News Summary

• Viral dorm makeovers are taking back-to-school shopping to the next level.
• Some parents are shelling out tens of thousands of dollars to transform their kids' humble abodes into the dorm rooms of their dreams.
• A market for elaborate dorm designs has grown since 2020, when Tamara Wingerter and Stephanie Knight started the Facebook group Dorm Rooms of Mississippi and Beyond.
• Some say the dramatic transformations are unnecessary, and reflect the widening line between the haves and have-nots in the U.S.