In recent years, the topic of bedside tables has always been "bedside table replacement", "bedside table substitutes" and "bedside table formaldehyde......
It seems that the bedside table has become unpopular with everyone, and they are all rushing to get rid of the bedside table and find a suitable replacement.
This begs the question: why did the bedside table fall to where it is today? Let's talk about it in this issue!
Space is not allowed
Since the beginning of commercial housing, there has been a trend in China's residential buildings - the living room and dining room are getting bigger and bigger.
Today, you will often see 180 square meters, 200 square meters of large flat floors, living room fifty or sixty square meters, master bedroom twenty or thirty square meters, the rest of the rooms are 10 square meters or less than ten square meters of small rooms.
This indirectly leads to the embarrassment of not being able to put down the bedside table, or fighting with the wardrobe after putting it down, even if it is a large flat floor!
I think this is probably the main reason why people are rushing to find a replacement for their bedside tables. Other than that, the following are basically secondary reasons.
The reserved height of the socket is prone to errors
This matter, speaking of which, is easy to solve!
As long as we choose the desired bedside table before doing water and electricity, we can avoid the problem of the wrong height of the reserved socket.
But when it comes to practice, the families who make mistakes are caught a lot, and there are not 5 percent but also 3 percent.
It's no wonder that everyone hasn't done enough homework, but the time node of water and electricity is too far away from the time when the bedside table enters the field, one is at the front of the decoration, and the other is at the back of the decoration, which is often a year or two during this period.
When the water and electricity are handed over, there are too many things to explain, and it is normal to forget to choose the bedside table in advance, and then the master will give you a default 30cm high one, and when you buy the bedside table, you will find that it is too short to adapt to the bedside table, so you can only find a substitute for the bedside table.
Even if you don't forget, this year or two years, it will inevitably make you change your mind, the bedside table you liked at the beginning, and then you got tired of seeing it, and felt that the fresh small side table was more beautiful, so you want to change, human nature, it is inevitable to like the new and hate the old!
Simple functionality
The bedside table itself has a simple function, which is a countertop for water cups, mobile phones, paper towels, etc., and a small storage cabinet.
There is no irreplaceability, which makes substitutes frequent, cheaper than it, more functional, and stronger than it. Regarding alternatives, we will talk about it later, let's take a look at the bedside table, in order to be able to enhance competitiveness, what are the tricks.
Faint tricks are frequent
It can be said that it was successful, lowering people's expectations of bedside tables, causing many people to resist installing bedside tables at home.
(1) Smart bedside table
It seems to be high-tech, it is a combination lock, and it is wireless charging!
However, this combination lock, although it increases security, but also reduces convenience, and it is very troublesome to throw sundries into it and take it out.
And wireless charging, at this stage, itself is a super poor experience, with serious heating and huge slow charging...... will lead to a decrease in experience, which is far less useful than the fast charging cable.
(2) Upholstered bedside table
The black sheep in the bedside table, yes!
From the outside, it looks like it is wrapped in leather materials, making the bedside table exquisite and high-end!
However, inside, it is all "defeat"!
Where you can see it, it is still a little more convergent, and it is nothing more than the use of relatively cheap paulownia wood!
Where you can't see it, you will start to fool and deceive people, and you will be the king of formaldehyde - MDF.
And it's not like MDF sheets, which have a dense layer of wrapping on the outside, and are MDF sheets that are wrapped directly with skin.
And this is not an exception, it is a common problem for soft-packed bedside tables within 1,000 yuan.
Many people have a sore throat after having a bedside table at home, and then pull open the bedside table to see that it is MDF.
(3) Corner bedside table
The bedside table is so easy to make, and the whole house customization is naturally to get a piece of the pie!
So this kind of so-called bedside table and wardrobe integrated design was made.
Honestly, this is a really bad design, and there are two reasons for that:
First, the child is jumping on the bed, and the action of turning over at night is too big, and it is inevitable that this thing will be pestled here, and this sharp corner will be dangerous to look at.
