What characteristics of furniture should you consider when purchasing?
When purchasing a bedside table, you need to consider the size of your bedroom. For small apartments, it is recommended to choose compact models that are equipped with additional sections.
Spacious drawers allow you to store bed linen and clothes. An economical owner can limit himself to a bedside shelf. Such furniture is practical and functional.
There are several parameters that affect the comfort and ergonomics of furniture.
How to choose a bedside table for the bedroom
When choosing a bedside table for the bedroom, you can rely on photos found on the Internet. However, it is important that this element of the interior fully matches the style of the room and satisfies the needs of the residents.
Therefore, it is worth paying attention to several parameters of the cabinet itself:
- dimensions;
- functionality;
- material of manufacture;
- color scheme.
With the right combination of all the features, you will get the perfect piece of furniture. Invisible when used, but harmoniously complementing the image of the bedroom.
Material
The best bedside tables for the bedroom are made from natural materials. In the production of expensive models, wood is used, which is coated with varnish. Environmentally friendly material has a pleasant aroma.
Users find it much more pleasant to touch wood than artificial substitutes. The material has a warm surface. The disadvantage of such products is their high cost, which depends on the type of wood. Oak, birch, beech and ash are used in furniture production.
Cabinets made of MDF are much cheaper, since wood shavings are used in their manufacture. The plates are laminated with a film that creates an imitation of any material. Urea resin is used as a binding component.
Chipboard is another type of material that has a serious drawback. In the production of boards, a resin is used that releases formaldehyde. Products intended for the bedroom must be marked E0 or E1.
Types of structures
How to choose a bedside table for a bedroom, taking into account the interior and area? Buyers are showing interest in hanging models, which are equipped with a large number of drawers and shelves.
The furniture is located at a distance of 10 to 50 cm from the floor surface. For small bedrooms, instead of a bedside table, it is better to use a shelf on which you can place all the necessary items.
Style and design of the bedside table
The design of the bedside table, as well as the design, is also chosen based on the bed and its purpose. If you want to store a minimum of things in your nightstand and mostly use it as a place to store your mobile phone at night or an alarm clock, a modest nightstand with legs with 1 drawer or 1 drawer and a niche will suit you. Such cabinets look light and do not clutter up the area near the bed.
For those who are used to using every free centimeter of the bedroom to their advantage, we recommend buying a bedside table with doors. It will help keep the room tidy and hide everything you store in the bedroom from view. In order to choose the shape of the cabinet as clearly as possible, it is better to think about buying it either with the bed or after.
The shape of the cabinet can be rectangular or square. The first option is the most common, since in this case the space near the bed is used more efficiently. Cabinets in the form of chests, which are installed on legs or on the floor, are very common.
Form
Depending on the configuration, there are several types of cabinets:
- Manufacturers produce square and rectangular furniture that is functional and practical. This cabinet is suitable for any type of room.
- Which bedside table to choose if there is not enough free space in the bedroom? In this case, you can use corner models.
- Round cabinets are used to decorate the interior of rooms in the Art Nouveau style. Such products cannot be called universal. To give the product greater functionality, they are equipped with a rotary table.
- The buyer can choose a non-standard option, which has an unusual shape. Beautiful bedroom furniture should be placed next to the head of the bed.
Dimensions
The dimensions of the bedside table in the bedroom should be based on the set of planned functions and the dimensions of other furniture. So, the height of the bedside table should be at the level of the bed mattress. In this case, using its tabletop will be as comfortable as possible.
As for the depth, it is worth proceeding from the size of the objects stored inside. If you plan to keep only personal items in the nightstand, its depth should not be large. 30 cm will be enough. In this case, if space allows, you can pay more attention to the width.
If we are talking about storing books, magazines and laptops, you should think about a greater depth of the cabinet. It is also better to choose deep cabinets if the bedroom is narrow. Then a narrow, deep bedside table can accommodate all the necessary things.
It is important that it does not interfere with getting out of bed. That is, you need to consider options for proper placement (niche).
Accessories
Be sure to check the condition of handles, drawers and doors. The owner must make sure that the furniture is functional and comfortable. Bedside tables should have adjustable legs so you can change the height.
In the bedroom you can install a model with a turntable. When purchasing, you need to consider not only the price, but the functionality of the furniture.
Features of the element
A bedside table in the bedroom solves several room problems at once. Namely:
- the issue of organizing space is eliminated - small items (phone, first aid kit, books, glasses, etc.) are always at hand, but at the same time hidden from prying eyes;
- an additional, controlled source of lighting appears - a lamp installed on the bedside table allows you to turn the light on and off without getting out of bed;
- an additional accent in the interior - it can be either the bedside table itself or the objects placed on it (lamps, vases, figurines).
It is worth noting that all of the above benefits only apply to properly selected furniture.
