According to feng shui guidelines for the bedroom, there are three basic principles. Concealing clutter is a positive side effect of having a proper bedside table.
BBDW’s Lakeside Table is designed with hand-carved ebony handles and a blackened steel base with bronze feet.
The Mash Studios LAX Series Night Table in English walnut with a natural oil finish is $400 at Horne.
De La Espada’s 012 Atlantico Bedside Table consists of a single drawer resting on an open cubic frame.
Designed by Matthew Hilton for De La Espada, the McQueen Bedside Chest has two drawers (with soft-closing piston action), dovetail joinery, and cast iron handles.
The Raleigh Bedside Table is a Design Within Reach exclusive and available in oak (shown) and walnut for $995.
From Belgian company Ethnicraft, the Oak Nordic Nightstand has a European easy glide drawer and lower storage space; it’s finished in white oil and is $549 from Lekker Home.
From SF-based studio Ohio Design, the Jake Nightstand has an open bottom and a single drawer that’s under-mounted and self-closing.
The drawer comes with the option of being recessed or flush inset, and the base has square-tube, brushed-steel legs (an optional base is available in wood or flat steel); $699 to $899, depending on size, at Ohio Design.
The Anton Nightstand, shown in cherry, is made in North Dakota and finished in either an oil-and-wax or clear lacquer finish; $749 at Room & Board.
Designed by Ibon Arrizabalaga, the Lauki Bedside Table is available in oak (shown), walnut, graphite, and white; $795, exclusive to Design Within Reach.
From Phloem Studio of Portland, Oregon, the Colleen Side Table is made from a range of domestic hardwoods: western curly maple (shown), ash, cherry, walnut, rift white oak, and western walnut.
The Oak Azur Nightstand from Ethnicraft is made in Europe from sustainably sourced solid oak that is kiln-dried to ensure hardness.
Ikea’s Tarva Nightstand is solid pine with a fiberboard back; $39.99.
The Another Country Bedside Table Two in ash is £995 at Another Country.