Gone are the days of milk crates for bookshelves and Christmas lights tacked above the bed. In 2025, TikTok is being flooded with videos of freshmen students showing off their extreme dorm makeovers, ...

Shelly Gates, known on TikTok for her viral dorm room makeovers, tells PEOPLE the job is "so much more than coming up with a physical design for the room" Shelly Gates, a Mississippi mom of three, ...

Gates tells PEOPLE she quit her job this year to run her business, Mary Margaret Designs, full-time “It’s so much more than coming up with a physical design for the room,” says Gates, adding that she ...