What's a cheap student savvy trick for decorating your digs?
"Black and white photos are a wicked easy way to decorate walls for free. I found McKim, Mead & White’s original architectural blue prints for Columbia’s main campus on an online art database, printed them for free using campus printers, slid them into some 50 cent framing mats from Christmas Tree shop, and—presto!—I was ready to casually display my fondness for neoclassical architecture all over my wall."

Photographed by Christy Kurtz