Bedside tables

A bedside table is a fairly significant element in the bedroom: both in terms of comfort and decor, and based on its functional purpose.

As you know, people are in a dream 1/3 of their whole lives, which is why you should not underestimate the comfort and convenience of this room and let its furnishings and furnishings take their course.

A bedside table should be not only comfortable, but also beautiful, combined with other interior items, have many convenient drawers, a wide enough upper surface so that you can put glasses, a phone, a magazine, put a lamp, a clock.

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A bit of history

Today, few people can imagine their bedroom without such a necessary and functional piece of furniture as a bedside table. Its miniature size does not prevent it from brilliantly coping with its purpose and performing various functions - from storing hygienic items on its shelves to a stand for a bedside lamp.

But it all began many centuries ago, when the rich nobility of the dark Middle Ages, striving for maximum comfort, recognized a special piece of bedroom interior in an ordinary drawer.

It turns out that the bedside table was invented by none other than the French, and translated from a melodic language it means a completely unexpected thing - “stump” or, in another version, “pillar”. And they created it to store such an item that you rarely see in the bedroom, near your bed - for firearms. In those days, multiple enemies, both external and internal, did not allow you to sleep peacefully, and an inconspicuous box perfectly hid its contents and saved its owners more than once.

Only in the middle of the eighth century, the French realized the importance of this furniture - the bedside table gained popular love and popularity. The first products were quite small, and contained only one shelf and a drawer. After the success of the French mods, this product, new at that time, began its triumphal procession around the world and still remains one of the integral parts of the bedroom interior.

Of course, modern furniture is very different from its ancestor and now it is a miniature cabinet with one or more closed shelves. The flat top surface allows you to place the item right next to the bed.

The bedside tables of today, the twenty-first century, having a refined and stylish look, can add sophistication, comfort and completeness to the interior for a rest room from all the fuss and problems. And how much comfort it can give to its owners with proper use and distribution of functionality. Upstairs you can put a mobile phone with a morning alarm clock, a watch from your hand, an unread book, a night light and much more. In the bowels of the nightstand, a variety of, but such necessary things can be stored. For example, a handkerchief, napkins, and even contraceptives.The last item is especially needed by happy married couples and lovers who live together.

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Bedside tables for every taste

In addition to its versatility, bedside furniture can play an important role in decorating a room. With its help, you can diversify and complement the created interior, giving home warmth and a touch of order. After all, the bedside table holds a lot of items that usually lie out of place.

A variety of colors, textures and silhouettes allows you to choose your own thing, suitable in all respects, including height and size. Speaking about the material, the word nightstand is immediately associated with wood. But then we will consider the whole variety of a seemingly ordinary object.

Types of bedside tables

Pedestals can be of any size and height: high, low, round or in the form of a square from various materials - wood, plastic; designer or factory - which one to choose - depends on the type of room and on its decoration as a whole.

You also need to know what exactly is planned to be stored in the cabinet: an archive of magazines for the past year or a small tube of hand cream for the night. Based on this, the cabinet is selected in size.

In general, it will be useful for any interior to leave some part of it free. That's why you don't need to strive to buy a cabinet as much as possible. If you want to store your favorite magazines, it is better to set aside another place for them. It is better to put two smaller bedside tables than to clutter up the passage in the room with one awkward, but roomy bedside table that does not fit into the overall look and design.

According to the type of placement, the products can be floor or suspended. Floor cabinets can have legs or they can stand whole on the floor. A hanging bedside table makes the room lighter, in addition, it is very convenient to wash the floor under such a bedside table, and the search for rolled objects is much easier.

Another plus of a hanging bedside table is that you can put various accessories under it, for example, boxes for storing cute little things.

It should also be taken into account that it is advisable to buy the same cabinets, especially if there is a place to place them on both sides of the bed. If there is room for only one bedside table, then it is better to place it to the right of the bed, so visually the room will be more comfortable. And this is a proven fact and a very old design trick, so in the absence of space, you should not neglect it.

For a small room, a corner bedside table is also suitable; in addition, it is also very roomy. These cabinets look very neat, and will give any interior an impressive look.

