Delicious Site: Find Dorm Supplies Easily At Dorm Spot

Recently we were contacted by Tim over at Dorm Spot, who let us know all about his site that helps students shop for common dorm room needs. They are also adding cool features like a list builder, which allows you to create a list of things you want to bring to your dorm.

An extension of this that we think is particularly cool considering we've already given advice on what to split with your roommate, is that you can add roommates and view their lists to make sure you don't overlap.

Here's what Tim had to say about Dorm Spot...

Usually, preparation for the first year in college is a shot in the dark at best. Half of the stuff on your list you end up not needing, and the rest you end up buying after you get there, once you realize how unprepared you are. Until Dorm Spot, there wasn't really much out there to help college students find and acquire everything needed for freshman year in the dorms.

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DormDelicious Is On Facebook

Good news! We've taken the plunge into the world of Facebook by creating a DormDelicious Page where you can become a fan of us. It's lonely over there right now so help us out by becoming a fan!

Also, here is an added incentive: we can't make any promises, but we're in the midst of planning some exciting giveaways and one of them might just involve being a fan on Facebook - so best to get in there early!

While you're at it, make sure you're following us on Twitter, friends with us on Digg, and subscribed to our RSS feed. So many ways to keep up with us!

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Get 15% Off Custom Dorm Room Art from PhotoFiddle!

The holidays are approaching, and maybe you're looking for some creative gift ideas or, as always, a way to spice up your dorm decor. Today we've got a great deal on a cool product from Photofiddle. Basically, you give them a high-resolution photo, and they create a unique piece of art on canvas in an artistic style of your choosing. There are a variety of styles available, but the "Impasto" style is shown here:

Photo Fiddle Example

We're waiting for ours to arrive in the mail, at which point we can tell you how it looks, but until then Ira at Photofiddle has been generous enough to offer DormDelicious readers 15% off their custom art. Just enter the code dorm15 at checkout.

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The Dorm Room Decorating Quiz: 2 Years Later

A little over two years ago we created the Dorm Room Decorating Quiz, which is a simple 5 question quiz that will determine what the best color scheme is for your dorm room. Now, we admit it's a little tongue-in-cheek and hardly scientific... how could it be? All the same, over twelve thousand people have taken the quiz!

Now that we have a significant amount of data to crunch, we thought it would be cool to update you with how DormDelicious readers fall on the color scheme scale. The quiz separates people into 4 categories: chill people, go-getters, creative spirits, and edgy rockers.

A chill person should have light, bright colors. A go-getter needs professional colors like navy blue and gold. A creative spirit should mix and match crazy colors and patterns - they're creative so they can make it work. Finally, an edgy person will have a neutral room with drastic accent colors like black, silver, and red - not to mention tons of concert posters and the like.

Without further ado, here are the results. Of the 12,192 quiz-takers:

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How To Find Delicious Off Campus Housing

We see no reason why your off campus accommodations can't be delicious, too. This post is the second in a series of posts on off campus housing and, yes, gasp, moving beyond that university-owned bubble that is your college dorm.

Now that you've decided that housing off campus is right for you, we're going to dispense some advice based on our own experience looking for the perfect off campus house as well as some advice we received from folks who are following @dormdelicious on Twitter, like Kristen from Rate My Student Rental, who wrote up some great info for us. So let's get started. Before you even start thinking about housing, you must...

Learn Who Your Friends Are

Who are you going to live with? In order to know what you're in the market for you need to know how big your group is. If you're one, two, or three people you might be looking for an apartment. If your group consists of you and 10 to 15 of your closest friends you might be in the market for a house (or a subdivision). Keep in mind you will probably have less selection with larger groups, but might get a better deal and more space since you can rent an entire house.

Kristen from Rate My Student Rental offers this advice:

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