<p>Going to Ikea or Target or something this week to start shopping for my daughter's dorm room. She's living in Broward--I assume X-long twins. Are the rooms all a neutral color paint? We visited and they all seemed to be neutral. I know you can't hang pictures with nails--don't they have the tack boards going around the room? How can you hang pictures of your friends from home?</p>
<p>You can hang pictures using wall tack (it looks similar to this: [Roberts</a> Crafts | Blue Stik Reusable Adhesive Putty | 1 Ounce](<a href=“http://robertscrafts.com/default.aspx?PageID=47&CategoryID=439&ProductID=15827]Roberts”>http://robertscrafts.com/default.aspx?PageID=47&CategoryID=439&ProductID=15827)). I got 2 packages of it at a local walmart for $2 each before Freshman year, and that was more than enough. </p>
<p>As for paint, they’re all pretty neutral- I think the color is supposed to white. Students can only paint their rooms in non-renovated dorms (Deviney, Dorman, Smith, Kellum) and have to use university-approved paint and get it from Cawthon hall.</p>
<p>I recommend Twin XL sheets. That’s what the university recommends and that’s what size most (if not all) of the mattresses are. I also suggest investing in a mattress pad.</p>
<p>You can also use the 3M product to hang things:COMMAND. The hooks and strips work great and come right off after you are done at the end of the year. They hold picture frames and heavier things. </p>
<p>Some of the wall tack is better than others at coming off. We like Sticky-Tack.</p>