My bedside table isn’t complete without a book or two. (And there’s nothing worse than getting into bed before realizing I’ve forgotten to bring whatever book I have going, then having to get out to find it.) Thankfully, we’ve noticed a slew of especially clever bedside perches—beyond the traditional nightstand—that ensure a book is never out of reach. Here are a few favorite ideas:
Above: At The Independente Hostel in Lisbon , guests tuck books into gaps in the wood-framed bunk beds. Above: Among our favorite ideas: a simple and striking elastic for corralling a notebook or slim novel, spotted at Fontevraud Abbey in France: A Loire Valley Landmark Revived on Remodelista. Above: A Brooklyn brownstone features a DIY plywood headboard with a low recessed shelf, perfect for stashing current reads. See In Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, a Renovated Brownstone with Inspired Solutions . Photograph by Jonathan Hokklo. Above: Another recessed shelf, this one in marble, in A Narrow but Glamorous Marble-Clad Apartment in Lisbon . Above: An around-the-house solution? Chair as book display. Spotted in The Healthful Apartment: A Wellness Expert Finds Serenity on the Lower East Side . Photograph by Sarah Elliott. Above: A small bedside niche in a project by Jersey Ice Cream Co. neatly fits a few titles; see Old Soul: A Revolution-Era Hudson Valley Home Gets an Update for more. Above: At The Jennings Hotel in Joseph, Oregon , a custom wall-mounted holder by Wood & Faulk keeps reading material at the ready (and saves space). Above: Sling, rather than shelf, in another project by Jersey Ice Cream Co.; see Building Character: Jersey Ice Cream Co. and the Case of the Charmless Manse for more. Above: The most pared-down option? A book-size shelf, mounted on the wall; as seen in Backyard Bunkhouse, Hollywood Royal Family Edition . N.B.: This post is an update; it was first published October 2020.
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![Flat-pack furniture may seem like a new invention, borne from the modern-day realities of small apartments and frequent moves—but leave it to Howe London to, well, dismantle that assumption.
Take-apart furniture, the antiques retailer and bespoke furniture maker points out, has roots in old French design and portable campaign furniture. And Howe London’s own take on the tradition, the Knock-Down Wardrobe, is designed, they say, “to easily dismantle or ‘knock-down’ in the same practical way the French conceived their ‘armoires’ in the 18th and 19th [centuries] and reminiscent of military campaign furniture intended to uphold a degree of home comfort for officers traveling abroad.”
With time-tested construction and nods to old design, the Knock-Down Wardrobe is well primed to fit with the practicalities of contemporary life (small doorways, for example). Take a look.
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