Comments on: dorm room decor : easy lampshades + pillows https://www.thehandmadehome.net/dorm-room-decor-easy-lampshades-pillows/ The Handmade Home is a full service rehab, construction and design firm with an exclusive product line, at The Handmade Home Studio. Fri, 19 Apr 2019 16:39:16 +0000 hourly 1 By: Stacy McGinnis https://www.thehandmadehome.net/dorm-room-decor-easy-lampshades-pillows/#comment-460156 http://www.thehandmadehome.net?p=27107#comment-460156 I completely got into decorating my daughter’s dorm room a few years ago. (possibly a little too into it) Here are my best tips!
*Use wrapping paper as wallpaper. We used a leopard print on kraft paper so it had a fun feel but was still pretty neutral. The best thing to hang it with is scotch 3m poster strips. It takes a lot of them but they came right off at the end of the year! (be sure to get the ones labeled poster strips)
*For a rug we used a fun scrap of carpet and had it bound. I had extra from some pieces I had bound for my own house.
*Mix large and small patterns together for the bedding and curtains.
*Use an overhead projector to trace large, fun silhouettes and then cut them out of black paper and mount on cream paper. (I used the classic Barbie with the ponytail)
*Buy fun appliquéd cup towels and make pillows out of them by adding a piece of fabric for the back. I like to find really ugly pillows with down inserts at discount stores and take the insert out. It’s cheaper than buying new ones and usually a better quality down!
*Last, don’t be afraid to use things you wouldn’t normally think of for a dorm room! We made a gallery wall above the bed and used ornate gold frames and antlers. It turned out so fun!
If you want to see a couple of photos do a search on pinterest: Grace’s dorm room texas tech. (sorry for the fuzzy pictures though)

]]> By: Deep cleaners Clapham https://www.thehandmadehome.net/dorm-room-decor-easy-lampshades-pillows/#comment-458212 http://www.thehandmadehome.net?p=27107#comment-458212 Gorgeous idea! Just can’t wait to try the project!

]]> By: Amber https://www.thehandmadehome.net/dorm-room-decor-easy-lampshades-pillows/#comment-457297 http://www.thehandmadehome.net?p=27107#comment-457297 Such CUTE ideas, Lindsay! My three year old broke my “new” Goodwill lampshade (the second one he’s broken!) and I think this just may be the solution!

Thanks, Lindsay!

]]> By: Roganne https://www.thehandmadehome.net/dorm-room-decor-easy-lampshades-pillows/#comment-456868 http://www.thehandmadehome.net?p=27107#comment-456868 Love it! Also, please tell me where that amazing rug is from! I have to have it!!

]]> By: JT https://www.thehandmadehome.net/dorm-room-decor-easy-lampshades-pillows/#comment-456385 http://www.thehandmadehome.net?p=27107#comment-456385 What a great idea! My daughter and I are doing this, tomorrow! She was so excited to start decorating! 🙂

]]> By: Jenna https://www.thehandmadehome.net/dorm-room-decor-easy-lampshades-pillows/#comment-456202 http://www.thehandmadehome.net?p=27107#comment-456202 Lovely idea! I can’t wait to try it

]]> By: Alexis https://www.thehandmadehome.net/dorm-room-decor-easy-lampshades-pillows/#comment-456199 http://www.thehandmadehome.net?p=27107#comment-456199 This is fantastic! What a fun idea for my daughter! Can’t wait for the rest of the series.

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