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"  Dorms are typically tiny rooms with cinderblock walls and dreary tiled floors. So they can be super depressing when you are cooped up inside during the gray winter months.  But have no fear! It is so easy to make decorations for your room that can liven up the atmosphere. First of all, pictures are your friends. It takes seconds to print out some pictures of you with family and friends and tape them on your door or pin them to a cork board. If you want to get fancy, you can buy cheap frames from craft stores and use those for displaying pictures. In my dorm room, I have frames everywhere. They make my small living space a little bit homier. I personally am a big collage maker, so I have many of those creations also hung up around my room. Find some cool pictures and words from your favorite magazines, cut them out, and collage away! They are a fun way to cover up blank white walls with some color. I recommend pictures and posters everywhere!  One last thing that I did in my dorm was string lights around the room. My roommate and I have purple lights everywhere which are fun, different, and help alleviate the harsh dorm lights. When decorating your dorm, be creative, add some color and have fun with it! That way you can really turn your dorm into a home away from home. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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