What is on your bedside table?

Bedside tables come in an array of designs, sizes and shapes. Whether you opt for a standard white bedside table with simply a drawer and open area below, or a bedside table with nothing but drawers, a bedside table can end up being a very personal piece of furniture.

What do you keep on your bedside table? Is your bedside always a place of complete organisation, clean, crisp and uncluttered, or does it transform from its orderly daytime appearance to becoming a resting place for the day’s accessories overnight?

I would like to think my bedside table is a fairly organised affair, with just a small table lamp, alarm clock and coaster on it at most times. In the shelves below there are always a couple of books, maybe a magazine or two and the odd page that has been ripped out and is still waiting to find a new home. Overnight my bracelet and glasses sit on the top, but in general it is a place I like to keep clutter free.

On the other side of the bed, my partner has a bedside cabinet which always seems to be the home for various objects that can only be described as “things”! He has a small table lamp, always a book or two and a small tin overflowing with coppers. Car keys, house keys, his mobile phone and wallett make a frequent appearance. Sometimes a pocket knife or two will be left there, along with a collection of scraps of paper with scribbled notes. The drawer is a true “man drawer” holding a vast array of things that one day will surely come in handy. In the cupboard below are, amongst other things, a collection of envelopes of seeds.

I wonder what this all says about us?!!

Go on, tell us… what do you have on your bedside table?!

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