As for the height of the cabinet, it should be equal to the position of your outstretched arm when you are lying on the bed. Otherwise, inconvenience will arise, if there is a desire to put the phone on the cabinet or turn off the lamp, you will have to get up, and if you already want to sleep, then the dream may disappear altogether. In the end, such a high cabinet will be annoying, which does not contribute to a pleasant rest and good sleep.

To choose the right bedside table, you need to know the height of your sleeping bed, and based on the parameters, select a bedside table of the same height.

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Cabinet material

Bedside tables for the bedroom can be made from different materials. Especially when it comes to designer things: many designers are able to make a bedside table from a piece of log, from an old suitcase, from a former stool, from pallets, old fruit boxes - from any material that their rich imagination tells them.

If there is no desire to use designer finds, then you can buy a factory bedside table. Their material of manufacture is not so rich, but more familiar:

• natural wood;

• Chipboard;

• polyvinylchloride;

• fiberboard;

• laminated chipboard.

There may also be bedside tables with combined materials of manufacture - for example, the cabinet is made of natural wood, but its fittings are made of plastic or metal. As for the choice in the question, “Which material is better?”, then everyone, of course, will have their own preferences and wishes. Nevertheless, natural wood, of course, is the leader in terms of environmental friendliness, strength, but it loses in price - at all times, not excluding ours, it is a rather expensive material.

Bedside tables made of natural oak, mahogany, or beech look very beautiful and noble. Wood species tend to differ from each other in terms of wood pattern, sometimes cabinets can be decorated with skillful wood carvings and various patterns. Ideally, it is better to purchase nightstands for the bedroom along with a set, so that later there will be no difficulties in selecting this necessary piece of furniture.

Large selection of bedside tables and the most common material - pine veneer. This option is more economical, but also not without drawbacks. Pine is a very soft material and the places where screws are attached to doors or drawers can crumble over time.

Buying items made of natural wood means buying things for a long time, because it is very durable and of high quality. If there is a desire to often change the familiar environment, then you should give preference to the materials of fiberboard or chipboard. Here, too, you do not need to chase the price - a low price may indicate that low-quality materials were used in the process - for example, glue. In this case, the bedside table can not only crumble over time, but also emit harmful fumes. In the bedroom, such a product can cause irreparable harm to health, especially for those people who have problems with the respiratory organs (asthma, pneumonia, tuberculosis, and so on).

When buying any bedside table for a bedroom, it is better to check with the seller about the availability of a certificate: after all, a bedside table is the thing that will be next to a person when he sleeps. That is why it is especially important to make sure that the materials used are safe and environmentally friendly. For the same reason, it is better not to buy used furniture. Who knows what conditions it was used in? In addition, mites can live on old furniture, which are difficult to see from the outside, as they can be as thick as a credit card and hide in the crevices of furniture. It is better to give preference to a new piece of furniture.

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Choosing a bedside table in accordance with the design of the room

The appearance of a bedside table directly depends on the style of the room: a classic mahogany nightstand will look ridiculous in a high-tech interior, and vice versa, a laminated bedside table will not fit into the atmosphere of a baroque room.

The dependence of the type of bedside table on the style of the room:

• Colonial style (oriental) will be emphasized by a bedside table or cabinets made of rattan, with low legs of a rectangular silhouette. Decorative elements are appropriate: weaving, floral patterns, ornaments, a bedside table can be of a natural color;

• cabinets made of real wood are suitable for classic style. Massive cabinets without legs will look good. The decor here should be fittings - they can be in the form of forged handles, corners. As for the color, it is better to choose the color of "mahogany", this will give the room an appropriate mood.

• for the English style in the form of a bedside table, a bedside table can act;

• for a Scandinavian interior, cabinets painted white or natural shades of wood and made of unpainted veneer are ideal pieces of furniture, this is the case when simplicity is appropriate;

• for the Provence style, wooden bedside tables are also suitable. Only they should be distinguished by grace - thin legs, curly turning, wood carving;

• high-tech style may allow you to purchase a bedside table with ethnic motifs or you can put an object with metal frames and glass shelves;

• for the Baroque style, an elegant nightstand with curved legs will come in handy;

• A country-style bedroom will be decorated with a rustic-style nightstand. You can use a cabinet trimmed with leather or fabric.

