Hannah Jane Parkinson and Tshepo Mokoena March 21, 2014

Pink Floyd, Gianfranco Zola and Back to the Future: how young people decorate their bedrooms – in pictures

What do young people have on their walls today? Here are some examples submitted to GuardianWitness

Rupert's room — Rupert Smith, 20, studies at Berklee College in Boston. His room includes photographs of his family and friends, and his favourite musical instruments. Photograph: chandosman/GuardianWitness Photograph: chandosman/GuardianWitness

Wall picture — ‘This wall is completely covered in pictures of my favourite bands: Blur, Nirvana, Peace and the Smiths.’ Photograph: albarnallbabe/GuardianWitness Photograph: albarnallbabe/GuardianWitness

camden bedroom — A history student who lives in Camden submitted this picture of her bedroom wall. Photograph: shonataylor/GuardianWitness Photograph: shonataylor/GuardianWitness

Pink Floyd — Can you guess Leda Chorianopoulous' favourite band? Photograph: Leda Chorianopoulou/GuardianWitness Photograph: Leda Chorianopoulou/GuardianWitness

Merlin poster — ‘My bedroom has a map of my hometown, magazine cutouts, cards, and plenty of art postcards on the wall along with a BBC Merlin poster.’ Photograph: Nicola Hetherington/GuardianWitness Photograph: Nicola Hetherington/GuardianWitness

DVD collection — ‘This is a shelf in the corner of my room, dedicated to my love of movies and TV shows. I have some Back to the Future stuff underneath.’ Photograph: robbiemt/GuardianWitness Photograph: roobiernt/GuardianWitness

Posters in room — ‘These two walls have been the same for years with occasional switching of posters. The purple wall is my posters of bands and festivals.’ Photograph: annawilsonnn/GuardianWitness Photograph: annawilsonnn/GuardianWitness

Books and Dali clock — Jonė Šulcaitė has paid homage to Salvador Dalí with a melting clock on top of his bookcase. Photograph: Jonė Šulcaitė/GuardianWitness Photograph: Jonė Šulcaitė/GuardianWitness

Neat and tidy room — ‘I have all photos in frames and prefer not to stick random things everywhere!’ Photograph: JackMalcolmson/GuardianWitness Photograph: JackMalcolmson/GuardianWitness

Wall of stickers — This is Conor Potter's ‘Wall of Stuff". He has a framed picture of Gianfranco Zola and is a big Chelsea fan. Photograph: Neelam Anandi Mehmood/GuardianWitness Photograph: Neelam Anandi Mehmood/GuardianWitness

Fashion pictures — This mood board is made up of pictures from fashion catalogues, and took an hour to compile. Photograph: sabrinapooh/GuardianWitness Photograph: sabrinapooh/GuardianWitness

Issy's room — Issy's room is decorated with NME magazine covers, posters and tickets from gigs. Photograph: safflee/GuardianWitness Photograph: safflee/GuardianWitness

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