It’s easy to forget about bedside tables when designing your bedroom or shopping for home décor. We tend to prioritise a bedroom’s bed and mattress, wardrobe and chest of drawers, but in reality a bedside table is something we use just as often as—if not more than—the bed.

It’s where we place our lamps, jewellery, books and glasses, alarm clocks and trinkets. It offers invaluable compact storage space in the rooms where we spend most of our time, and that’s not mentioning how a table adds to the look and feel of the room.

But a traditional bedside table is not always the best option. Depending on the space you have to work with, as well as the storage and surface needs of the bedroom’s occupant(s), there’s a good chance a nest of tables might be a far better choice.

In this short and simple guide, we’ve outlined the many uses and benefits of nest of tables furniture for bedroom interior design, to help you pick the perfect bedside table, today.

Why choose a nest of tables for your bedside?

Table nests are a timeless feature of the home, though not often associated with bedrooms. You probably remember nests of tables in the living rooms of your family’s homes, growing up—a convenient space saver providing extra, personal surface area for everyone in the room. So why then should you consider a nest of tables for your bedroom?

Let’s take a look at different types of bedroom and how a nest might work as a bedside table in each.

Master bedrooms

A master bedroom, according to House & Garden, is a “sacred space.” It’s the one room in the house you’re likely to spend the majority of your time in (albeit much of that asleep). As such, it’s important you invest properly in the design and décor of the room, to ensure it’s as warm, cosy and welcoming as possible.

Part of that process is making sure the bedroom furniture you buy serves both your needs and your sense of style. If, like us, you love nothing more than a lazy Sunday morning in bed—reading a favourite book, enjoying a cuppa, listening to the world pass by or cuddling with your partner—then you’re going to need plenty of surface area for your mugs, books, tablets and phones, mood lighting and more.

A nest of tables offers precisely that level of functionality and comfort, with the benefit of returning to a neat and compact space once it’s finally time to get up.

Children’s bedrooms

In our opinion, your children’s bedroom is the perfect space for a nest of tables. Kids can be messy, and love nothing more than a surface to play on, draw on, and build on. A table nest as a bedside table offers your kids extra space for all their weird and wonderful imaginings. Moreover, in bedrooms shared by two or more kids, a nest of tables gives you a table for each bedside for the price of a single unit. 

Guest bedrooms

Guest bedrooms are also sensible spaces for  nested bedside tables. If you decide to opt for fancier, more traditional tables in your master bedroom and kids’ rooms, you might be looking for a more cost-effective alternative when kitting out the guest room. A nest of tables does just that.

Hotel and Airbnb bedrooms

Last but not least, it’s worth touching on how a nest of tables can be substituted in for traditional bedside tables in hotel and Airbnb bedrooms. For those lucky enough to own additional properties, renting them out as hotels or B&Bs is often a sensitive way to make use of them whilst generating passive income.

Of course, furnishing extra properties can be expensive. A nest of tables offers budget-friendly alternatives to more traditional décor, whilst also ensuring that your guests have plenty of storage and surface space to complement their stay.

The 5 benefits of using table nests for your bedside table

Now that we’ve looked at how a table nest can be used as a traditional bedside alternative across various types of bedroom, it’s time to take a quick dive into the 5 key benefits of nest of tables furniture.

Benefit 1) Nest of tables are cost-effective

We’ve already mentioned the budget-friendliness of table nests a few times, but it truly is one of the major benefits to this type of bedside table. Though there are plenty of more luxurious nest styles out there—such as a natural oak nest of tables—the majority tend to be on the cheaper side. If budget’s a primary consideration when outfitting your bedroom, then a nest of tables is surely the way to go.

Benefit 2) Add timeless style to your interior design

Everyone loves a little nest of tables. It takes them back to their childhoods, visiting grandparents or playing around with the family table nest in the front room. Simple in construction but versatile in function, a bedside nest of tables is likely to stay in fashion for the long run.

Benefit 3) The most versatile kind of bedside table

Most bedside tables are big, static things which serve one purpose and one purpose only. Once their surfaces have been filled with the various books, clocks, lamps and knick-knacks one uses them for, their function is complete. A nest of tables, on the other hand, essentially triples the functionality of the bedside table. Whilst the top table can be used as any traditional bedside unit would, the two (or more) nested underneath can be pulled out as and when required to serve any number of changing needs.

Benefit 4) They help save space in smaller bedroom interiors

Bedrooms by necessity require a lot of storage space. All of the clothes you wear, all of your accessories, your bedroom houseplants, books, radios and TVs must somehow fit into the one room. For smaller bedroom spaces, this can lead to something of a storage bottleneck. When space is at a premium, the compound design of table nests can be a lifesaver.

Benefit 5) A variety of styles, from oak to metal

Last but not least, it’s worth mentioning that table nests come in just as many different shapes, sizes, colours, materials and styles as traditional bedside tables do. This means you’ve got plenty of options to choose from to make sure it fits your existing interior design like a glove.

Conclusion

They may not look it at first glance, but a nest of tables is in fact a perfectly suitable alternative to the more traditional bedside table. Super functional, space-saving and kind on the wallet, table nests are ideal for outfitting every type of bedroom, from the master suite to small kids’ rooms, Airbnb spaces and more.