Read previewThis as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Shelly Gates, 49, whose Jackson, Mississippi-based interior-decor firm Mary Margaret Designs focuses on college dorm rooms.
It started with my daughter's dorm room at Mississippi State in 2020.
There was a little "dorm room of the year" contest in one of my mom Facebook groups, and they happened to pick my daughter's room.
The study corner of a room Gates designed at Ole Miss.
A University of Southern Mississippi dorm room that Gates decorated.
Persons:
—, Shelly Gates, Mary Margaret Designs, Gates, Shelly Gates I've, Ole, I've, Mizzou, they'll, It's, Shelly Gates I'm
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Service, Business, Mississippi State, Facebook, Mississippi State University, Southern Methodist University, SMU, University of Southern, Ole Miss, Amazon, Ole
Locations:
Jackson , Mississippi, South, Ole Miss , Mississippi State, University of Southern Mississippi, Bama, Belmont, Arkansas, Ridgeland , Mississippi