Do you have a dressing table? Come talk to me.

[SheliaHammondDiet]

I’m in two minds on whether to get a dressing table or not. I currently get ready in the spare room and I’m sick of seeing all my crap stuff, left on the bed.

A couple of questions for those of you who have one:

Do you use it?
Does it keep your stuff tidy or is it just another place to leave things on top of?
Where did you get it?

I’ve been looking online at a few, but nothing has really caught my eye at the moment. I don’t want a cheap one that looks like it will fall apart, but I also don’t want to spend £500+ for something I will never bloody use.

TIA.

I also have the Malm, and use it every day. I used it as a desk for the first few weeks of lockdown. Recommend.

I’m currently looking on EBay Hasa. I’m after a french style/Art Deco style one myself. I don’t suppose you’d like to share a picture of yours?

I've got a 1940s one that was being thrown out in a house clearance.

After a week in the garden with copious quantities of bug treatments in every joint and twiddly bit (my only vice - I will not countenance any risk of roaches or bedbugs), it came upstairs.

DP uses the lower drawers for his clothes, well the ones that aren't cluttering up my wardrobe, anyhow. I use the top ones for scarves, socks, tights, jewellery and hair stuff. The top has pretty bottles and makeup on, along with my hairdryer.

It is going nowhere. The Malm chest of drawers would leave the house and I'd have stuff in binbags before my dressing table goes - I always wanted one since I used to sit at my grandmother's.

Hers was from the 1920s, solid Rosewood, had a triple mirror, gleamed with beeswax and decorated with crystal trinket holders, Lalique perfume bottles, ivory and silver brushes and was beside the window where my Granddad grew Sweet Peas, Honeysuckle and Forget Me Nots just for her, so she could see and smell them through the handmade lace curtain every morning. She'd let me sit at it and wear all her lovely hats (her family had been high end milliners), wrap silken scarves and shawls round me, puff her face powder on my face, use her lipstick and spritz myself with rosewater and floral Eau de Toilette she somehow managed to get mailed from a friend she had met at their Belgian boarding school during WWI.

My mother was very much against such fripperies and disapproved of my being entertained in this way. But I loved them.

So my dressing table stays - at least until I'm wealthy enough to have one with a triple mirror instead.

I have one and I love it. It's only small because I only have a small area it would fit in my bedroom but it's got draws for storage. I also bought some storage caddy's for the top to keep my bits organised and I fixed a mirror to the wall to save space on the table itself. I use it every day. Just my little space to do my hair and makeup. I got mine from IKEA I think with the stool it was around £100. I used to have a loved big oak one when we had a spare room but to be honest, this small one is just as good. I definitely recommend one!

I have this one

www.ikea.com/gb/en/p/hemnes-dressing-table-with-mirror-white-30374413/

It's really good quality and the drawer underneath holds more than you'd think. I don't have loads and loads of stuff though.

I love having the extra storage- it's made such a difference. I now use stuff that I never did previously simply because I can see it when I open the drawer!

I have a big Dwell one. I use it every day. I bought some inserts to keep everything in its place inside the drawer and then roll out lined baskets for things in the 2 large cupboards with shelves left and right. On the top shelf in the left lives my dryer and on the top on the right my straighteners. I love it!

This is mine OP when it had just been delivered. Its very simple in style but I love it.

Another IKEA dressing table here. Mine's this one:

www.ikea.com/gb/en/p/brimnes-dressing-table-oak-effect-90400777/

I use it every day but I must admit it does gather clutter.

Beautiful Hasa.

Thanks all. You’ve given me something to do to fight the boredom.

I have Ikea Malm one, with additional drawers on one side. Love it, particularly slim but very roomy pull out drawer.

I have the Ikea Malm with one of these mirrors on top. Best thing I've ever been gifted (OH) i use it every day, even on the darkest winter day I can easily apply make up and do my hair without struggling for light or scrabbling to find something on the floor around me

www.hollywoodmirrors.co.uk/collections/dressing-table-mirrors/products/makeup-mirror-with-lights-around-it

Some fabulous dressing tables on here, think I have dressing table envy!
Always had a dressing table from my teen years, do makeup, dry hair in front of it, every day. An essential piece of furniture I think! A place to keep your creams and trinkets.

I found mine in an antique / vintage shop 15+ years ago and then found the mirror separately at an antiques market. They probably came to less than £300 together and they’ve been waxed, painted, stripped and then varnished again over the years. I store all my makeup, hair stuff and jewellery in it and use it daily.

@MitziK
What a beautiful picture you just drew with your words

I have a white one from Ikea (I think it's just a desk actually but it has a glass top and I have bought my own big mirror to hang on the wall above it) and use it every single day. It has one big drawer where I keep my makeup, hairdryer, straighteners etc. I only keep a smaller makeup mirror, a jar of cotton buds and a jar of cotton pads on the top. I can't stand clutter so can't have anything else on show. It is the perfect size for me and I would struggle without it. It feels like a nice ritual to use it every day. Before I owned it I would sit on the floor to do my hair and makeup.

TattiePants that's gorgeous!
I have an antique one too, use it every day
Worth every penny, it adds to the feeling of the room

Ooh meant to say, make sure you can fit a stool under it so you can sit comfortably

I now have a two pedestal dressing table with drawers both sides, a triple mirror, an MUA trolley case to one side and a hair appliance organiser and heat mat on top.

Finally that is enough storage and a workable layout so it looks tidy. The stuff in the bottom drawers is rarely used stuff like curlers. Hair stuff in right hand drawers, skin care and day to day make up to the left, more special occasion stuff and spares in the trolley case.

Turned 45 and reused to sit on the floor in front of the mirror any more. I use mine every day as I style my hair whilst using the mirror, and I keep all my jewellery in it, as well as my non day-to-day makeup. Bought mine from a local furniture shop in the sale for about £200.

@MitziK What a beautiful picture you just drew with your words

I agreed. It's like I'm in the room and I swear I can smell honeysuckle

My dressing table is currently being used as a desk for home working, but before that I would get ready there every day. It’s also really useful to have a place to store cosmetics, toiletries, etc out of the way. I’m hating having to get ready on my bed in the morning.

@maloofhoof tell me about your dyson hairdryer stand hiding to the right on your photo!!! I need this in my life !!!

I use my dressing table at least once per day but often more. I used to sit on the floor so I much prefer using this! Mine is solid oak that I bought second hand on eBay.

I have an old Edwardian one which was my husbands grandmothers. It came with his and hers wardrobes. It's beautiful.
But I don't have any makeup etc. So it just has mine and his deodorants a couple of hairbrushes and my perfume.

It gets dusty but I find it quite satisfying wiping it down