Anonymous
Post 07/20/2025 04:14     Subject: Recommendations for dorm headboard
Anonymous wrote:Why all the snark? Just scroll by.
My daughter ended up not getting but plenty of girls do.
Do you follow the Dorm sites on Facebook? They have good recs.


All the snark is too hard to pass up for such foolishness. I would guess it’s mostly Southern and some Midwestern Universities where the color pink rules and these girls SAT scores are lower than their $1,000 dorm decoration budget.
Anonymous
Post 07/19/2025 22:34     Subject: Recommendations for dorm headboard
Anonymous wrote:How can she get properly railed by a Sigma Chi if she doesn't have a proper headboard?


+1
Anonymous
Post 07/19/2025 22:32     Subject: Recommendations for dorm headboard
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Why all the snark? Just scroll by.
My daughter ended up not getting but plenty of girls do.
Do you follow the Dorm sites on Facebook? They have good recs.


All the snark? I think you mean opinions that don’t match yours.


NP: Your statement might be valid if the original post were asking advice about whether or not to get a headboard, but it wasn't - OP clearly asked for help PICKING OUT a headboard and described the type her daughter wants. So yes it is annoying for there to be several snarky comments about how she should not a headboard, how useless it is to get a headboard, etc etc


Thank you. Seemed pretty obvious!
Anonymous
Post 07/19/2025 21:51     Subject: Recommendations for dorm headboard
We kept it very basic with this one. It has lasted 3 yrs so far and onto the 4th.
The stings and loops in the back have made installations very easy.

Rainha Memory Foam Cushioned Dorm Headboard - Amazon
Anonymous
Post 07/19/2025 20:36     Subject: Recommendations for dorm headboard
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I’d avoid Pottery Barn, they were nice 30 years ago but now it’s just cheap.


So what? It’s for a college dorm room.


We got a really nice one for my DD at a thrift store, painted & covered it ourselves, and it ended up being used in the guest room of her first apartment. Pottery Barn would’ve ended up trashed. I work hard for my money and would rather buy quality stuff, dorm room or not.


Her first apartment had a guest room?!


Best comment of the weekend. 😜
Anonymous
Post 07/19/2025 20:24     Subject: Recommendations for dorm headboard
How can she get properly railed by a Sigma Chi if she doesn't have a proper headboard?
Anonymous
Post 07/19/2025 20:19     Subject: Recommendations for dorm headboard
School’s parent Facebook page. People will be selling them if it is a school where kids move into apartments after a year or two. My kid did not have one but a lot of girls at her school did. Most seemed to coordinate with roommate.
Anonymous
Post 07/19/2025 17:41     Subject: Recommendations for dorm headboard
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Why all the snark? Just scroll by.
My daughter ended up not getting but plenty of girls do.
Do you follow the Dorm sites on Facebook? They have good recs.


All the snark? I think you mean opinions that don’t match yours.


NP: Your statement might be valid if the original post were asking advice about whether or not to get a headboard, but it wasn't - OP clearly asked for help PICKING OUT a headboard and described the type her daughter wants. So yes it is annoying for there to be several snarky comments about how she should not a headboard, how useless it is to get a headboard, etc etc


First day on the internet?
Anonymous
Post 07/19/2025 17:39     Subject: Recommendations for dorm headboard
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Why all the snark? Just scroll by.
My daughter ended up not getting but plenty of girls do.
Do you follow the Dorm sites on Facebook? They have good recs.


All the snark? I think you mean opinions that don’t match yours.


NP: Your statement might be valid if the original post were asking advice about whether or not to get a headboard, but it wasn't - OP clearly asked for help PICKING OUT a headboard and described the type her daughter wants. So yes it is annoying for there to be several snarky comments about how she should not a headboard, how useless it is to get a headboard, etc etc
Anonymous
Post 07/19/2025 17:35     Subject: Recommendations for dorm headboard
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Why all the snark? Just scroll by.
My daughter ended up not getting but plenty of girls do.
Do you follow the Dorm sites on Facebook? They have good recs.


All the snark? I think you mean opinions that don’t match yours.


Actually that was my point - we didn’t find it necessary but lots do and it’s cool
Anonymous
Post 07/19/2025 17:28     Subject: Recommendations for dorm headboard
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:My rising college sophomore bought the Jordyn Charging White Studded headboard from Dormify last summer. She actually hated Dormify - found it so cheesy and overpriced - but it was her favorite headboard after looking everywhere (plus she had a promo code). She LOVED it and will end up using it all four years (attends a SLAC and they all live on campus). I just did a search so I could give you a link but it seems to have disappeared now that, I guess, Dormify was bought by PB/Williams Sonoma. Many people say the headboard is a waste but it is one of the things dd loved most about her dorm room. It was soft so nice to sit up and read in bed, she could plug her phone into it, and it was super easy to install with command strips). You could probably find one secondhand on marketplace or similar, because many kids move off campus and no longer have a twin bed. Good luck!


Can you explain how it works with a dorm bed with an attached headboard? I feel like I am missing something.


I assume it doesn't - but why buy a headboard if your dorm bed already has one? My dd's bed was just the wooden slatted frame and the thin mattress. We raised the mattress so she could have underbed storage, and we attached the headboard to the wall at the head of her bed. Her bed is heavy enough that it does not move away from the headboard. At first I thought the charging feature was silly but in fact it's great.
Anonymous
Post 07/19/2025 17:01     Subject: Recommendations for dorm headboard
Anonymous wrote:Why all the snark? Just scroll by.
My daughter ended up not getting but plenty of girls do.
Do you follow the Dorm sites on Facebook? They have good recs.


All the snark? I think you mean opinions that don’t match yours.
Anonymous
Post 07/19/2025 17:01     Subject: Re:Recommendations for dorm headboard
Ordered this for DS - https://www.homedepot.com/p/MODWAY-Emily-Navy-Twin-Tufted-Performance-Velvet-Headboard-MOD-6114-NAV/310592498
Cheap incase it doesn't work but quality-wise is really nice. It did smell like the packaging though for awhile so we Febreesed it a few times and have let it air out.
We plan to zip tie it to the bed posts (jr lofted bed - not too high).
Friend got one last year on one with charger in it from Dormify - they used heavy duty command strips to hang it and it lasted all year with no issues to the wall.
Anonymous
Post 07/19/2025 16:31     Subject: Recommendations for dorm headboard
My DD loved hers. It was a charging headboard from Dormify and she will use it again this year. If she does not need it for her junior year, she can always sell it. It easily attached but I don’t remember how we did it. The headboard came with whatever was needed to attach.

In my days, we used a “husband” pillow, but this takes up a lot less space and has charging.

She and her roommate got matching ones, though that’s not needed. It’s just a way to make their home away from home comfy.
Anonymous
Post 07/19/2025 16:18     Subject: Recommendations for dorm headboard
Anonymous wrote:PB Teen hehe. These must be Southern schools. The intellectuals up north aren’t even thinking above this kind of nonsense.


You’d be mocked, kidding, kind of.