College can cost $100,000 a year. Some parents are spending thousands more on the dorm room | Fortune0

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• August 24, 2026

College move-in used to mean twin XL sheets, a shower caddy, and maybe a few posters taped to a cinder-block wall. For some families, that’s no longer going to cut it.  Parents are shelling out thousands of dollars to turn their kids’ temporary dorm rooms into carefully designed spaces, complete with custom headboards, wallpaper, matching