Anonymous wrote:My oldest is only a junior (HS) but I am getting all these dorm room posts popping up on my FB. Does every girl bring a headboard to college now? And decorate their rooms to the nines? Or is this more a southern college thing? My oldest wouldn't go for it anyway (though my next one would) but I was just curious what the norm was. It seems excessive, although I guess there is a way to do it cheaply/environmentally friendly if you are a crafty or creative person. I remember having a few things (string lights, a rug, a husband pillow, bed in a bag, some posters) - this was early 2000s - and it seemed like everyone had the same (UVA).

50/50 have headboards. Min does not and just has a lot of big pillows. She and her roommate loosely coordinated colors and who was bringing what, but did not do the curated rooms like you see in the SEC posts.

MD state school. Things we sent our DD with: bedding (sheets, blanket, pillows and quilt bedspread) shelves to be used as a bedside table, plastic drawers for under the bed, small rug and bath mat (in a suite where two rooms share a bath and she arrived a week early due to sports so I bought the bath mat), string lights, an old set of curtains for the closet area with a spring loaded shower curtain rod (no closet doors in her dorm), a couple of photos, a desk lamp, mattress topper (cost about $35 on Amazon), and a headboard ($50 on Amazon). She also took her TV and Xbox. Also sent a plate, bowl, and set of silverware.

The headboards of today are like the husbands of yesteryear.

From what I saw everyone had bedside tables and string lights. Some had headboards, under bed storage and closet curtains. I didn’t see any major wall decorations. A poster here and there and photos. I didn’t see matching bedding.

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Anonymous wrote:Every photo I see has the string lights. I wish my daughter would use them, they warm up the room so much. She’s moving in soon, but has not coordinated with her roommate and has no headboard or anything crazy. I imagine she’ll develop the decor over time.

The main things she picked out: “Y2K” bedspread and a couple posters. She does have a fan and done drawers from co tainer store. That’s really it! She was much more concerned with her clothes.

GL to your daughter! Hope she has a good first year!

Thanks so much! That’s very kind.

I had a rug, Christmas lights, fan, mattress topper and comforter for my dorm room in the 90s. Not new.

The headboards are new and seem a bit silly.

Just moved in a girl to a top20 school. Almost everyone had headboards. SO many girls (parents) putting up wallpaper. That was beyond my skill set.

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Anonymous wrote:My DD has a headboard and it is really common at her non-SEC school. Our family has passed one headboard down through my kids so it is on year 5 of use. It makes it cozy while watching TV or doing reading/homework in bed. Maybe it is regional?

Did she bring a headboard because she saw that “everyone “ on TikTok was bringing a headboard?

30 years ago at my college only a few had refrigerators. Most didn’t we didn’t keep food in our rooms. The only ones with TVs in their room were the quiet ones who didn’t go out much after classes. And we were strong enough to sit up straight while doing homework. No headboards. Maybe that’s why students were less overweight on average than they are now.

No, my daughter is not quiet, goes out after class, is strong enough to sit up straight in bed (?) and is not overweight. Geez, what a weird judgmental comment. We get it, you don’t like headboards. It makes the room comfortable. You don’t like it, then don’t get one.

Anonymous wrote:Every photo I see has the string lights. I wish my daughter would use them, they warm up the room so much. She’s moving in soon, but has not coordinated with her roommate and has no headboard or anything crazy. I imagine she’ll develop the decor over time.

The main things she picked out: “Y2K” bedspread and a couple posters. She does have a fan and done drawers from co tainer store. That’s really it! She was much more concerned with her clothes.

GL to your daughter! Hope she has a good first year!

Every photo I see has the string lights. I wish my daughter would use them, they warm up the room so much. She’s moving in soon, but has not coordinated with her roommate and has no headboard or anything crazy. I imagine she’ll develop the decor over time.

The main things she picked out: “Y2K” bedspread and a couple posters. She does have a fan and done drawers from co tainer store. That’s really it! She was much more concerned with her clothes.

I’ve just seen kids bring SO MUCH MORE STUFF. We didn’t have air purifiers, oscillating fans, mini keurigs, ice makers on top of the typical mini fridge and hot pot (kettle?). Then they need mugs, travel mugs, different sized water bottles, and rolling carts to hold it all. I did have an egg crate mattress topper, anyone else??

Mine are in Hs and will be heading to college soon enough—I’ll see what they want and balance that with what they likely need.

I think many kids have lots of posters and decorations up, but don’t have the cultivated look that you see in the south

Anonymous wrote:My DD has a headboard and it is really common at her non-SEC school. Our family has passed one headboard down through my kids so it is on year 5 of use. It makes it cozy while watching TV or doing reading/homework in bed. Maybe it is regional?

Did she bring a headboard because she saw that “everyone “ on TikTok was bringing a headboard?

30 years ago at my college only a few had refrigerators. Most didn’t we didn’t keep food in our rooms. The only ones with TVs in their room were the quiet ones who didn’t go out much after classes. And we were strong enough to sit up straight while doing homework. No headboards. Maybe that’s why students were less overweight on average than they are now.

Anonymous wrote:My only comment on this is the white shag rugs. I just can't imagine how dirty they are at the end of the year, but I see the utility in some sort of rug. As a PP said, in my day that would have been puked on!!

People threw up in your room that regularly?

My only comment on this is the white shag rugs. I just can't imagine how dirty they are at the end of the year, but I see the utility in some sort of rug. As a PP said, in my day that would have been puked on!!

My DD has a headboard and it is really common at her non-SEC school. Our family has passed one headboard down through my kids so it is on year 5 of use. It makes it cozy while watching TV or doing reading/homework in bed. Maybe it is regional?

I’m just back from a non southern ACC move-in and tons of girls had headboards and fully decorated rooms. I kind of liked looking at them, but probably because I have a boy who had no interest in packing, let alone decorating. Couldn’t even get him to hang up some photos!