The bedroom bedside table is a popular item in modern homes and apartments. Probably, no bedroom is complete without this piece of furniture. We all need to do something in the evening. This is reading a book, working with a laptop, taking vitamins and medicines, applying hand or foot cream. In these situations, the presence of such a useful assistant is required - a bedside table. Consider all the variety of their models.
Table is only in the bedroom?
It is desirable that the table matches the interior of your bedroom, otherwise it will look like an extra element, and such a smart invention simply cannot, has no right to be superfluous. By the way, the place of permanent deployment of such a table can be not only your boudoir. This thing is so functional and comfortable that it is quite capable of settling in your living room, next to armchairs and sofas. Another place where the table will have "to the yard"- This is the hallway. Here, in the hallway, you can use a table to put all sorts of little things on it when entering the apartment. When the bedside table is combined with all the furnishings of the room, only then will it create an atmosphere of coziness and comfort, which is important for a good rest. Choosing the right interior detail is likely to be a task not without difficulties. It may not be entirely clear what kind of model of such furniture you need. Therefore, now we will understand all the variety of their forms and purposes.
Special bedroom tables
Tables in some cases may have a closed interior. They can be completely closed or have drawers and opening doors, it is possible to combine several design options in one product. Sometimes a table can be called a bedside table-table. Inside these drawers you can store cosmetic masks, creams, your favorite magazines and books that you want to read in the evening before going to bed.
Size matters
In the case of furniture, harmony and size is a very important point. When choosing a bedside table for your bedroom, you should not forget about this:
- Don't try to set the nightstand and bed too tight, this can happen in a small room. Leave a little space between the walls of the bed and the nightstand.
- The top of your bedside table should not be much higher or lower than your bed. With a successful match between the height of the bed and the height of the bedsidecabinets you are provided with comfort, for the sake of which the whole epic was started with the purchase of this piece of furniture.
- If you are a happy owner of a luxurious wide bed, choose the same presentable nightstands. Try to get a cabinet, the width of which will be more than fifty centimeters. Small and narrow will be completely lost against the background of the main element of the bedroom.
- For a friendly neighborhood of a bedside table and a narrow bed model, you need to act differently. Here a narrow curbstone, no more than 50 centimeters, will look better.
Varieties
The bedside table on wheels is probably the most functional piece of furniture. The mobility of such a table is an important component for its comfortable use. It is used as a serving table, during a romantic coffee in bed, you can also use the model on wheels for convenient work with a laptop. It is this type of bedside table that is rightfully considered the most useful.
The folding model is in demand among residents of small apartments. Sometimes you want to serve breakfast in bed and spend the evening with a laptop. Here is the time to use the mobile model. In those moments when the table is not needed for some time, it can be safely stored folded behind the back of your bed or behind the closet, or you can place it behind the curtain.
Laptop like family in your bedroom
Special bedside tables for laptops are also gaining popularity. With the fact that the laptop is crampedcame into our lives, you can't argue. For such a necessary and somewhat useful device, no less useful accessories are produced. This type of bedside table is good because it protects a person’s he alth while he spends time at a laptop. The table can be adjusted, so setting the individual height of the product and the angle of inclination that will be comfortable for the eyes is not difficult.
Not fragile glass
Glass bedside tables are modern tempered glass. A table made of material treated in this way is made strong and durable, it is not so easy to break or scratch it. If your room is furnished in a modern style with lots of chromed metal elements, then a glass side table will do just fine. In the general interior of the bedroom, a glass model will look airy and light. These qualities of the table are preferable for small rooms. Such a model will look charming in interiors with a predominance of light shades. There are also bedside glass tables in the classic version. Here glass is harmoniously combined with wood. The tabletop itself can be square or oval, also available with a circle and various asymmetries. Frosted glass in such tables is adjacent to completely transparent areas.
Bedside tables from IKEA - multifunctional and offered in a wide range. There are bedside tables stretched lengthwise and across. There are also classic options for tables. Cabinets notquite ordinary forms will amaze the imagination. This well-known company offers in its outlets bedside tables made of wood of excellent quality. If you are a little limited in matters of finance, then instead of wooden models you can choose a more acceptable option for yourself, perhaps it will be a table made of wood board. Bedside tables and bedside tables from IKEA go well with furniture that is released by the same brand.
Color for your bedside furniture
To make the colors of your bedroom and cabinets harmonize, you should consider some simple rules:
- The head of the bed and the bedside table may well be made from materials that are not exactly the same. But their colors must match.
- This is the opposite of the first rule. The colors of your bed and bedside table are opposite. That is: white furniture - black bed, light or beige bed - dark, brown bedside tables. In the same way, you can play with other shades.
- The color of the table or pedestal may match the second dominant color in your room design.
- The bedside tables can be matched not to the color of the bed itself, but to other furniture used in the room.
- Bedside furniture that matches the color of the floor, ceiling and walls.
- The table and nightstand can be the brightest accents in the bedroom and don't match with any other element, so they will get most of the attention.
What shapes
When choosing a bedside table, you should think aboutwhat forms of this furniture will be appropriate and acceptable for you.
Smooth lines and round shapes are good for a children's bedroom and a women's bedroom. Such furniture will organically enter the design of the room. Even this type of cabinet will not be able to inadvertently harm your child (due to the lack of sharp corners). But outwardly, such models look very interesting and impressive. You can see a photo of this type of bedside table below.
Bedrooms with strict and sharp lines are suitable for the bedroom of conservatives and men, furnishings in a classic style. In addition to sophistication and style, such furniture items are also more functional. Their operation is the most pleasant and easy, as it is familiar to a large number of people.
Variations of installation methods
Usually cabinets and tables are installed in two ways. They can be floor standing or hanging. Consider the first method and its advantages. Floor standing is the easiest and also allows you to move the bedside table when the need arises. Floor models do not need extra attention after purchase and installation in a certain place in the room.
The second method involves attaching the bedside table to the wall with fasteners that will not let it fall down. By the way, you need to fix it at a convenient height. Thus, in the room there is free space under the cabinet. This place can be used at your discretion. Such furniture looks impressive, it is very unusual. Also hanginga nightstand or table is simply necessary if there are hyperactive children or restless pets in the house. Hanging cabinets have a variety of shapes. So, you can pick up oblong and square elements. You can purchase such a table in the form of a console.
Which suits your style?
Let's look at the options for cabinets suitable for your stylish interior.
Is your bedroom style Provence? Choose a small and elegant table. Such a piece of furniture may have retractable shelves that strongly resemble wicker baskets. Also, elegant models decorated with carved elements are well suited to this style. These elements can be: table legs, table top sides and drawers.
Baroque - massive cabinets are made of natural, expensive materials. The surface of the table must be varnished. The legs of this design, intricately curved, are decorated with carvings and all kinds of gilding.
The gothic interior of your bedroom will be happy to replenish in the form of forged steel products. Gothic also allows glass tables with wrought iron frames and legs. By the way, the wall version of such a table is also a great solution. Metal models, diluted with leather elements, will also fit into this style. Most often it will be a designer option, so the cost of such a product will not be very cheap.
Glass bedside tables are good for high-tech and minimalist styles. The glass cube table looks quite interesting and not boring at all. Wheels and metal are present here too.
Country - rustic comfort. For this style, it is preferable to choose an ottoman table with hard filling.
Making vision a reality
And now that you know exactly what you need a bedside table for, what shape and color it should be, what material it should be made of, it's time to go to the shops in search of it.
