Unique Bedroom Nightstand Ideas

When choosing furniture for a bedroom, it’s tempting to buy a matching furniture set where you get everything together – a headboard, nightstands, chest of drawers, and mirror. It’s a quick and easy way to furnish an entire room and you can often get furniture sets for a super low price. But this is a case where it’s better not to take the easy route! Most beautifully decorated rooms have pieces that feel like they’ve been collected over time rather than purchased in a single visit to Furniture Fair. You may already have a matching set of bedroom furniture and that’s ok – I used to too! But I bet you’d love your space a little more if you started breaking up your matching set and bringing some personality to your space. A good start to having this “collected” feel would be to switch out one or both of your nightstands to something unique and “non-matchy”. You could buy a typical nightstand in a different finish or material than the rest of your bedroom furniture (search Craigslist if you don’t want to spend a lot of money!) or you could try out one of these unique ideas: 

*Use a vintage step ladder with wide rungs that you can stack a lamp, clock, and a few bedside books on:

{Martha Stewart}

Antique stores, flea markets, or your grandparents’ basement are great places to look for a vintage step ladder but if none of those pan out for you, searching on ebay and Etsy will bring up lots of great options such as this pretty little lady: 

{Etsy: Timeless N Chic}

*Another idea is to make a nightstand out of stacked vintage suitcases:

{House Beautiful}

{A Beach Cottage}

{The Old Painted Cottage}

There are lots of sources for great luggage racks – one that I’ve seen in person and love is Ballard Designs’ Gaspar Luggage Rack

*A unique nightstand can also be created with a folding tray table:

{Horchow}

{Norske Interior}

*My favorite idea of the bunch is to use a desk instead of a nightstand and get two uses out of one piece of furniture such as {this desk turned nightstand} via Gary Riggs Home, {this gorgeous acrylic one} via Lonny, and this one via Design Indulgence:

{AHL Christmas Showhouse via Design Indulgence}

*Yet another option is to use some type of rolling cart such as a bar cart (see this post on bar carts for some great options) or this IKEA kitchen cart: 

{The Freelancer’s Fashion Blog}

*A very simple bedside solution is to stack a few nightstand essentials on a pretty chair next to your bed as seen in {this bedroom by Jute Interior Design}.

*Finally, a chest of drawers can be used as a nightstand, which is a particularly good idea when space is tight!

{Phoebe Howard}

{Velvet & Linen}

I hope that gave you a few ideas and inspiration for changing up your bedroom in ways that you’ll love!