Dorm Decorating Ideas

Moving into a dorm for your first year of college can be a stressful time. Adding posters to your new walls can help you feel at home in your new environment. Browse through our categories of dorm posters and see which ones would fit best in your dorm. Our dorm poster category encompasses a wide range of collections including:

Whether it is your first time away from home, or you are looking to decorate the dorm you already live in, you are sure to find what you are looking for on our dorm posters page. Forget tape; impress your friends with our framed dorm posters by clicking on our custom framing page.

The first step to decorating your walls is picking a theme. Picking a theme is important because it allows you to concentrate on reinforcing that theme throughout your room, and eliminates unwanted clutter. For example, if you pick a music theme, you can concentrate entirely on music posters and related objects around the room, and can get rid of anything that doesn't go along with that theme. Some categories to theme your room with include:

Pick a theme that you find fun, exciting, or inspiring. Remember you are going to be spending a lot of time here, and it is important to feel comfortable and inspired in your room. A collection of related artwork has a greater impact than unrelated art, so pick multiple pieces that go together. If you frame your art, frame every piece with the identical style frame.

It is also important that the art you choose correlates with the rest of the room. If your dorm room has low ceilings, choose a piece of art with vertical lines, if the room is narrow, a piece with horizontal lines should do the trick. A landscape poster would be great for opening up a small room, creating the effect of looking out a window.

If you are going to be living with a roommate, it may be a good idea to get in touch with them first and see what their interests are, and how they plan on decorating. Don't feel the pressure to decorate your part of the room in your own style, just be open to ideas and try not to mock whatever theme they decorate in.

A good place to get ideas for your dorm room theme is to shop online. Shopping online is the perfect way to browse around for something that is perfect for you. Shopping online allows you to browse thousands of categories from thousands of sources 24 hours a day without ever leaving your house. PosterNet offers thousands of posters and art prints for your dorm that are sure to meet your interests. Browse through the categories on this site to find a theme that is perfect for your dorm or mix and match pieces from different categories.

After you have picked a theme, browse the categories for anything that matches what you are looking for. PosterNet offers a wide range of posters to browse through, featuring everything from DC Comics and sports posters, to art prints from Andy Warhol and Michael Godard.

Michael Godard is an artist who puts an interesting personal twist on subjects like martini's and card games. His work is unique and can not be compared to anything else. Decorating your dorm room with Michael Godard posters ensures that you will never enter another room with the same look for as long as you are at school.

The vintage category on PosterNet offers a variety of different vintage art posters for everything from movie advertisements to World War II propaganda art. The collection includes iconic pieces like the "I Want You..." Uncle Sam Army recruiting poster, as well as the "Rosie the Riveter" poster. The vintage art category also contains vintage movie posters such as the original artwork from "Breakfast at Tiffany's".

One of the most popular categories of dorm room decor is our New York City category. You don't have to live or go to school in NYC to be able to hang posters of the greatest city on earth. Included in this category are photographs of famous landmarks such as the Empire State Building, the Brooklyn Bridge, the Statue of Liberty, Wall Street, Times Square, and Central Park. Whether you go to school in the city, or on the other side of the country, New York City posters make a great addition to any dorm room.

Another popular dorm room category on PosterNet is music. The music category has everything from modern pop icons like Miley Cyrus, to classic rock legends like the Rolling Stones, to heavy metal legends like Ozzy Osbourne, Metallica, Iron Maiden, Motorhead, Megadeth, Kiss, Slipknot, Unearth, and Motley Crue among others. Subcategories allow you to choose your favorite type of music and find exactly what you need to make your dorm feel more like home.

Movie posters are a great addition to any college dorm room. Our movie poster collection has dozens of subcategories for each movie genre, and has an extensive collection of films both modern and classic. Show your friends how good your taste in movies is by decorating your walls with posters all your favorite films.

D.C. Comics

For fans of DC comics, we have an entire collection of posters new and old that will meet your needs. From the original Superman comics to the new Dark Knight film, let your friends know what you favorite comics are and decorate your dorm with DC comic posters. The DC comics page also contains posters for the biggest DC movies release of 2009, The Watchman. There is also an extensive collection of posters from the original Batman series, as well as previous Batman movies. If youâ€™re a fan of Superman, there are also posters from the original series, as well as the original movies and comics. The collection contains posters for films and television shows based on various DC comics, as well as original posters for the comics themselves. Whether you enjoy the movies, or you are a die hard comic book fan, DC comic posters are a great way to decorate your new dorm room.

Sports fans will find everything they need in our sports posters collection. Whether you prefer sports like baseball and football, or the more extreme like surfing and skiing, you will find what you need here to decorate your dorm. Fans of Andy Warhol will find all their favorite posters of and by Andy Warhol in our pop art collection. Though Andy Warhol posters are our best sellers, the pop art poster collection also offers original paintings and recreations of other works of art. Another pop art favorite is Roy Lichtenstein art.

Sports Posters

For the more politically active college student, PosterNet also offers a collection of Barack Obama posters. Browse through nearly 300 pictures of the 44th President of the United States to find the poster that best fits your room. The categories listed above just scratch the surface of the PosterNet has to offer. This site offers the most comprehensive collection of posters on the web, and we know you will find what you are looking for.