Shopping for a room in a campus residence hall may be the first time some students ever select their own home furnishings. But with all the back-to-school commercials flooding the airwaves this time of year, it might be difficult to discern real bargains from rubbish. This handful of products will surely help make that little box otherwise known as the college dorm room into a real home, no matter how small. – Elana Ashanti Jefferson
Leave it to indoor-grill master George Foreman to conceive this back-to-school cooking pack specially designed with college students in mind. The trio includes a grill, a hot pot and a toaster. It sells for $59.99 at amazon.com.
Residence halls rooms are often short on comfortable seating, but bean bags are so last century. Update that look instead with the Omni pillow from Sumo, the ultimate oversized lounger. Available in various colors for $129-$149 at sumolounge.com.
Forget about decorating your new college room with the same lame bookstore art posters that every other student already owns. Instead, visit wolfgangsvault.com and choose from an array of vintage music posters like this one from Stevie Wonder’s 1982 appearance at Oahu’s Aloha Stadium.
Take a break from the noisy dorm atmosphere with Sony’s MDR-NC6 Noise-Canceling Headphones. They reduce exterior noises by more than 70 percent and fold up easily for storage. Available for $34 from amazon.com.
