The era of drab college dorm rooms is fading as students increasingly turn to TikTok to flaunt their impeccably decorated spaces. These students are hiring interior designers to create dorm rooms that look straight out of a Pottery Barn catalog, complete with trendy decor, smart storage solutions, and unique personal touches. By showcasing their stylish dorms on social media, they’re going viral and inspiring others to get creative. One such designer, Shelly Gates of Mary Margaret Designs, has capitalized on this trend, turning what started as a fun experiment into a booming side hustle, transforming dorm rooms and sharing the results online.
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00:00The days of musty and boring college rooms are coming to an end, as college students
00:04take to TikTok to share their insanely decorated dorms. Students are hiring interior designers to
00:11create Instagram-worthy dorm rooms that they can proudly showcase on social media. The rooms look
00:16like something out of a Pottery Barn catalog, unrecognizable from the bland and standard dorm
00:22rooms we've been accustomed to. These professionally designed spaces feature trendy decor,
00:27smart storage solutions, and personalized touches that make each room unique. By sharing their
00:33stylish dorms online, these students are going viral and encouraging their classmates to get
00:38creative. Shelly Gates, better known as MaryMargaretDesignsOnline, is an interior
00:43designer who's honed in on the college kid's market and showcases her insane transformations
00:49on TikTok. We are so proud of how it turned out. We were able to mix some chinoiserie
00:57in certain places. We pulled it there, pulled it in the lamps. Their girls are from Texas,
01:03so of course we had to have a little boot. Here's their bed. We tried to give them a little piece of
01:10home. Speaking to WFAA about turning what was a fun experiment into a side hustle, Gates shared,
01:16It kind of traveled around and people really liked it and commented on it. And I thought,
01:21you know, I could do this as a kind of summer job. Like, this is easy. It's a small space. It's,
01:26you know, pretty consistent from room to room. Let it be my little summer side hustle
01:30when I wasn't teaching school. And it's blown up for sure.