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Our Favorite Southern Dorm Rooms on Pinterest

Our Favorite Southern Dorm Rooms on Pinterest

By Katherine Owen

Long gone are the days of depressing and dreary college dorm rooms. These days, (particularly down South) you’re guaranteed to find dorm rooms filled with monograms, custom bedding, soft rugs, and even gorgeous art. Here, 10 dorm rooms from around the South that we’re pinning under “if we could relive our collegiate glory days”:

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Stunner from Ole Miss

This photo exploded online last summer after these University of Mississippi freshman showed us just how dreamy dorms can really be.

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Cheery in UT Austin

The Bella Insider

Sarah, of The Bella Insider, decked out her third year dorm room with cheery accessories and a breezy color palette that keeps the small space breathable.

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Elegant at Southern Miss

A mature palette seamlessly blends with standard-issue taupe dorm walls. A tall bed makes for extra storage down below and a good excuse for such a cute stool.

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Sophisticated Space at Alabama

Layers, layers, layers. A pleasing color scheme paired with a variety of patterns and layers of textures takes this room from 101 to graduate-level design.

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Moody Blues at Ole Miss

Painterly art helps the room’s design feel more elevated and thoughtful than typical dorm posters. Symmetry is key in this harmonious design.

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Check Out This Amazing Ole Miss Dorm Room

We don't often think of college dorm rooms as being "fancy," but there are two students who've put together the fanciest dorm room we've ever seen. Abby Bozeman and Lindy Goodson are freshmen at Ole Miss with an impeccable eye for interior design. When the two girls (who were strangers prior to becoming fellow Rebels at the University of Mississippi) saw their cinder block walls and dorm mattresses, they immediately went to work turning their cramped space into an elegant retreat. With tufted headboards, mirrored furniture, and matching monogrammed pillows, this dorm space is truly a work of art. Following the dorm rules of not putting holes into the walls, the girls resorted to hanging everything in their room with Command Strips. Using T.J. Maxx, Marshall's, and antique stores as their guide, Lindy and Abby transformed their dorm room on a budget. The girls did spring for custom-made headboards, pillows, and bedskirts to complete the look. Abby mentioned that she did consider interior decorating at one point, and it's something that's she picked up through the years. "I feel like it's a skill that we just acquired from our moms," she said.

We joined Abby and Lindy at Ole Miss to take a look at the room that's gone viral since Lindy posted it on Twitter. “Some of them were like, ‘I can’t believe you painted the walls,’ but we didn’t!” Lindy said. She also mentioned that other girls have reached out to ask Abby and Lindy to help them decorate their own dorm rooms (a request to which the girls enthusiastically agreed!). We're not sure what career paths that Abby and Lindy have chosen, but Chip and Joanna Gaines had better look out – these Ole Miss freshmen have the talent to take the decorating world by storm. Take a peek inside this incredible room with a tour from the decorators themselves.

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Soft Pinks at Ole Miss

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Such a sweet scheme is perfect for a feminine first-year dorm—aka, the ultimate girls’ room.

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Personality at UT Austin

PBTean

Carve out some much-needed personal space (this room was in a sorority house with 60 other girls…) with an IRL pin board.

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Inviting at Baylor

Equally parts whimsy and class, this dorm passes for boutique hotel accommodations.

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Perfectly-Patterned at Furman

Pink, navy, and red come together for a perfectly preppy bed situation. Where better to go preppy than in school?

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Sophisticated at Ole Miss

What can we say, they just know how to decorate a dorm in Oxford. This room gets its sophistication from turning the twins into daybeds and swapping out unsightly dorm furnishings for a well-loved chest.

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