When Sheri Corey, a Mountain Brook seamstress, started getting requests from clients to make custom bedding for their daughters leaving home, she had an idea: Why not start a line of dorm accessories made just for teenage girls?
Now, after 15 years of making curtains, slipcovers and other items, Corey has launched her own business called Dorm Suite Dorm. She has six collections of coordinated linen sets, bulletin boards, laundry bags and even lamps in bright colors and patterns. They’re definitely girly -there are ruffles, ribbons and plenty of pink - but also are designed to hold up to the rigors of college life.
“These girls leave from wonderful, beautiful houses and go to these dingy little rooms and have to make them cute and fun,” Corey said. “I didn’t have anything cute and fun when I went to college, so I get to do it for everyone else.”
She’s selling the collection on her Web site, www.dormsuitedorm.com, and through trunk shows around the Birmingham area and at Alabama college campuses.
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