Anyone who has lived in a dorm or student apartment knows that the spaces are, well, plain. So as students, we need to find ways to add our own personal touches to liven them up. My favorite technique is hanging photos around the room. So this week I’m going to cover some photo wall ideas, plus tips and tricks to make your room personal and stylish using photos.

I have amassed a large collection of photographs over the years. The main contributor to this was a photo mural I put together in my dorm room a few years ago (photo above).

I used simple scotch tape to hang these. I went through a lot, but I had a large roll. (Word of advice if you go this route, avoid the super cheap tape because it is hard to remove from your pictures and it can leave residue — actual scotch tape is the gold standard.)

There are so many things you can do with photos on your walls — here are some of my favorite photo wall ideas to get your inspiration going:

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Photo Collage Ideas

The best part about photo wall collages is that you can basically do whatever you want with them. You can choose images of different sizes, take pages from magazines, or include quotes.

Some cool photo wall collages I’ve seen used the corners of the room to create some depth. They also used different sized images. I even saw one that had images cut out in letter shapes that spelled out a quote. The options are limitless.

The ones listed below are some of the most popular and easiest to put together.