<p>Your kid doesn’t need XL blankets or comforters unless your kid is XL.</p>
<p>The whole decorating the dorm room has taken on a life of its own at my house. I used to make window treatments professionally and made curtains and a bedspread for my dorm room (100 years ago). I was really looking forward to finding some fun things for decorating. As fate would have it, my daughter could not possibly care less about this topic. I asked her to ask her room mate whether she had an opinion and she doesn’t care one bit either.</p>
<p>I am in the process of making a “quilt” from my daughter’s old t-shirts, which she is showing some enthusiasm for. It is a pretty cheap project if you like to sew. It seems as though most of the wall decorating will be posters, but I think the original poster will find that the walls are filled with shelves, closets, doors, and windows and there is not a great deal of space to fill. I do think that my daughter would love your original artwork. If the others on the floor like your work, you might get a little business going.</p>
<p>When I first read the post about matching sheets, I thought exactly what another poster said: keep your bed made and no one will know what the sheets look like.</p>
<p>Do watch the sales because there are many things coming in the mail now. You may also find some Internet coupons.</p>
<p>Queen comforters are great on x-long twin beds: they are long enough and just hang down on the sides, like a bedspread. (If you are bunking and you are on the top this could be an issue, but how likely is that?)I would avoid BB&B: I’ve found their prices (even with coupons) to be higher than The Company Store online, or Home Goods or TJMaxx. You can use a regular twin flat sheet for the top, but will probably need an X-long for the bottom. Last year I was able to get an x-long twin memory foam mattress topper at Target for $20. Failing that, a piece of regular foam covered by a mattress pad will do the trick. Mattress pads tend to be remarkably expensive, though.</p>
<p>Full/queen comforters are often the same price as xl twin comforters and a nice way to cover the side of the bed, as Consolation says. If you put your bed up on bed risers and slide plastic tubs under it, it is nice to be able to cover that.</p>
<p>Oh, guess I was going on our experience. Both my boys bunked/lofted. Their state u. dorm rooms were tiny. S2’s room was 11’6" x 13’6". It was tight.
Just about everyone they knew bunked or lofted.</p>
<p>I am having a hard time reconciling “no money” and your thread count requirement. </p>
<p>Target has twin XL sets on sale now for less than $20. Thread count may be below your specs but we all limped along when 180 was the dorm standard–it actually feels good being in crisp sheets. I prowl now for low thread count because I like that starchy feeling.</p>
<p>i think the larger comforter sounds like a decent idea for covering the underbed storage.</p>
<p>BBB - jersey XL sheets today are 14.99 (then 20% off). So much money is being spent that in my house everyone knows not to complain that mom is hunting for the sales. BBB is the best buy today.</p>