If the windows are the eyes to the soul of your home, your nightstands could be considered the hands of your bedroom. Once you slip into bed you want all essentials within arms reach, and easily accessible for whatever may come up over the course of the next eight hours.
Your nightstand primarily needs to be functional, but lets face it, we can also strive for uber stylish and chic while we are at it, like the one above from Style Me Pretty.
Here we are going to show you how, with any personal aesthetic, you can style a functional, but more importantly, chic nightstand in your own home.
THE VINTAGE HUNTER
If you have patience to sift through your local flea market, this nightstand look can be yours! Beautiful antique furniture and vintage art and collectables stack the side of this bedroom from Ginger Snapped.
While it seems like there are a lot of individual items stacked on top of the nightstand, they are very organized, leaving enough room for a glass or water, a book and your cellphone to fit comfortably.
And cleverly, the bedside lighting has been mounted to the wall so you can still read in bed without taking up too much space on your nightstand.
THE FASHIONISTA
When your life revolves around styling and fashion, of course you are going to need elements of these things within arms reach at all times, even while you sleep.
This super stylish nightstand from The Everygirl mixes fashion with function and adds in a heavy dash of interior design.
Again, organization helps this bedside table to maintain its function with baskets and separate stacks of odds and ends rather than a miss-mosh of things.
BOLD AND GRAPHIC
High contrast, like this nightstand vignette from Birch & Lily, can really make a powerful design statement in your bedroom.
Making a statement with beautiful nightstands in a dark, glossy finish allows the room to feel bold and graphic and very high design. Paired with a white gallery wall, the photos pop against the black furniture, creating a cool and hip space.
THE GIRLY GIRL
If you have a feminine design sensibility, then you definitely need some pink at your bedside.
Stylish pink table lamps add a major pop of girly color to your already very feminine bedroom in the most perfect way.
Just like this image from The Decorista, if you make one big statement, have the other elements of your nightstand compliment it rather than fight it.
MODERN AND GLAM
For the modern bedroom, like this one from Casa e Decor, its necessary that all the elements of the room be impeccable in style and design.
One way to achieve this is with monochromatic coloring and mirror or glass accents that bounce off the light without attracting too much attention to one particular element.
Pairing this striking mirrored nightstand with a sophisticated glass table lamp achieves a look that is soft yet mature all at once.
BOHEMIAN AND ECLECTIC
For all the quirky designers our there, this bedroom from Nicety mixes and matches to create an eclectic oasis.
Repurposing vintage luggage, mounting a brightly painted shadow box and dangling a single bulb from the ceiling - this bedroom has so much going on, yet it all seems to work together in the best way.
When going for this look don't forget that lots of color and texture work in your favor, and really push the boundaries of what you select. With the right eye, just about anything can be beautiful.
Images: Style Me Pretty, Ginger Snapped, The Everygirl, Birch & Lily, The Decorista, Casa e Decor, Nicety