As the person who always seemed to end up in guest rooms on the side of the bed without the nightstand, I vote for two narrow nightstands. There are 18 inch wide tables out there, don't look for just nightstands, most any right-sized table will work. If you wall mount the bedside lamps, small tables will work fine.

check all www.coffetables.com (no affiliation, never ordered from them), but a prelim. search and narrowing it to 18 inch tables or less, gave me 415 results under wood side tables, clearly usuable as bedside tables. I too would probably want to have 2 in the room, but it wouldn't be the end of the world, while searching for the perfect set, if in the meantime, to set the room up, you improvised with something else until you found JUST the RIGHT 2 tables.

I would put a shelf on each side of the bed and put a mirror above the shelves.

How about an antique nightstand? Lots of them are that size.

Here is a link that might be useful: antique nightstand

I feel your pain.

Ours is an older tract home with 3 bedrooms that don't allow for a queen bed with a night stand on each side.

Since I don't care if night stands don't match (but at least compliment each other and the rest of the furniture in the room) we solved the problem;

We used a two-drawer file cabinet in one bedroom....covered with nice fabric/velcro front to be able to get to the file drawers
The metal file cabinet is 28" Tall and 14" wide so the fit was perfect....allowed for closet door clearance.

In the other room we found an old telephone stand/table at a yard sale. The stand needed some work; light sanding, painted legs but we kept the wood top and sealed it. For $8 we got a bargain.

Telephone stands are usually a lot narrower....ours being 12" wide. The stand is 26" inches tall so it fits perfectly....allows for cabinet door opening/closing.

Most older telephone stands/tables have a little drawer, used for pencils/pens and have a shelf below.....would have been used for phone books, ect. and that gives a little extra space for a box of tissues, etc in the bedroom.

Here is a link that might be useful: Page on Ebay for ideas-Telephone Tables

I see lots of little tables out there, Pier One, for instance, but I would still do wall mounted lamps on either side.
Even a stack of books or the right basket would make a nice "Table". To me, the light is more important and necessary.

what about old vintage suitcases stacked cleverly, you Could then decorate the room in a travel motif, neat old framed maps on the walls, etc., kind of apropos for "visitors" but I guess it all depends on what look you are going for.

Also check out plant stands. The wood ones look very nice and are quite substantial.

Check these out:

Here is a link that might be useful: Plant Stands

I think two tables and a wall hung, swing arm lamp sounds like a good solution.

One additional suggestion:

With the ever increasing height of beds and mattresses make sure you get them tall enough, particularly since they will be very close to the bed.

I have had problems with knocking things off a too-short night stand particularly if there are two pillows for each person. If the sleeper moves around at night it is quite easy to knock things off the stand with the pillow or the covers.

Definitely, two smaller 'somethings' rather than off-centering everything and leaving one person table-less. Since it's for the guestroom, storage is less of an issue, so you have lots of flexibility. Take your time, and cast a wide net. The right table will come to you...

I recently purchased a king sleigh bed that needed to be "centered" in the room under a window. The matching night stands were much too wide to fit. I ordered the bed, dresser, and chest, hoping to eventually find night stands that would look good with the bed. The same week the bed was delivered, I was walking thru Target of all places and there were my "matching" night stands. Are they high quality? Probably not. Do they look good and are they well made? Sure. In fact, they are the exact same stain (cherry/expresso) and look like they came with the "suite". They have a small drawer, bottom ledge - just perfect for my needs. They were priced $89, on sale for $69, but look high-end. Plus those babies were assembled and you know when you pay $69 for a piece of new furniture, you at least expect to have to assemble! They hold a lamp, alarm clock, tissues quite well!

Check Target, Overstock, JCP, Just do a search for side table, phone table, accent tables. Look at wrought iron, glass, wood - lots of possibilities.

Tuesday

These may be too casual to use with your bed, but they usually are around 15" wide, leaving you some space so things don't look too close and are a little taller and not as deep while offering a lot of storage and the option to have small lamps on top. You can stain them, paint them, and you can find them relatively inexpensive.

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Thank you all very much, sound like concensus is centering the bed on the wall with two nights tables is the way to go. For now I will order the bed and keep my eye open for not necessarily a night stand but any table sttke that could be used as one in the size I need. I wish I could order on line but I like to touch and see up close things of this nature so ordering on line is not an option for me. Thanks again.

First please ignore the stuff on the bed, I am trying to figure out if I should hang the tapestry and other stuff in this guest room and still looking for bedding. Anyway, I found these tables, the census here was to do 2 nightables instead of one. what do you think. It has marble tops which I like. It is too open, should I have gone with wood (I thought it might look too heavy). It is a tad too wide, but do they work in respect to appearance, function wise I know they do.

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Oh wow! You did great! These are perfect! Love the lamps, too! I love granite topped tables. You did right by leaving them open at the bottom to not feel so heavy too. Open on bottom might not work in a master due to storage issues, but in a guest room, it's perfect! Well done!

Thanks blondepegasus, sometimes I like the tables and other times I dont, so not sure yet if I should keep them.

Anyone else?

Is that the same bed as the one you first posted with the original question? Personally I don't care for matchey matchey night stands.

If that is a guest room why can't they just put there drink or book on the one table? I mean unless they are handicapped in some way can they not move over a little and use the one table? Although, I see that you have already taken care of the problem, how sweet you are.

Someone above mentioned vintage suitcases, a classic idea, the kind that doesn't go away, EVER.

You have a masculine dark sleigh bed IMO, and it is very good looking.

Here are some other idea's just for the record. Not my style, but who cares? (lol)

....Jane

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Thanks Jane, yes it is the same bed as my orignal post. I didnt want the night tables to match the bed to look as if it was part of suite but I do like them to match each other, same as the lamps. My problem is the limited space I have on that wall.
Those are lovely beds you posted but I am not sure what you are trying to tell me.

I like the nightstands! I don't care for the lamps so I would consider wall mounted lamps for scale, variety and to free up some room on the tables for books/misc.

Thanks htnspz, I cant go wall mounted lamps, DH doesnt want to do that. I recycled these lamps from my MBR, I thought they would need to be tall and light weight looking since the space is narrow and the tables are light in weight visually, wider, weightier looking lamps I think would make the head board area even heavier looking. Sometimes this decorating is a challenge!

Anyone else have an opinion?