Savannah and Ashley's Dorm Room

Well, I haven't blogged in so long and again these pics were just taken on my iPhone.  But, I wanted to hopefully give out some information to those of you decorating dorm rooms this year.

It's hard to believe that last year at this time we were busy busy designing/planning Savannah's dorm room for her freshman year at college.  It was a crazy time trying to figure out measurements, colors,  how things were going to hang or actually work in a room that we had never stepped foot into. But, it was so much fun to see it all come together once we got there and got to work.  It actually turned out better than I had even imagined it would.

I've had so many texts and emails from several people wanting to know how we made/did certain things that I decided a blog post would possibly be a great way to answer everyone's questions.  I honestly wish I had taken better notes and measurements, but at the time I was just trying to figure it all out myself.

Two things I get asked about most often are the bedskirt and the headboard.  I'll start with the bedskirt, which actually is the one that everyone wants to know about.  We made three separate panels. One for the end of the bed and two for the front side of the bed.  We attached ribbon/ties to the top of each panel and that allowed us to tie the panels onto the bedsprings under mattress.  That also allowed us to adjust the length of the bed skirt, (which I sorta figured out by counting the cinder blocks on the wall in a pic I had seen.) This design functioned so well and held up beautifully all year. Having a middle opening makes for easy access to get to storage units under the bed.

We totally guessed on how to make the covers for the chairs, and we "actually kinda" sewed them onto the
chairs so that they would fit.

The headboard I made by buying plywood at Lowe's and having a friend cut the oval design.  I used a staple gun to attach the foam to the headboard.  (I actually used an inexpensive twin foam mattress pad for my padding...which is much less expensive than regular foam). I then used indoor/outdoor fabric to complete the headboard. We attached the headboard to the wall with command strips and zip ties.  You can also just lean it against the wall.  Whichever you prefer will work.

The faux roman shades/window treatment we chose for the room were attached/stapled to a small board.  We then attached the board with zip ties to the blinds.
They added so much warmth to the room.

Our curtains that covered the closet were made out of the same fabric as headboard.  We lined them for a more custom look.  We also added rings for ease of opening. We used a heavy duty spring shower rod to hang them on.

Loved these acrylic barstools that we customized by adding their monograms to the top.  

We attached all art and wall decor to the walls with command strips!  You will need MANY command strips.  We used them for everything!

Hope this helps.  If you have any questions feel free to ask!  Hopefully the pics will help too.

Designing this room was hard because you really don't have much information to go on, but I truly loved how it all came together!

Love these girls!

I made the art above the desk by layering two canvases using command strips.