The Texas Dorm Room Guide
The Crum Art Guide · Back to School 2026
Your Dorm Has Cinder-Block Walls. We Can Help.
Twenty-four hand-signed Texas prints — sorted by school — that will outlast the twin XL sheets, the roommate, and possibly the major. Most are $50. All are made and signed in Fort Worth.
Here is a truth every Texan learns by Labor Day of freshman year: the campus poster sale is a trap. You do not need a Bob Marley poster. You need a piece of home — something hand-signed, made in Texas, that says where you're from before you say a word. These ship flat, frame cheap, and hang with command strips. Shop the whole set at Texas Dorm Room Decor.
Austin — The University of Texas
Burnt orange, but make it art.
Game Day Howdy, Burnt Orange — $50
The friendliest word in Texas, in the only acceptable shade of orange.
Austin Forever, UT Tower — $50
The Tower, lit up like you just aced finals.
South Congress Beatles — $50
Abbey Road, relocated to SoCo, as it should have been.
The Molly Ivins Quote — $50
For the poli-sci major who argues at brunch. Required reading, framed.
Waco — Baylor
Dr Pepper was invented in Waco in 1885 — and Big Red followed in 1937. This is not decor; it's a history requirement.
Dr Pepper Warhol Grid — $50
What Warhol would have painted if he'd been born in McLennan County.
The 10-2-4 Bottle — $50
A Dr Pepper at 10, 2, and 4 — the original class schedule.
Neon Raccoon With a Dr Pepper — $50
Every hall has one resident like this. Honor him.
Big Red, Two Bottles — $50
Waco's other invention. Tastes like red, pairs with barbacoa, needs no defense.
The Alico Building — $50
Waco's 1910 skyscraper — the green-lit landmark that says you're almost back on campus.
Fort Worth — TCU
Purple accents, Cowtown credentials.
Fort Worth Howdy, TCU Purple — $50
Frog-colored friendliness from the artists who live ten minutes away.
Fort Worth Rodeo Arena — $50
The world's first indoor rodeo happened here. Your dorm should know that.
Alphabet of Fort Worth — $50
A to Z, Panther City style — study material for the transplants.
Lubbock — Texas Tech
West Texas, where the sky does most of the decorating.
Allsup's Under a Big Sky — $50
The official sponsor of every Tech road trip. Burrito not included.
Saguaro Boots, Red on Blue — $50
Caya's red boots against a blue desert sky — Tech colors, no logo required. Wreck 'em.
Holly's Drive In — $50
The Lubbock drive-in of legend, in Betsy's big-sky treatment. Tots, obviously.
Howdy Hotel, Neon Desert — $50
Vacancy: forever. The Llano Estacado's finest imaginary lodging.
Cosmic Prickly Pear, Red Moon — $50
For the astronomy elective you took "for fun."
Stephenville — Tarleton State
The rodeo school gets rodeo art. Obviously.
Howdy Horse, Neon Yellow — $50
A horse that says howdy. That's it. That's the print.
Missy's Night Ride — $50
A cowgirl, a campfire, and a horse that could out-place your roping partner.
Horse Shadow Puppet — $50
Minimalist enough for a design major, horse enough for Erath County.
Any Dorm in Texas
School-agnostic. Personality-forward.
Howdy Rowdy — $50
A mustached cowboy in a HOWDY shirt, named for a real man in Marfa. Instant roommate icebreaker.
Be Nice, Big Texas Sky — $50
House rules, stated plainly, under a pink sky.
Alphabet of Texas Women — $50
Ann Richards to Zelma Watson George. Better role models than the poster sale ever sold.
Pastel Disco Ball — $50
Because somebody on the hall has to host.
The fine print (literally): every piece is hand-signed by Betsy, Caya, or Carl Crum, printed on archival cotton rag paper in Fort Worth, and sized for standard frames — Target frame, Command strip, done. Shop the full Dorm Decor collection → Setting up the guy's side of the room? See Dorm Room Ideas for Guys.