A bedside table for a bedroom is a popular item in modern houses and apartments. Probably no bedroom can do without this element of furniture. We all need to do some things all evening. This is reading a book, working with a laptop, taking vitamins and medicines, using hand or foot cream. In these situations, the presence of such a useful assistant is required - a bedside table. Consider the diversity of their models.
Is there only a table in the bedroom?
It is desirable that the table coincides with the interior of your bedroom, otherwise it will look like an extra element, and such a clever invention simply cannot, it does not have the 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 living in your living room, next to armchairs and sofas. Another place where the table will have to "to the yard" is the entrance hall. Here, in the hallway, you can use a table to put on it all sorts of little things at the entrance to the apartment. When the bedside table will be combined with all the furniture of the room, only then will it create an atmosphere of coziness and comfort, which is important for a good rest. Correctly choosing this interior detail is likely to be a task not without difficulties. Maybe it’s not entirely clear what kind of model you need for such furniture. Therefore, now we will understand the full variety of their forms and purposes.
Special tables for the bedroom
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 may be called a bedside table. Inside such cabinets you can store cosmetic masks, creams, 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:
- Do not try to install the cabinet and the bed is very tight, this can happen in a small room. Leave a little space between the walls of the bed and the nightstands.
- The top of the bedside table should not be much higher or lower than your bed. With a successful coincidence of the height of the bed and the height of the bedside table, you are ensured comfort, for the sake of which the whole saga was started with the purchase of this piece of furniture.
- If you are a happy owner of a luxurious wide bed, you can choose the same presentable tables. Try to get a cabinet with a width of more than fifty centimeters. Small and narrow completely lost against the background of the main element of the bedroom.
- For the close proximity of the bedside table and the narrow model of the bed, you need to act differently. A narrow stand, no more than 50 centimeters, would look better here.
Varieties
A bedside table on casters 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 presentation of 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 you do not need a table for some time, it can be safely stored folded behind the back of your bed or behind a cabinet, or you can place it behind a curtain.
A laptop as a family member in your bedroom
Special bedside tables for laptops are also gaining popularity. You can’t argue with the fact that the laptop has closely entered our lives. Equally useful accessories are produced for such a necessary and to some extent useful device. This type of bedside table is good because it protects a person’s health at the moment he spends time on a laptop. The table can be adjusted, so it’s easy to set the individual height of the product and the angle of inclination, which will be comfortable for the eyes.
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 using a variety of chromed metal elements, then a glass table will do just fine. In the general interior of the bedroom, the glass model will look airy and easy. These qualities of the table are preferable for small rooms. Charmingly such a model will look in interiors with a predominance of light shades. There are also bedside glass tables in the classic version. Here, glass harmoniously blends with wood. The countertop itself can be square or oval, variants with a circle and various asymmetries are also possible. Frosted glass in such tables is adjacent to completely transparent areas.
IKEA bedside tables are multifunctional and offered in a wide range. There are bedside tables elongated along and across. There are also classic options for tables. Curbstones of not quite ordinary forms will amaze the imagination. This well-known company offers bedside tables made of wood of excellent quality at its outlets. If you are a little limited in matters of finance, then instead of wooden models you can choose a more acceptable option, perhaps it will be a table made of wood slabs. Bedside tables and tables from IKEA are perfectly combined with furniture, which is released by the same brand.
Color scheme for your bedside furniture
To harmonize the colors of your bedroom and bedside tables, some simple rules should be considered:
- The headboard and bedside table may well be made from not quite similar materials. But their color scheme must match.
- This rule is the exact opposite of the first. The colors of your bed and bedside table are the opposite. That is: white furniture - a black bed, a light or beige bed - dark, brown bedside tables. You can play with other shades in the same way.
- The color of the table or cabinet may suit the shade that predominates in the design of your room.
- Curbstones can not be matched to the color of the bed itself, but of other furniture used in the room.
- Bedside furniture in color with floor, ceiling and walls.
- A table and a nightstand can be the most striking accents in the bedroom and cannot be combined with any element, so most of the attention will go to them.
What a form!
Choosing a bedside table, you should reflect on what forms of this furniture will be appropriate and acceptable for you.
Smooth lines and round shapes are good for a children's bedroom and for a female bedroom. Such furniture will organically enter the design of the room. Still this type of curbstone cannot inadvertently harm your child (due to the lack of sharp corners). But outwardly such models look very interesting and spectacular. You can see a photo of a bedside table of this type below.
The cabinets with strict and sharp lines are suitable for the bedrooms of conservatives and men, in a classic style. In addition to sophistication and style, such furniture items are also more functional. Their operation is most pleasant and easy, as it is familiar to a large number of people.
Variations in installation methods
Typically, cabinets and tables are installed in two ways. They can be floor or suspended. Consider the first method and its advantages. Floor installation is the simplest, and it also allows you to move the bedside table when such a 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 a bedside table to the wall with fasteners that will prevent it from collapsing down. By the way, you need to fix 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, a hanging nightstand or table is simply necessary if there are hyperactive children in the house or restless pets. Hanging stands have a variety of shapes. So, you can choose for yourself oblong and square elements. You can purchase such a table in the form of a console.
What is right for your style?
Consider the options suitable for your stylish interior cabinets.
Is your bedroom style a provence? Choose a small and elegant table. Such a piece of furniture can have sliding shelves that closely resemble wicker baskets. Also, graceful models decorated with carved elements are well suited to this style. These elements can be: table legs, tabletop sides and drawers.
Baroque - massive pedestals made of natural, expensive materials. The surface of the table should be varnished. Legs of this design, curiously curved, are decorated with carvings and all kinds of gilding.
The gothic interior of your bedroom will be glad 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-mounted version of such a table is also a great solution. Metal models diluted with leather elements will also fit into this style. Most often, this will be a design option, so the cost of such a product will not be very cheap.
Glass bedside tables are good for hi-tech and minimalist styles. The glass cube table looks quite interesting and not at all boring. Wheels and metal are also present here.
Country - rustic comfort. For this style, it is preferable to choose a stool ottoman with hard filling.
We turn the idea into reality
And now, when you know exactly why you need a bedside table, what shape and color it should be, what material should be made of, it's time to go looking for it in stores.