Although I love pretty things, and like to surround myself with them, I also like home decor to be practical. I have been fighting with my bedside tables since I bought them several years ago. I love them- they have modern clean lines and romantic mirrored surfaces, but it's what to put on them that I struggle with. I recently (finally) found the perfect lamps for them. The lamps are rather ornate, old looking (although new), and have both mirrors and gold as well as some beading in them. It's a great juxtaposition to the clean modern lines of the tables. We need clocks on the bedside tables, and I just ordered a vintage travel alarm for my side- it's black, which is a color that I am bringing in pops to keep the room a little masculine. Emily Henderson from HGTV was talking about dressing a nightstand for a guest room, and said they should contain a lightsource, clock, candle or flowers to keep it smelling nice, a box or bowl to put jewelry in and a water vessel for middle of the night thirstiness. I don't drink in the middle of the night, or take my wedding ring off for bed, but I decided to add a bowl of flowers and a sparkly box to my nightstand to try it out. It looks so much more homey and lived in. I couldn't believe it. You will have to imagine the pretty vintage clock in the place of the new ugly one, but here's the BEFORE
and AFTER
It's not cluttered, but it looks so much better. I am doing the same thing to The Rusty Knight's side table. He has a really ugly alarm clock, so I will work on getting him to agree to something nicer looking, but I found this great frosted glass tumble up (water carafe with cup/lid), a funky eye glass stand, and I decided to use a metal ashtray that he made in school to hold a scented candle that he still has to pick out. His side needs tweaking, obviously- but it still looks better with stuff than it did without.
BEFORE
I think that I will paint the glasses holder white to make it more sculptural.
You always see candles and flowers on bedside tables, but I never realized they had a function! We really do need something to freshen up the stale winter nighttime air, and I hope I can flowers that I am not allergic to because these particular flowers really bothered me.
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