Nightstand

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A nightstand, alternatively night table, bedside table, daystand or bedside cabinet, is a small table or cabinet designed to stand beside a bed or elsewhere in a bedroom. Modern nightstands are usually small bedside tables, often with one or sometimes more drawers and/or shelves and less commonly with a small door. They are often used to support items that might be useful before going to sleep or after waking up, such as a table lamp, reading matter, cell phone, eyeglasses, tissues, a drink, or medication.

Before indoor flush toilets became commonplace, the main function of a nightstand was to contain a chamber pot. As a result, early nightstands were often small cabinets, sometimes fitted with a drawer, and usually containing an enclosed storage space below covered by one or more doors. Another term sometimes given to such cabinets was commode.^{[citation needed]}

French, Italian and Spanish antique nightstands usually have one drawer and an enclosed storage space with one door. They can be embellished with gold leaf finish, bronze or parquetry inlaid.^{[citation needed]}

Wood and pressboard are the most common materials used for nightstands.

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External links

• Media related to Nightstands at Wikimedia Commons

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