How To Decorate A Nightstand

If you have ever wondered how to decorate and style a bedside table, you have come to the right place! Sharing a bunch of nightstand decor inspo below with 18 different examples of ways you can style a nightstand!

how do you decorate and style a nightstand:

decorating shelves on a bedside table:

If you have shelves to decorate on a bedroom side table, there are a few things I love to add.

extra bedding or blankets

An extra blanket folded up on a nightstand shelf acts as decor and is functional too!

You could also add the blanket to a basket, like below.

I love to do it this way in a guest bedroom, so you could add other items to it as well. Think chargers, Wi-Fi password, bottle of water, etc.

books as decor on a nightstand

Books are the perfect simple nightstand decor.

You could style a stack of books on a shelf with an object stacked on top, like below.

Or keep it simple with just books, like below.

You can find all of my favorite decorative books here.

decorating a bedside table with baskets

Another of my favorite items to add to a nightstand are baskets.

You could add large baskets for items you don’t want visible, like above.

Or add a smaller basket to a shelf that can be used for items like jewelry, hair ties, a watch, coasters or glasses.

A couple of related blog posts:

My Favorite Baskets

How To Use Baskets And Bins As Functional Decor

15 Simple Bedroom Organizing Ideas

Tips For Decorating With Baskets

adding decorative bowls to a bedside table

Bowls can be styled on a nightstand purely for decorative purposes.

Or use them the same way as you would a small basket!

p.s. if you don’t have shelves to decorate, I love a basket under a nightstand for functional & decorative items.

how to decorate the top of a nightstand:

I almost always style the top of a bedside table with a set of 3 starting with a table lamp.

After the table lamp, the other two could be a stack of books with a topper, like above.

Or leaning artwork and an object like below.

I also love the trio of a table lamp, vase or planter with flowers or greenery, and a candle, like below.

Or, a frame with a personal photo or artwork, lamp & small object.

Find my favorite places to buy artwork online here.

Find artwork I love here.

You also cannot go wrong with the practicality of a clock styled on a nightstand.

Tip- vary the height of the 3 objects when mixing and matching the items.

a few more styled bedside table decor ideas:

I hope you found the nightstand decor ideas above helpful!

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What do you put on a bedside nightstand?

Sharing all of my favorite bedside table decor below.

(The nightstands shown above are sadly no longer available. I’m linking similar ones below.)

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