What's on your nightstand or bedside table?
On one side, I keep my Kindle, which has a new friend, my new tablet pc with a Kindle reader, and a lamp and clock. The lower part of the nightstand is stuffed with books in various stages of being read.
The other side has a beautiful Japanese lacquer box with mother-of-pearl inlay in a cherry blossom design full of memorabilia. The lower part of that nightstand is empty.
I’m currently reading a psychology book about meditation, The Mindful Way Through Depression, and now that I have Kindle on the tablet pc where I can search the book like a paper one, I’m reading several poetry collections. I love Edna St. Vincent Millay’s writing. Theme and Variations is a personal favorite.
What do you have on or in or around your nightstands or bedside tables?
If you have books, would you care to name them?
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My alarm clock and a lamp that has a Curious George stuffed animal hanging off of it.
I have a lamp, an Internet radio alarm a Kindle and 4 paperback books:
How do we Fix this Mess – Robert Peston
The Signal and the Noise – Nate Silver
Soul Mountain – Gao Xingjian
Attention all Shipping – Charlie Connelly
A Cuban ashtray shaped like a man’s head. The mouth is open, and you put your cigarettes in there. He also has a small straw hat, which may be removed. There’s also a cigar in his mouth, which is also its own item. I love that thing and I use it as decoration, never actually butted out any smokes in it.
Glow in the dark plastic lizard. Love that little guy.
Ten bucks, and a bunch of change.
Blue marker.
Waitress cash belt.
Buncha papers. Mostly receipts, a rent thing, Satanic incantation and a pay slip.
A little blue flashlight.
Some guy’s finger.
Sunglasses and case.
The nightstand also has a built in night light which is pretty sweet. Makes everything all warm and fuzzy at night.
Until a year ago, I didn’t have my own room. I appropriated the office and moved my things in it, so my bed is wedged between the computer desk and a bookcase—not a conventional nighstand set up. On the computer desk, I have alarm clock (it changes colours and doubles as a nightlight), a glass of water, and my phone. On the bookshelf that is at level with my bed, I have a section of fiction books, Devil in the White City (the book that I am currently reading), a to-do list sheet, my 3DS, Kindle, hand sanitizer, and a container of pens.
a lamp, phone and kleenex
currently…. A bottle of water, a tin container full of change, a cup full of pens/markers, an incense wax burner thingy and a squirt bottle for spraying at kitty when he’s an asshole in the middle of the night :P
@uberbatman love the spray bottle and totally get that haha
It’s like clock work….“ohhhh 4:17 am… guess it’s time to get up and knockin shit over now…”
round sony clock that keeps time even when power goes out and wakes me up with a cd. brass tray with water bottle and sore-throat spray. whatever book I am working on. cat’s steel comb. Florentine jewel box like a mini chest of drawers with keys and necessary cards of this and that and quarters in it. cat candy. kleenex. Chinese lamp.
Other has deco office lamp, phone.
A lamp
My nook
A notebook and pen
Sudoku
Second shelf three booties I knitted for babies
My toy selection and massage oil
Third shelf
A row of books including the prophet
Being logical
The stand
Shamanism
Also my phone which doubles as my alarm clock when I am in bed.
A box of tissue
my waste basket – because the dog gets in it if its on the floor
a cell phone base
a clock
a travel glass with lid full of water
and @Hawaii_Jake you’re not going to believe this – a small jewelry case that sounds exactly like the one you described.
On my bedside table there is a clock, jewellery box, photo of my s/o and a little bear. On my partners bedside table there is a clock, lamp, and a I love you paper weight.
One gallon fish tank with a red Beta in it. Victorian style lamp with beaded fringed shade. TV remote and cordless phone handset.
Upper level: A lamp, a travel alarm clock, a collection of hearts(stone, metal, glass), a single earring w/no mate, oh, and a crocheted doily underneath
Lower level: a couple of books and a planner-type calendar
One of the books is The Introvert Advantage, don’t remember what else(and don’t feel like going upstairs to look right now)
A toothbrush, tissues, and about twenty books. Right now, I’m reading, “The Last Word” by Lisa Lutz, something by Sara Gruen, “Hotel New Hampshire” and a book about the European Union.
Lamp, talking clock radio, Kindle Paperwhite, bottle of water, tissue box, phone, and every morning at 6 my cat screeching for his breakfast.
Anglepoise Lamp. Watch (when I’m not wearing it). iPhone as a radio alarm clock.
Back when I was a practising Pagan, my nightstand was also my altar and some of the Pagan ornaments are still there; a statue of the Horned God, a goblet, a platter with a pentagram on it, some candles (unused). But now it’s also littered with other stuff; a can of spray deodorant, a couple of books (can’t remember what they are and can’t be bothered to trek upstairs to look), a bottle of lube, and some badges and writsbands that I collected from Pride a couple of weeks ago. At night, my cellphone and glasss go on there too.
