Parents Are Paying $20,000 For Designer Dorm Room Makeovers

Some parents have spent upward of $20,000 to decorate their kids’ dorm rooms. Naturally, we have thoughts.

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00:00I still can't believe that parents are spending $20,000 on their kids' dorm room decor.

00:07I'm not like a parent, so I guess, you know, parents cancel me,

00:10but I think this is completely insane to do to your child.

00:14What did your dorm room look like, Carly?

00:15It's definitely nothing like it is now.

00:19I'm 30 years old, and there are now like stylists specifically for dorm rooms.

00:23There's a few women out there who do this.

00:25This is their profession is to do these dorm room decor, and they charge upwards of $20,000.

00:32Literally, like, why are you setting the bar so high there?

00:35Like, it's a twin bed.

00:36There's two of them in a, from what I remember, a very small bedroom.

00:40A jail cell.

00:41A jail cell, but the vibes are coastal chic.

00:43Total strangers, like parents, have been talking and Pinterest boarding

00:47and coordinating budgets and who's bringing the curtains for up to a year.

00:52Or, I get it, you know, as the camp mom, like, you want to give your kid this wonderful experience.

00:59You don't want them to have the room that they're like, does anyone even live here?

01:04To be, you know, a couch therapist for a second.

01:07Like, I think these parents are probably just sad their kids are leaving,

01:10and they're pouring their heart and souls and wallets into, like, decorating these rooms

01:15because it's, like, something to do.

01:17And, you know, they're going to be excited when the kid walks in.

01:19There's something exciting, and you don't have to, like, think about, like, the drive home.

01:23Well, I'm just laughing because, like, 48 hours after the parents leave

01:26when their daughter vomits for the first time on that beautiful coastal chic comforter.

01:31Those throw pillows aren't making it through first semester.

01:34And the point of college is not to be in your bedroom making TikToks.

01:38Like, go to a party.

01:39Go have an experience.

01:42Like, go to the park.

01:43Like, go to the library.

01:44Like, go to college.

01:46Why do you care?

01:47What your room looks like.

01:48Why do you care?