Second, it is a waste of space, it is integrated with the wardrobe design, which means that there will inevitably be a 60cm deep lattice, which is a bit too deep for anything. The space under the bedside table has also become very chicken, and it is extremely difficult to take anything!
(4) Swivel bedside table
This drawer is rotatable, which is an absolute good design, making it easier to adjust the drawer to the opposite side of you, making it easier to access.
If it is used on the side table, then the god can be used on the bedside table is not so suitable.
Because when turning, you will always touch the head of the bed and the wall, not to mention the uselessness, the key is to rub the head of the bed and the wall.
(5) Round bedside table
It may be a circular shape that can tolerate smaller dimensional tolerances.
As a result, most round bedside tables are like a problem with quality, and the drawers are difficult to pull up.
(6) Metal bedside table
It looks good enough, and this design is also refreshing.
But it's bad that it's bad, it's made of metal, and there is no formaldehyde, but it also makes the noise of putting things louder.
Put a glass of water in the middle of the night, crackling.
In addition, because the shape is very delicate, it hurts to bump even if the corners are rounded.
There are too many cases of bad bedside tables, and the list goes on, and the problem can be explained anyway - the bedside table industry is not very competitive.
Bedside table alternatives are too competitive
On the contrary, it is a bedside table substitute, which has almost entered an era of national co-creation, which is not only a competition, it is simply a blowout, which is roughly divided into the following 4 major schools:
(1) Ringo faction
The main cost-effective, how to spend less money, how to come, commonly found in rental houses, instead of bedside tables:
It can be a chair with miscellaneous items on top and books on the bottom;
It can also be a shelf pressed under the mattress, and there is no problem with putting a water cup and mobile phone.
On the other end, get a canvas storage bag, put a handy item and tissues...... It's a countertop and storage.
(2) Flexible
The main one, movable, generally with a pulley underneath, when you need to make way for the wardrobe, you can push it and go.
You can even push it to the living room to "set up a stall", which comes from a wide range of sources:
Some are used to use the side table writing board and ipad board, which can be squared and put ipad, which is extremely space-saving;
Some of them use the storage trolley as a bedside table to store sundries, a must.
There is also a side table, which is used as a bedside table, a basket on the top and below, and a handle for him to carry to the laundry room if necessary.
There is also a direct use of the board + pulley DIY, intellectuals most likely need it to put pillow books.
There is also a little more delicate, directly put a few small carts on the side, and use them as bedside tables, which are practical, removable, and exquisite!
(3) Appearance pie
The requirements for practicality and flexibility are not high, but the requirements for appearance are extremely high, and I feel that the ordinary bedside table can no longer be satisfied, so I found:
The glass booth is used as a bedside table, and the glass and texture underneath make the appearance full!
The magazine display shelf, itself a decorative side table for the home, is placed in the bedroom and used as a bedside table, and a sophisticated urban feeling hits.
The small side table, the small side table in most living rooms, is more beautiful than the bedside table, this is just one of the slightly better side tables, and there are many more to discover.
(4) Practical storage pie
Focus on functionality. So far, I've seen two of them:
One of them is the integrated design of the lamp bedside table.
Originally, it was a lamp, but by the way, the countertop of the bedside table was integrated into the lamp base, and then there was no need to buy a lamp and a bedside table separately.
The second is a variety of super storage objects, which act as bedside tables:
For example, this iron cabinet itself is a god in the storage world, storing sundries, easy to take, clearly classified, and cheap.
As a bedside table, it is undoubtedly used to add wings to bedroom storage.
Another example is the camping box, which has a good reputation as a camping item.
It is used as a bedside table, and it is to magnify its advantages.
It's cheap, there's plenty of countertop space, and you can open the box from the side, so it's relatively easy to get and move......
You can even DIY it and get a pulley or tray for it to move around the house.