We’ve received quite a few requests lately from this year’s incoming freshmen wanting to know how to decorate a dorm room and where to find stylish dorm bedding. The great news is: it’s so easy to make your dorm room fabulous.

Today, we’re going to show you how to decorate your dorm room, starting with your bedding (and we’ll move on to the rest of your dorm room checklist next).

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One quick thing to note: college is THE time to go crazy with your room decorations. Once you’re living in the adult world, it will no longer be as acceptable to have a hot-pink bed, purple retro mini fridge, and strings of Christmas lights hanging everywhere in your apartment. For now, feel free to express your personality in your room – you can go for the “adult” look later!

This will be a multi-part series we’ll be posting over the next few days. Today we’re going to focus on Dorm Bedding. There are so many options out there in terms of duvet covers and sheet sets, which we’re going to feature at the end of this post. First, here are a few tips on buying bedding for college:

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Click to Buy at Dormify If you’ve got a passion for pink, this cute ombré comforter from Dormify is made for you. This delicate blush ombré pattern is more unique than your average duvet and we pretty much guarantee your roomie will be envious.

Click to Buy at Dormify If you, like us, are in love with airy white bedding, you can’t do better than this gorgeous eyelet cover set from Dormify. It’s so beautiful and chic, and could be styled so many ways to match any dorm room color scheme.