How can I jazz up my room at Uni? Idea's!!??....?

Question

I'm living in a halls of residence at Uni and have a little en suite room, but at the moment it looks a little bare. How can I make it more homely? I've stuck some photo's up on my notice board, my bed sheets have little flowers on. What else though could I get that would make it better? I thought about getting a rug. But I don't know what else! Please help!

Answer 1

1Start with the bed. Buy a duvet, colorful throw pillows!! A small and cute rug beside it! Also, you can find tutorials on how to make a duvet, and throw pillows are relatively cheap to make yourself, and therefore easier to coordinate with your room!

#2You make get some double stick tape *test it first* and put around the top of your wall and get some fabric and make mock curtains.

#3Make some cute corkboards! Spray paint them a base coat, then paint flowers and whatnot to make them pretty and ready for whatever pictures and reminders you may pin to them.

#4Wall stickers, made to be removed, I know there is a good site somewhere...but you will have to find it on your own, I believe the first post had some good ones.

#5If your walls are white, do not worry about small holes, that is what spackle is for, also good if someone is a clumsy and makes a small hole in the wall *you may need to use some mesh made specifically for this to put on then spackle over. good as new!*

#6Asian hanging paper lanterns! Ikea sells them for a really nice price! Basically it has the cord with the light socket, and they sell the paper spheres to go over. Get a couple you like and if they are plain, why don't you paint them? This also saves what small space you have, having a hanging lamp.

#7Go vertical, more space that way. Hang curtains starting from the ceiling to the floor, giving the illusion of a bigger window.

#8Get cute wallhooks. Try UrbanOutfitters.com This will help save space and provide cute organization.

#9Stick with a color palette of maybe 4 colors tops. It will help your room look more cohesive rather than small and cluttered, not good when it IS small.

#10Remember stores like IKEA may come off as a bit to conformist to some, but some ppl decide to screw with that. You can alter whatever furniture you find to suit your needs with some time and a little bit more money. Try http://ikeahacker.blogspot.com/

Answer 2

You can do a lot with soft furnishings, I'd get lots of cushions in rich colours, some pictures for the walls, make your own by buying cheap frames and print your favourite images off your computer. A rug would make it feel warm and cosy. Light fittings and lamps are an inexpensive way of changing a room. Add a few plants if you are green-fingered.

Obviously you won't be allowed to paint the walls, but you could buy a large rug or throw with a nice strong pattern and use as a wall-hanging ?

Answer 3

Paint It! thats one of the fastest and easiest ways to make a big change. Add curtains If you don't have a headboard get one or make one with frabic or use molding on the wall above the bed and paint a contrasting color inside it. Add rugs If you want to add some funkyness go to a thrift store, or garage sale and check out some unusal pieces of furniture. Look at them in a new way! Ifs it brown think what it would look like in a shimmering gold ! whatever you do to a used piece cant hurt because you never paid a huge price for it. If its something that usually stands alone, think how interesting it might be attached to the wall. Don't forget to add some deco or pictures to the walls. Have some fun with it. Good luck

Answer 4

students are crazy about posters, but I don't think it's interior design material



planners/calendar



ornaments with interesting stories behind them (see flea markets)



paintings (just to look sophisticated)



coat hanger



small shelf for books (if you ever read them)



sex toy (bring up interesting conversations)



tv



pc and external hard drives



fridge (if it doesn't break uni rules)



fan



drawers for accessories and snacks



wardrobe (if the room doesn't have one)



games



red wine



standing lamp



cd/dvd rack (if music or films are your thing)



bean bag



extra chair



pint glass/beer mug



the bedroom is a physical manifestation of your mind. it's basically you. unless you have no personality and you are a living definition of a robot, you should have things that you want to show about yourself. for other things, make a list of your interests and personality traits and find symbolic representation of those things, just don't go overboard with this. It's like a girl finding a dress and asking her mates what it says about her, except you're not too conscientious about what other people think (do have some discretion).



Hope this helps

Answer 5

Posters on the wall. Some card shops have wrapping paper with one big picture of an animal - cheaper than proper posters. Good quality masking tape (bought with the money you didn't spend on a proper poster) is probably a safe bet for not marking the walls - make small rolls of it to hide it from sight - like double-sided tape.



An inflatable toy or two hanging from curtain rail or wherever. I have a 3ft parrot and a spaceship in my room.



Some sort of light-catching mobile hanging from the curtain rail. You could make something from clear plastic food packaging and decorate it with buttons, coloured tape, etc.

Answer 6

Put Up Some Pics Of Your Favourite Actor/Singer/Band or all :D It Will Make You Feel More Like You Are Around The Things You Love

Answer 7

try www.rasterbator.com



you put in a picture and it blows it up and pixilates it and then your print it out to whatever size you want. I have a banksy artwork on my wll at uni on about 20 sheets of A4. It looks really cool, everyone comments on it and it's much cheaper than getting wallpaper but better looking than posters.

Answer 8

your uni might have a poster and plant sale - that will brighten up the room

definitely get a rug - in a hall room it really brightens things up

keep adding to the photos throughout the year and put of memoirs or your first year of uni - by november your room will be full of memories trust me



have fun at uni

Answer 9

try these 2 fantastic websites wallglamour.co.uk and rockettstgeorge.co.uk they have an amazing selection of modern and funky wallstickers great cheap way to jazz it up without all the hard work of hanging wallpaper. x