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Nightstands are often magnets for clutter and they take up a good deal of space in a small room. We recently removed the two nightstands that flanked our bed and donated them to charity because I didn't like waking up and looking at clutter first thing each morning.
Good luck turning your clutterstand back into a nightstand!
Posted by: Tiffany| Tuesday, July 27, 2010 at 01:13 PM Great ideas! I was just looking at my nightstand this morning and wondering why I couldn't find room for my coffee cup when it was all cleared off a few days ago. I'm in a transitional living situation right now, so I have a file cabinet and a printer stand on either side of my bed, and they are great at collecting random objects. I can't wait until I move again and can arrange things the way I want. I've never seen the bedside caddy before; I'm so glad you pointed it out! Tiffany, I laughed at your post. My last cat did the same thing. He forced us to keep the bathroom counters uncluttered and the toilet lid closed. Plastic cosmetics containers make a wonderful clatter when they skip across a tile floor, and even better when they splash! great idea! I am all about decluttering. Wish my nightstand was the size of a dinner table. Reading glasses, water, iPod, photo of my mom and my aunt sledding as children, lamp, a box marked "mine" with my watch inside, pink heart paperweight, post-its, colored pencils, hand cream and chapstick, tissues, tiny dvd player, and my phone. |
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I have to keep the nightstand clear because my cat is a jerk and likes to throw things off it to get my attention. So I have a nightstand, but almost everything it contains is in the drawers. The only thing that stays on top overnight is the iPad, which is in a rubberized case to create friction so the cat can't fling it off. Which means most of the time the top of my nightstand is just a platform for the cat to sit on while he tries to get me to roll over and make room for him in the bed.