1. To mix or to match - that is the question when it comes to decorating with bedside tables. If bedroom furniture coordination is important to you, check the Product Accessories section at the bottom of any of our individual product pages to find matching beds, dressers, and other items.
2. If you decide to go with a bedside table style that doesn't match your platform or sleigh bed, consider choosing a similar finish or color to avoid an overly jarring contrast. Use the menu on the left to browse by light wood, medium wood, dark wood, white, black, or other colors.
3. Besides color and style, another way to coordinate your bedside table with your bed is to pick a feature of your headboard such as its slats or decorative scrollwork and find a table that echoes or hints at that feature.
4. Nightstands with an open cubby area above or beneath a drawer or drawers can contribute to a room's color or coziness by holding curios, books, vases, figurines, picture frames, or similar items. The downside is that cubbies, unlike drawers, need to be dusted regularly.
5. The proper bedside table height should be determined by your nocturnal habits. For example, if you like to have a cup of tea before sleeping, a nightstand that's more than a few inches above your mattress probably won't be very convenient if you're lying down reading a book.
6. Looking for a nightstand that's out of the ordinary? Browse our Other Colors page to find children's nightstands and end tables that go beyond black, white, and wood finish.
7. Some of our larger three-drawer nightstands could serve as lowboys - small chests of drawers that are used for storing clothes, socks, undergarments, and other apparel or fashion accessories.
8. If you're shopping for country or rustic-style bedroom tables, we recommend looking at our tables with light wood finishes. These nightstands tend to have a more natural appearance, and some even feature timber log-style construction.
9. In general, modern bedroom decors tend to feature straight, clean lines; traditional decors feature rounder forms and more ornamental features. Thus if you own a sleigh bed or canopy bed, your nightstand should be more dramatic and fluid in form. With platform beds, go for bedside tables with hard-edged geometric shapes.
10. Posting matching bed tables on each side of a bed is one of the easiest ways of bringing a balanced look to a bedroom furniture arrangement that's a little out of sync.
