Families Are Only Spending $194 on Dorm DecorFamilies are on track to spend a record $103.5 billion getting students ready for the school year. The dorm room tells a smaller story. The total dollars flowing into dorm decor climbed, from $12.8 billion to $14 billion. Searches for “dorm designer” jumped 525% over the past month, and “3D rendering dorm room” became one of Google’s breakout searches nationally in the same stretch. The dorm room is generating plenty of buzz.