Creative Duct Tape Ideas To Decorate Your College Dorm Room

Entry #2702, July 31, 2013

Do you have duct tape and you want to customize your college dorm room? Duct tape now comes in more colors and patterns than you can imagine! The possibilities are endless, and your dorm room is a great place to start with personalizing your space.  Your duct tape can be a decorative material for your room interiors, walls, rugs and more!

There are quite a number of colors and sizes that you can choose for your duct tape. These varieties can be used for designing your interior. Believe it or not, your duct tape can turn out your room into a creative area at home or even in your college dorm room.

Why not try adding duct tape to a rug for a creative dorm room design?

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Check out these creative duct tape ideas to decorate your college dorm room;

Nail-free picture frame on your wall

Some dorms don’t allow nailing something in your wall. This is to avoid damage brought about by pounding nails on the walls. But you know that wall without any portrait or artwork can be dull and boring. To solve this problem, use your extra duct tape to stick your portrait or artwork on the wall. You can actually make your duct tape look like a creative frame for these decorative items.

Decorate your walls with colorful duct tape

If you want accessibility and design combined in one decorative idea, this one is for you. All you have to do is to stick to the duct tape on your wall against the wall and form a treelike illustration. You also need hooks, pins or thumbtacks as hangers for your jewelries like bracelets, necklace and the like. If you just want an abstract design – place duct tape in random patterns on your dorm room walls.

Why not use duct tape to add interest to your dorm room walls?

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Decorative wall borders or moldings

This is a beautiful idea to enhance the borders and moldings of your room. You can combine different duct tape colors and sizes to achieve this idea. It’s one of the easiest ways to make use of wall borders to enhance your interior design. Also consider decorating your light switch plates with customized duct tape!

Duct tape light switch plate cover dorm room

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You don’t have to worry about messing with the wall when you decide to remove the duct tape. This type of tape is designed to leave no mess when removed. Try the above-mentioned ideas and you’ll see the difference it can make to enhance the interior design of your college dorm room.

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