Our Favorite Dorm Essentials

Lap Desk

This foldable desk is perfect for studying – you don’t even have to leave your bed!

Flip-out Lap Desk, $50, pbteen.com

Cool Curtains

Hide those terrible blinds and hang up these cool panels for a better look. Seriously, you can bet whatever comes standard is going to be terrible.

Boho Boutique Mosaic Brocade Window Panel, $25, target.com 

Pillow Backrest

Prop up your pillows and make studying in bed that much more comfortable with this great pillow.

Backrest, $20, bedbathandbeyond.com

Shoe Organizer

Grab two for each side of the door and store scarves, brushes and other knick knacks.

Over the door organizer, $15, bedbathandbeyond.com 

Shower Caddy

Consider this your life-saver. Go for plastic, so you can keep it right in the shower without it getting gross. (And grab some flip flops while you’re at it.)

Shower caddy, $4, walmart.com

Cute Throw Pillows

Perfect for lounging on the floor, these throw pillows are cute and sassy. (Calling all moms: one says, “Call your mother”!)

Throw pillows, $89, dormify.com

Awesome Desk Lamp

This lamp provides 50,000 hours of continuous light. Yep, that’s a lot of studying.

Mighty Bright Lamp in Chartreuse Green, $80, powells.com