10 African Inspired Must Haves For Their Dorm Room
It's time to go back to school and your college bound kid, niece, nephew or grandchild wants to go back representing who they are. Reflektion Design has curated a mix of 10 African Inspired Must Haves For Their Dorm Room that will make them feel right at home. Afrocentric items they'll be proud to display like mud cloth pattern journals, coffee mugs, pillows and more. Their dorm will pop with color and culture, the perfect way to start the school year.
Let us know in the comments which items you're grabbing for the college bound folks in your life. I've got my eyes on #1, 5, & 8.
10 African Inspired Must Haves For Their Dorm Room
Journals are such an important tool for personal growth and discovery, traits we want young people to start using sooner than later. We use them for our to do lists, goal setting, brainstorming creative ideas or keeping track of the things we're grateful for.
And while technology enables us to use digital tools to capture our ideas there's nothing like putting pen to paper. They'll enjoy taking a break from tech with our hard cover lined journals with unique African inspired patterns. They'll see themselves represented which will encourage them to dive into the 150 pages and let their thoughts flow.
Your college student may not be a big coffee drinker yet, but these mud cloth pattern mugs can hold all kinds of beverages from tea to OJ. And if they do enjoy coffee they'll love the weighted, ceramic feel which keeps hot drinks warm longer. I also like to use them as desk decor. How cute would these mugs be as a pen, pencil and marker holder on their desk. That's what I call multi functional art.
What a beautiful way to keep their desk, bedside table or dresser organized. Our woven serving trays can do more than serve food. They're great for keeping their everyday essentials like jewelry, watches, glasses and more close by and culturally fly. But when they want to use it to carry meals it's great for that too and not too big so it will store easily in often small dorm rooms.
5. Baksets
Your college student isn't basic and their dorm decor shouldn't be basic either. Intricately woven, these handcrafted and colorful baskets are made from banana stalks and dyed sisal. The beautiful design will add so much life and personality to their room. And at 8 inches, they're also a practical storage solution or wall decor. The storage ideas are endless: table/shelf decoration, jewelry decoration, place to drop their keys or spare change.
This isn't your everyday clip board instead it features Afrocentric patterns that will add a sense of pride to their dorm room. Clip boards are cool because they can use them to hang notes for their roommates, messages, reminders or important papers. The pattern is so vibrant it's also a cool piece of art when hung on it's own. Made by Tribal Immunity. Follow them on IG @tribalimmunity
After a long day of acing examples, studying hard and juggling campus activities they deserve a cozy and culturally rich place to lay their head at that end of the day. Our African print fabric pillow covers will brighten their mood and their dorm room with vibrant colors and African inspired patterns. The covers are removable and machine washable for easy use throughout their room.
For more African inspired decor ideas check out Reflektion Design.