing good to have groceries let alone decorate!!
Oh sweet! I actually never thought of posterjack until I seen this… I just moved and need some bedroom/kitchen piccies… I have a few beauties I took with my Canon Rebel <3
Thanks for the idea!
When I was in college, my dorm room was bleak. I never decorated it. I just slept there. I guess that’s pretty much the standard guy thing to do.
These are great tips. Dorm rooms can be so blah, and with space constraints and restrictions on what you can and can’t do in the room, you have to rely on the little things to make the room nice.
Great tips! We could really use these tips for our smallest bedroom. It just feels tiny!
Great tips! We have a relatively small space and I think I might need to pickup some mirrors to make our rooms look bigger.
I would not have thought those prints would be from a place called “poster jack”. They’re beautiful!
I like these prints! What fun ideas to decorate a dorm!
It’s been a long time since I lived in a dorm, but I remember how much fun I had decorating my dorm room. Love the framed prints!
Collages are my favorite, what a fun way to decorate! Thanks for sharing.
Wow, your wall looks really nice! I never really thought of posters like this.. I guess I am still stuck in the boy band days! Love these little inspirational quotes.
I love all the choices there are for home decor now a days. PosterJack has some great products – I’ll definitely be checking them out when we redo our living room!
I just helped a lot of kids move into their dorms two weeks ago. It was fun to see all of the various styles. (I especially loved the girls who brought the enormous fluffy decorative pillows. I totally wanted to move into their rooms!)
There are several cute decor ideas. I need to get on decorating my office!
My daughter hung up canvas prints of her favorite pictures to make her dorm room look like home. Her roommate used peel and sticks!
Dorm rooms can be so blah and boring. I like the idea of adding your own personality into it.
It sounds like they have a lot of cute decor items there. I am long past days of living in a dorm, but I have a whole house to decorate 🙂