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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think this is a very kind and generous gesture.  I also think it’s misguided.  Maybe you could offer her the choice of decorating the room with you, or having the money as cash and letting her decide what to do with it.

Decorating a space is personal, and college is probably the first time she can decorate without having to consider your preferences.  Instead of you getting random upgrade ideas from DCUM, let her use the ideas she gets from inspecting similar dorm at her college.  Moreover, her roommate may have her own preferences that need to be considered.  Let them work it out between the two of them.

Moreover, college dorm rooms are temporary and there are lots of opportunities for college kids to invest extra funds.  Your daughter’s top priority might be a deluxe room complete with canopy, headboard, and mood lighting, or she might prefer to put up some posters and then go to a concert, take a weekend road trip, buy specialty coffees when she has early classes, take a bunch of friends out to dinner, etc.

FWIW, my dorm room with cement block walls and utilitarian tile floor, a few years prior to renovation, appalled my mother.  While it was a little bleak in its bare condition when I first moved in, I plastered my side of the walls with family snapshots, vacation postcards, and posters (both museum art and quirky personal ones).  I wouldn’t consider it “decorated” by any means, but everywhere I looked there was something happy to see.  I made it mine, and when my mother came to visit and complained about how awful my home away from home was, even though I knew she meant well, it still hurt my feelings a little.[/quote]

Op here— that’s kindly put and I appreciate it. She’s homesick and I feel like if I can’t be there to give her a hug I need to do *something*!

Maybe one of those pillows with arms… What about family photos to use or not use as she likes? So not put them up for her, just leave her a stack and some sticky tack. [/quote]

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