Categories: College Life

Cutest Shelves For A Dorm Room

You are probably going to bring a lot with you to college. You want to make sure that you have all of the essentials as well as some things for fun. However, you need to make sure you have somewhere to put everything. The closet will usually be full of clothes so it is hard to put items in there. The drawers in your desk can only take so much, that is if your desk even has drawers. Then if you just scatter objects randomly in your room, you are going to make a mess and lose everything. That is why you are going to need a shelf. Shelves are meant to carry the items that you own in a compact and organized way. They come in a variety of shapes and sizes. It is your job to pick what will work best for your room’s look and what you own. Once your shelves are set up, you will be able to find everything. Here are some shelves that will be great for your college dorm room so that you have an orderly room and an orderly year.

1. Bench Shelf

It is always nice when an item can serve multiple purposes. It will help you save space and money. What if there was a shelf that was more than just a shelf. This shelf is the answer as it does more than hold items. There are four cubes in this shelf and have room for a lot that you may keep in your room so that you will have great storage that won’t take up too much space. That alone would be awesome, but this shelf goes the extra mile. It also serves as a bench. So if you have friends over and there is no room for them on your bed, they will have a nice bench to sit on. It won’t take up too much room but will still be pretty comfy. So not only can it hold inanimate objects, but it can also hold people. This will leave room in your dorm for anything else you may want to buy. Storage and seating are both important, and now you have the best of both worlds.

2. Stacked Cubes

You may only have a few objects that you want to store, so you would probably only need one little shelf? However, you might be bringing a lot to college. You can only fit so much in your closet, so that is why you will be getting shelves. Some may be too small, so it might be time to go big. This shelf will provide you with a lot of storage so that there won’t be a chance of you running out of space. This shelf has twelve cubes stacked on top of each other in a three by four structure. The cubes aren’t that big on their own, but when there are twelve of them, you have a lot to work with. This is kind of like a bookshelf in that it is a rectangle that you place on the floor. However, the cubes make the shelf pristine and it helps divide everything. You can make each section have an object theme, like one section for phone accessories, another for jewelry, another for hair accessories, and so on. This shouldn’t take up too much of your room, but each cube will help you a lot. Don’t worry about bringing too much, you will always have room.

3. Intersecting Squares

You might be going for a certain style when designing your room. This could be only a small part of your dorm or it may be the theme for the whole space. Either way, any choice you make can help give your dorm a lovely artistic touch. For example, maybe you want to go for a modern art route. This can help make your room look sophisticated and show that you have creativity. This shelf will be able to express that flair. There are four shelves in this set, each with different sizes. They are all intersecting so some of the squares cross each other. They are not in a specific order, they are just all attached in different ways. With this smooth black color, this looks like a n art piece you may find in a museum instead of a college dorm room. The shelves are not too thick, but they will be able to carry items like your phone, keys, a book if you position it on the wall, etc. This will be a very sleek choice for your room to make it look grown up while also carrying your items. Art can have a purpose, and this art’s purpose is to make your room neat.

4. Bedside Holder

Let’s say it is early in the morning and you just woke up. You don’t want to get out of bed but you want to use your laptop for a bit or maybe read a book to wake up naturally. However, when it is all far away, you may feel a little lazy. Instead of feeling bad about being lazy, why not make it easier to be lazy? That is why this shelf will make your college life a lot easier. This is a bedside shelf that will always be right by your bed. You will attach this shelf to your bedside, and everything you need can be right there. You can put your laptop on it, some books, maybe a water bottle, or a bag of snacks. The possibilities are endless. It is great for the beginning of the day when you don’t want to get out of bed, as well as the end of the day when the lights are out and you don’t want to put everything away. Everyone likes to stay in bed, and now that goal has never been easier.

5. Crescent Moon

Why not try making your room a little fun? Most shelves are the same general rectangle shape. That is certainly not a bad thing, but there is also nothing wrong with doing a little bit more. Hanging a unique shape to give your room some style. This shelf will be the uniqueness that your room needs. This shelf is in the shape of a crescent room. It will provide a small little space theme for your room. You don’t need to look out your window at night because you will get a little bit of the night sky in your room. Not only is the shelf shaped like the moon, but it also comes stars and clouds on two strings that you can hang from the shelf. This will really help you lean into the space theme. Everyone is going to jealous of this exciting shelf. There are three little shelves inside this moon that you can use to carry the usual objects, as long as they are not too big. So this is a decoration that will help you out as a small storage. You should make you room stand out, so start with bringing in the night sky.

6. Ivy Leaves Hanging

There are a lot of style choices that you can make for your dorm. Some of these shelves may be a bit more neutral while the rest of your dorm is filled with intrigue. However, you should sometimes let a shelf have some fun too. This shelf is a wonderful combination of practicality and aesthetic. Most of the shelf is normal, with wooden pieces hanging from the wall. That being said, there is a cute little twist. You can set up some fake ivy leaves to hang from the shelves. It will look like you are storing your items in nature. It is able to give your wall some texture and some style. These shelves will still function as normal, you can keep what you need on there so that you are organized, but with a little something extra. You do have to set up the leaves yourself, but once you are done, part of your dorm will be a beautiful forest.

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7. Mirror Hooks

Everyday before you leave in the morning, you will probably look at your mirror at least once. You need to make sure you look presentable before you get on with your day. Therefore, it would be helpful to leave some items by your mirror to remember them. This mirror shelf can help. This is a small circle mirror, mostly meant for looking at the shoulders up. On the mirror, there is a bar with many hooks attached. Hooks are basically small shelves that are meant to hold items that need to be hanged instead of having items rest. These hooks can help hold your keys, a jacket, sunglasses, and more. When you are looking at the mirror, you will immediately make eye contact with all of the items on the hook. There will be no chance that you forget something if you are looking right at it everyday. Now you can be sure that you look cute and have everything that you need everyday.

8. Light Up Shelves

You need something in your dorm to make it shine. That doesn’t have to be literal, but it is even more fun when it is. You can do this through decorations, but why not make your room glow with something that has an actual use? This shelf fits that description. This comes with three shelves that are each hooked on the wall to hold anything you want to put in a shelf. You are able to use the middle of the shelf and the top of each shelf for extra storage. This will already be cool, but what if we bring that up a notch. These shelves each have LED lights to light up your walls. The lights come in a pretty blue color that is not too bright, but bright enough that there is an impact. It will immediately grab people’s attention when they walk into your room. It brings some color to your room in the form of hanging storage. It also comes with a remote that you can keep by your bed. So if you want to keep it on for a bit if you don’t like the dark much, or if you want to check if something is there from your bed, this remote will help you turn the shelves on and off in an instant. College is a time for you to dazzle, and now your wall can too.

9. Wall Organizer

When you are hard at work, it is always best to be organized. You are not going to get much work done if everything is all over the place. You should know where your important items are at all times. That is why this shelf will help make homework any other type of work a breeze. This shelf hangs up on your wall, usually right above your desk. There are many different compartments that are meant for different items usually involved in work. There is a section that will hold your phone when you are at your desk with a little hole at the bottom for your charger. There is a larger section that is the right size for your books and notebooks. There is a vertically long section meant for items like rulers and pencils. Then there are smaller compartments that can hold a variety of items like notepads, erasers, etc. Anything you could possibly need when working on homework or a project is right here. You won’t have to dig through drawers ever again when everything is right in front of you.

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