At the moment:
A lamp
A jewelry box
A framed picture of my son when he was a baby
My phone charger
Assorted hair ties
My laptop, my tablet, and my cell phone when we are in our room. If I’m reading a book it would be there too. I’m not currently reading anything right now as I’m waiting for my next books to be released.
On the top:
Dust
Lamp
Alarm clock from 1977
Tissues
Kindle Fire
In the drawer:
Scads of books
My bag of umm, toys
Parts to our bedframe
Right now I am using my fiancé‘s workout bench as my nightstand because we are still moving in and placing furniture. There’s a water bottle with three or so hair ties around its middle, a roll of toilet paper for kleenex stuck on one of the bench handles (I get allergy attacks in the middle of the night), eye drops (same reason), chapstick, mukluks, toe socks, weed/pipe/lighter, my glasses, and my iPhone. I read exclusively on the iPhone at night to avoid keeping the light on. Right now I am rereading Gaiman’s American Gods.
Those of you with Kindles – how bright is the little reading light on the new models? Is it dim enough to not bother a restless bed partner?
My alarm clock, lamp, box of tissues, and the book that I am currently reading.
A lamp, the book I am currently reading, a water glass and the container my late night pills were in.
I can never keep my nightstand in order. Here’s what’s there currently:
Papers—>receipts, old homework, stuff with random info
pen
folded/scrunched up napkins that I hoard in my pocket incase I need to blow my nose
condoms
more papers
a pad of paper
gum
phone charger
an ashtray with change in it. If you had problems with change like me, get an ashtray, too. It helped so much.
My coffee cup (…mmmmm, coffee…); my fiancé‘s iHome alarm clock with my old iPhone 3GS that I use to play sounds to mask my tinnitus and other environmental sounds; some moisturizer; a Lava Lamp (I need to get a timer for it, because I like to fall asleep watching the blobs move and morph); some extra electrodes for the cheapie home EMP massager I ordered from the internet. There is also a drawer containing too many things to list, and a lower shelf on which I place my tablet and smartphone when I go to sleep.
A stained glass lamp, a pile of books, a Kindle, and my reading glasses.
Usually just my glasses and my iPad. Sometimes the clothes I stripped off before crawling into bed.
A 4 foot tall rectangular paper lamp with a multi colored bulb with remote that lets me throw a psychedelic light show on my ceiling.
Next to it is a reproduction of a Ming Dynasty war horse.
Gorgeous piece or art, golden brown horse with green blanket, white tassles and blonde mane.
Humor of the day.
My bed is next to the window and the other morning I was reaching up at daybreak to close the blinds when my arm gave out, the other was up in the air reaching for the blinds and I fell over and smashed my nose on the window sill. Oh man…it hurt SO badly. I was waiting for blood to start gushing forth, but, just ended up with a tweaked nose and a red mark. lol
Four books, a half dozen New Yorkers (magazines, not people). A cap, a lamp, and some old NY Times Magazines.
Lamp, clock radio, almond oil for dry legs, body lotion, chap stick, nail clippers for Milo, emery board, TV and DVD clickers, dental floss.
On other side of king-sized bed; corded phone, two books, cryptic crossword on clipboard, pen, several cases of audio books on CDs, a Sony walkman and a pack of AA batteries.
• clock
• small cup for meds I have to take in the night
• Burt’s Bees cuticle cream
• kitchen timer that I use as an alarm
• box of tissues
• flashlight
• fifteen books; the one on top is The Cuckoo’s Calling, by “Robert Galbraith”
and, once I’m in bed, my watch, my glasses, and my cellphone
A lamp, a framed piece of art, and a stuffed rhino.
I forgot:
• bottle of water
A lamp, two bottles of water, tissues, a flashlight, and two cotton balls. My teddy bear was bad one night.
@Symbeline How does a guy get a finger on your stand? I think that sounds like an interesting story.
Alarm clock
Priest
and my keys
A timer, which I use as an alarm; a TV remote; 6 books I’ve been meaning to read held in place by plaster book ends that look like Greek columns; tissues. (I just checked) A little tray with cough drops, and Oragel mouth spray. Haven’t needed them for several years and will remove them. @Hawaii_Jake Thanks for making me notice.
Small lamp, alarm clock, water bottle, heating pad, stereo remote, phone charger, stuff holder for :wallet, keys, pocket knife, phone, glasses, and loose change. Surefire flashlight,and… trouble dissuader.
Wow, @Mama_Cakes, your book stack is higher than mine.
However, I do have an entire (full) bookcase right next to the nightstand.
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