I remember my college move-in day like it was yesterday. I got my room assignment, marched up the stairs, opened the door, and was disappointingly greeted with four walls of uninviting cinder blocks. And I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but there's a high chance your dorm room will be made from cinder blocks, too.
Although they might seem like a major roadblock for your dorm room decorating ideas, cinder blocks aren't as difficult to work with as they might seem. 'When you're up against raw cinder block, I get it: zero warmth, zero flexibility and zero charm! But I would argue it is actually the perfect blank canvas for some clever, high-impact moves that cost almost nothing but make the space feel like yours,' Danny Niemela tells me, a professional home remodeler and designer who knows a thing or two about working with cinder block.
