Parents and students have become fiercely materialistic when it comes to decking out their college dorm rooms, according to an article in The New York Times.
Despite the recession, more students are choosing to live in dorms, and more parents are willing to fork over the cash to make those spaces comfortable.
A glance down Commonwealth Avenue this weekend revealed yellow carts stuffed with televisions, posh bedding and other accessories.
At Bed, Bath & Beyond, students and their parents filed through the store, piling refrigerators and throw pillows into shopping carts.
Parents, it appears, are going out of their way to make their children’s new digs comfortable. It’s almost like they are satisfying any loneliness their kid may feel by arming him/her with a fancy television.
Some stores have started hosting after-hours sales, which may even be fueling the frenzy. Now parents and students can roll out at dawn to buy more electronics and accessories they don’t need.
Pinterest, a website that allows users to create their own catalogue of sorts, is serving up images of flashy rooms, encouraging students to buy, buy, buy.
Then again, those rooms encourage variety. Students who use Pinterest are probably less likely to purchase the same polka dot comforter and hanging mirror that their roommates and floor mates will all buy.
It will be interesting to see how far parents and students are willing to go. After all, a dorm room can only hold so much stuff.
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