bare wall chic

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I have a room to myself (for now) at school, which I'm very happy about. The walls are entirely bare and ugly. They are white painted cinder block and I feel like I'm in a prison. I had an idea of covering them in strips of patterned cotton fabric. Would this look stupid, especially with rough edges? Should I use a different type of fabric? How should I tack them to the wall? I don't know how crafty this is, but I 'm desperate. The other thing is that I have loads of 60s women's magazines, like McCalls. Would putting up interior decorating photos from these look tacky? Other room decorating ideas?