Pretty much love them all, though I find the wood burning stove (fake I 'm assuming?) and the ironing board a bit confusing.

Is #13 an ironing board? I like the idea -- though I don't have the space for it. I don't have a bedside table, I have a standiing lamp at the foot of the bed, and a silk bag hooked over the curls of the wrought iron headboard.

I love them all too, especially the vintage suitcases and ironing board!

These are adorable...love the HOT PINK chair!..

I love the hot-pink sawed in half table! These are all pretty interesting, if not all "my style".

Except the pile of magazines in a band. First, the purpose of a bedside table is to avoid having piles of magazines everywhere. Second, you can't get the magazines easily, because they're banded together.

I can take some and leave some. No on the garbage can. It throws off the entire mood to me.
Favorite is the cute blue pail and the funky fire place.

...favorite ARE...(jeez)

I have used a low barstool (without a back) for a very long time. It was the only salvageable one when my mom got new bar stools for her kitchen, so I snapped it up.

I used an overturned cardboard box until my ordered night table came in. I can't wrap my head around the ladder.

yes..sawed in half HOT PINK TABLLLLE..not chair..I do like the look of the black banded mags...just not the drum....

These are all so different and unique! What a great post. My favorite is the antique ironing board, genius in a tight space with very cool esthetics.

I like the ideas, but my heart hurts a little for the binding of the book hung over the rung of the ladder.

Oh golly, way too cute for my taste. I find myself thinking "oh criminy, you can afford those sheets, you can afford to just go out and buy a night table". Is this too snarky for AT? Really it's just an honest reaction.

Realcalm, yeah, I agree that some of them are a bit twee :-) But maybe there were space constraints that led one or more of these people to a non-traditional solution? I have a wooden, backless stool on either side of my bed for two reasons: (1) my bedroom is narrow so regular bedside tables wouldn't fit, and (2) they're the only thing high enough to match the height of my mattress, which means that the room benefits a lot more from the bedside lamps.

I love that this post makes me look at some of the items I have around the house and consider using them as side tables. Shows how those pieces can switch hit in surprising ways. Maybe a pile of books, a child's chair, a square basket, a clean garden table or that camel saddle... even a stack of tightly folded blankets with a tray on top since I never bring drinks in there. I enjoy re-styling the stuff I already have rather than buying something new every time I want to change things up.

Sure, you might be able to afford to just go buy a table, but where's the sport in that?

QUOTE: Sure, you might be able to afford to just go buy a table, but where's the sport in that?

@ CCATX: agreed...sometimes it's all about the challenge (or just plain fun;)

Um, is that a sex swing in #4? :D

LadyK, take a closer look. That's a hanging cradle.

OK, the ladder is just dumb. And most of them are too small (I think I spend too much time in bed...). But they're cute!

like the ladder myself. reminds me of first apt. living, which i had enjoyed. creative, but functional.

I can't believe nobody is understanding the point of this article. The sawed-in-half table, the ladder, the ironing board -- those are the BEDS. The people are using the MATTRESSES as nightstands. Try to keep up, will you?

Good use for magazines.

Repurposing vintage luggage as a bedside table is fantastic. It gives the room the perfect dose of vintage to serve as a contrast to the cheery blue and white walls.

I almost put a ladder next to bed. It's cute!

PINK TABLE.. the half part almost makes me feel it's broken somewhere, just a nerve thing.

Nobody likes the bucket? I thought it's a clever move, adding some rough edge to a delicate space.