We watch Tiktok. What’s up with students attempting to turn their dorm rooms into so-called “luxury suites,” complete with coordinated sets, velvet throw pillows, and a truly cursed amount of not-disposable-but-oft-disposed-of particle board finds from Wayfair? It’s like HGTV had a baby with Pinterest and sent it off to live in a 10x12 box with cinderblock walls. But kids, you’re not at college to live in a luxury suite, you’re there for sleeping in a twin bed, rocking with a mini fridge, learning to live on your own, managing the time that’s all yours and yours alone, and expanding your mind! Even the Harvard freshman gazing out onto the Yard have rooms so tiny they’re sometimes sharing closets, and getting by with the same wooden furniture that’s been there for decades - because dorm life is a rite of passage. However, we would never discourage stylish students from bringing along a few enhancements to make moving into the first phase of adulthood comfier. Colorful, quirked-up pieces that are beautiful and unique will do wonders for any blank space. Add stools and storage pieces that are multifunctional, hooks and other space maximizers, a couple of luxe lamps and lovely desk accessories, towels and blankets, a big chair if you’ve got a suite. Buy what you like, yes (or have mom buy it). Even better, love it semester after semester, dorm to dorm, first apartment to final home.