Texas Students Are Buying Into the Luxury Dorm Room Trend

Digital subscribers can listen to this article. Subscribe today for unlimited access to Texas Monthly. Already a subscriber? Log in. Earlier this month at Texas Christian University, a select group was allowed into campus housing a week before the official move-in period. Days before anxious parents and eager freshmen showed up with their luggage, pillows, and supplies, interior designers and their installation teams had already done their thing, transforming small, poorly lit cinder block rooms into spaces worthy of big reveals on TikTok—custom oases awash in pleated curtains, lacquered cabinets, flowing bed skirts, and original artwork.Chief among the early entrants was Shannan Bower, a longtime Fort Worth designer with her own studio. Last year she began offering both prepackaged designs and custom and installation services. This…

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