Bedside table help / mixing wood tones

[poppymango]

Calling all interior design fairy godmothers!!

I have a bedroom to decorate and I'm really struggling.

We have some furniture already - an oak sleigh bed with matching wardrobe, and a walnut chest of drawers. Because we already have these two wood tones in the room, I don't want to have any more.

I've been trawling the internet trying to find bedside tables that work, but the oak ones don't look like they'd exactly match the colour of the bed & wardrobe (which are 20 years old, no idea where they were bought), so now I'm looking at painted bedside tables instead.

The room is currently very plain. Carpet is a sort of beige oatmeal colour and the walls are Great White by Farrow & Ball. I'm planning to have roman blinds with navy stripes so I guess dark navy will be a colour I can use throughout the room, but navy painted nightstands don't seem quite right.

I've been trying to find Pinterest inspiration but wooden sleigh beds always seem to have perfectly matching bedside tables. Of course whatever I choose will work much better once there's a rug on the floor and a nice pendant light so it all ties in together... but I just can't seem to find a vision in my head that I can work towards and I feel really stuck.

I've attached pics of the three pieces of furniture that I have to work around. The chairs and clutter etc. can be moved to another room but the wardrobe, bed, and chest of drawers have to stay. (Sorry the photo quality is not great).

Hoping and praying someone has the answer. Pics to illustrate and inspire would also be so so helpful!! Thanks all.

Oh and this is the fabric I'm getting for the roman blinds. Dark navy ticking.

Bumpety bump because I really want to get things in the Black Friday sale if I can!!

John Lewis has some pretty bedside tables with bobbin legs, that are navy. Don't know if they're in the sale.

In such a neutral room, you could go for a third colour. Doesn't Great White have a pink undertone? I would then find something - cushions, or a throw, that brings pink and navy together.

You could also buy your bedsides second hand and paint them yourself - cheap and satisfying. Don't be scared of mixing woods, just consider how the undertones work together. I think dark wood would work very well.

If you weren’t trying to fit in with the other furniture etc, what kinds of bedside table do you like?

When I say pink I dont mean barbie pink, but more of a mauve/rose - like Sulking Room Pink.

Like these, they also have two drawer versions.

I’m an interior designer! I love mixing wood. It looks so much more stylish than matchy matchy.

The key is to keep it all warm or cool, not both. With oak and walnut you will be fine! I’d add one more piece of walnut so the chest of drawers doesn’t look like an accident. Even just walnut photo frame or lamp would work.

As for bedside tables your instincts are right to go for painted. I’d also go from something relatively simple/slim and sleigh beds are so dominating already.

Do you have a budget in mind?

Omg thank you! I am trying to keep things very inexpensive at the moment as I spent a bit more on the blinds than I wanted to... I'm even thinking of getting something super cheap just to test out how it looks. Would you go for cream/beige painted bedside tables or navy? I also need a rug and a pendant ceiling light. It's a Victorian townhouse so I want to keep it kind of traditional, and I want it to be a really calm and welcoming space.

I am spending a lot of time on Vinted at the moment 😂

@Ketzele I love your idea of introducing a pink shade and that's what I would do in that room. It's a beautiful room but just navy and beige is a bit dull and flat.