Magazine Stack Nightstand

File this under fantasy Sunday morning: lounging in bed reading the paper and enjoying breakfast in bed with an attractive British bloke. Push that aside, and we realize that this seemingly picture-perfect moment (brought to us by the film Imagine Me & You) could be marred by...what is that? A stack of magazines acting as a nightstand?

Upon further reflection, we admit that the idea is not too bad: we get a LOT of magazine; and for some reason, we hold on to them for the sake of...research...or something like that. In fact, we're looking at a stack of W Magazines dating all the way back to 2002 that we've lugged from our first bachelorette pad in Los Feliz to our current suburban soccer mom home in Pasadena. We'd be lucky to get something half as useful as a nightstand out of them for all the space they're taking up in our home office.

What do you think? Would you put your old magazines to use as a nightstand?

(And for the record, we're thinking Piper Perabo might want to add a few more magazines if she wants her bedside lamp to be put to optimal use. It's a bit low, don't you think?)

Comments (17)

ha ha! well, it's a neater version of what's by my bed anyway. I don't have enough to stack nearly that high, though.

And yes, it's way too low. Meaning that mine would be way too lower. Oh well, maybe I need a real night stand.

Oh I *adore* this movie. I recognized the screencap before even reading the post.

I think it's one of my partner's and my favourites, and the whole movie is full of interesting and fun design. :) I'd love to have their loft.

Um - No.

Get a table and put the magazines in a basket - or a shelf - or a drawer - or recycle...

hah! it could ALSO be marred by the fact that she's about to leave him for their wedding florist... but hey, that's just me.

the gf and i do love the movie... but i don't think i'd stack up magazines for a nightstand...

i dont get why people hold onto magazines. i have a friend who just downsized to a really small 1-br apt. he's got GREAT furniture and worked hard to fit it all in, and pared his belongings down a bit... BUT he has TONS of magazines to contend with: W's, domino's, a slew of men's fashion mags, italian vogues, etc. its too much, and it makes the place look a mess.
i say, tear out the articles or pictorial spreads you love, and recycle the rest. free yourself!

I don't know about anyone else, but my magazines tend to vary slightly in size, and they certainly lack uniform white spines. So if I could get them to stack high enough without sliding over, it would still look super tacky.

I do like stacks of coffee table books as end/bedside tables though.

My husband doesn't understand why I hang on to magazines. You wouldn't throw out decorating books would you? I love having a stash of old magazines -- especially since I tend to move every few years and have entirely different decorating challenges (and architectural styles) each time. Something that wasn't of any interest 5 years ago is extremely helpful now.

Um, my nightstand is a pile of house magazines. It kind of happened accidentally because I didn't have any furniture apart from my futon and a table and chairs when I moved in, but I'm actually quite happy with it. And because I have a futon so I'm very close to the ground. On the other side of the bed, I have a stack of dictionaries.

This is pure genius. I'm tossing my current nightstand tonight as a matter of fact. Simple and Brilliant. Gotta love this.

eww. Too messy and all too easy to knock over while vacuuming.

Do you really think someone who has that many magazines vacuums on a regular basis???? Truly, my issue (pun intended) would be the stack would get too high!!

Quite frankly, if you put an attractive British bloke in my bed, I really couldn't care less what was stacked next to it.

magazine stack does not equal night stand. If you really like your magazines enough to hold on to them, then find a propers storage solution.

I keep mine on a Sapien-like spine bookcase. When the mags are neatly arranged by color and size it looks really modern.

He will dump you if you have to many magazines---shows you are a high upkeep kind of girl!

K T G -- there is a lamp and an alarm clock on the nightstand. It's kind of hard to see from the photo (the silver lamp blends into the pillow).

Jennifer in SF -- so true. so, so true.

do people actually lounge in bed reading the paper like this? it seems like one of those romanticized activities that everyone claims to do because it makes you sound cool and intellectual and town and country-ish, but no one actually does. why the bed? why not a couch? a table? really? you have to get up, cover-up, get the paper, come back inside, then make breakfast. no doubt most people would also brush their teeth and take care of other bathroom business as well. why, after doing all of that, would you want to get back into bed just to read and eat?

and is how do you keep the teapot and cups from tipping over?!

at my house i would gladly do such a morning activity on my couch... but at my boyfriends absolutely not. its leather, nice leather if i must admit and not black, and i absolutely cannot stand leather couches. his bed on the other hand is comfy and he gets up early to run and gets the coffee and paper so by default i often end up in bed rather than the couch... and quite often alone as he takes the couch.