Get an A+ in Dorm Design

UNION, N.J., July 15 /PRNewswire/ -- MS -- Four white walls, a closet and, if you're lucky, a desk ... welcome to your new home, college students. As dreary as a dorm room can seem, a few simple steps can easily transform that drab dorm room into a space you'll want to come home to in a few easy steps.

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Bed Bath & Beyond suggests a few tips to help college students and their parents get started.

"You don't need to be an interior designer or worry about breaking the bank," commented Catherine Gentile of Bed Bath & Beyond. "Focus on a few key areas to bring your personality and affordable style to decorate this blank canvas."

• Don't "Bare" with it. Bare walls and floors don't increase the cozy factor. Start with an area rug to add a focal point in the room while providing the creature comforts of home to bare feet. Next consider your walls, choose wall art that doesn't require mounting with a hammer and nails (a no-no in most dormitories). Consider a set of 3 dry erase "wall pops" that peel and stick and can be moved to change them up on a whim.

• Make your bed (really, really comfy). Layer in the comfort to take the standard issue dorm bed to the next level! Since you won't know where your mattress has been, encase it in an Entomologist lab tested and recommended Allergy Luxe® bed bug mattress protector to keep the bed bugs at bay. Then smooth out the lumps and bumps with a mattress topper of your choice.

• Bedding is the biggest decor bang for the buck. When searching for bedding, first find out if your new bed is twin extra long, a slightly longer twin bed size which is commonly found in dorm rooms. Since the bed is typically the biggest decor piece in the room, it's the easiest way to make a statement. This year, affordable fashion bedding options abound from flirty floral designs to bold bright colors for girls, to masculine stripes and plaids or solid reversible sets for guys. Nautica® takes the popular cotton jersey knit sheet set a step further in their "Glen Cove" set that includes a jersey knit comforter.

• Wake-App Call. A wave of new technology is taking the dorm room light years ahead. This year students can even have a wake up app to help them get to class on time! The new iHome iA5 'app-enhanced' alarm clock is a combination speaker and docking station that connects with a student's iPhone. What makes this clock so unique? It's the first bedside alarm clock with its own free iPhone application. The app allows students to wake to personal reminders, weather reports and even social media updates from Facebook and Twitter friends.

For more information and tips on heading back to college, visit Bed Bath & Beyond stores or bedbathandbeyond.com and peruse the "Shop for College" section.

SOURCE Bed Bath & Beyond

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