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How to choose a bedside cabinet - recommendations

It is a generally recognized fact that a bedside table located near the bed is convenient, practical, and functional. If the headset is already purchased with the cabinets, then you do not need to select anything. But it happens that the bedside table was not available, or the buyers do not like it, or it is not yet possible to purchase a bedside table. If the selection is carried out after buying a bed or headset, then you should pay attention to the tips on how to choose it correctly.

1. Selection, based on the size of the room, bedroom set. In the first place is such a parameter as height, if it is impossible to reach the bedside table from the bed, then it is worthless. The nightstand should be the same height as the bed.

As for the width, the bedside tables are selected according to the scale of the bed, observing the principle of symmetry and balance. If the bed is wide, then it is better to choose not miniature bedside tables, which not only get lost against the background of the bed, but also bring an imbalance into the overall look of the room. It is better to choose the same wide bedside tables. Their width can be 50-100 cm.

If the sleeping place is small, then a cabinet with a width of up to 50 cm is enough. The depth is also important, because the capacity of the bedside table depends on it.

Another easy way to choose a bedside table is to start from the type of headboard. If it is massive and upholstered in leather, choose a bedside table in a classic style (many of them also have sides upholstered in leather), if the headboard is elegant, with openwork forged elements, then the bedside table should be exquisite. With forging elements. The main rule in this case is the observance of harmony and balance.

2. Selection of bedside tables by design. For lovers of comfort and the availability of small things at hand, bedside tables with many drawers and compartments are suitable.

If you are not a fan of drinking tea with honey before going to bed and reading books in bed, a nightstand with a minimum of departments is quite suitable for you. By the way, there are furniture sets in which shelves and bedside tables are already built in. The downside here is that you can’t move these bedside tables, and it’s difficult to change them, only if together with a headset. But the advantages are also obvious - a built-in bedside table, shelves above your head, and you don’t need to pick up pieces of furniture separately.

3. For lovers of versatility you can offer to buy not bedside tables, but bedside tables. Such a table can play the role of coffee, toilet and even work. The only requirement is that such a table should be higher than the bed. Here the area of ​​​​action is much larger, but the free space is reduced, so putting such a table in a small bedroom is also not recommended. We'll have to get by with a wide, but still curbstone.

4. Bedside table design and style should be combined with a bedroom set or bed, but they may not match in color. Some modern styles suitable for eccentric people also allow a mixture of styles: for example, futuristic bedside tables are selected for an elegant bed, or vice versa - a chic Neo-Baroque nightstand with a minimalist bed can be an excellent combination.

5. Color combinations and combinations of different materials are allowed: so, the head of the bed can be made of leather, and the bedside table of plastic. The color of the bedside furniture can be combined with the color of the wallpaper. In general, with the selection of shades of bedroom furniture, you need to be extremely careful, since flashy colors will not allow you to relax normally and will still affect the subconscious. If there are differences in the color scheme, then they are not too flashy, because this will harm the health and quality of rest.

6. An option is allowed when the color of the bedside table is directly opposite in color to the color scheme of the head of the bed. For example, the headboard is white and the nightstands are black. Or a wenge-colored bed, and the nightstands are white, or a beige bed, and the nightstands are chocolate-colored. But pastel or dark tonality should definitely remain (see point 5).

7. A color scheme is possible when the bedside tables are brighter accents in the room. In this case, you need to conduct a study of color and its effect on a person. This aspect will not greatly affect if rarely anyone sleeps in the bedroom and the room is for guests to stay or is empty for another reason.

That's how much an ordinary bedside table can mean, especially if you take its choice seriously. A relatively young piece of furniture has long become a person's assistant in the bedroom - without it it is very difficult to find a place for many things, especially small ones and those that may be needed at any time. Knowing a few useful tips on choosing a high-quality, beautiful and multifunctional cabinet, you can make the interior of your bedroom even more perfect, and this is what everyone who knows the price of real comfort and relaxation strives for. These two things are invaluable for a person, and a bedside table helps to maintain harmony, comfort and strength coming out at the end of the day. Choose the right furniture and take care of yourself!

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