Dressing Table Ideas for Bedrooms of All Sizes
Find room for a makeup vanity by utilizing wasted space or existing furniture and adding a mirror
Often overlooked in design, the dressing table is worth considering, since the right one can elevate a bedroom from functional to luxurious. If you don’t think you can fit one in, these chic tables, including tiny alcove options and sleek modern designs, may show you the way.
Reclaim a corner. Turn a wasted space into a practical one by tucking a petite dressing table into an alcove. By fitting a table with a mirror into a recess and adding two slim shelves above, the homeowners created a useful and pretty makeup area without taking up much valuable floor space.
Bridge a gap. This neat dressing table is a clever custom option. By bridging the tiny space between two walls with a drawer shelf, and tucking a low stool underneath, the homeowners created a practical zone that maximizes every inch of the room.
Ask a carpenter or builder to help create something similar in your own home.
Ask a carpenter or builder to help create something similar in your own home.
Take advantage of a sloping roof. Because you’re usually sitting down when using a dressing table, having generous ceiling height isn’t essential. A makeup vanity can fit nicely under a sloping roof or in an awkwardly shaped corner. As long as you have adequate lighting and wall space to hang a mirror, these areas should suffice.
Double up. If you don’t have space for both a dressing table and a bedside table, you could combine them, as shown here, with a wide table spanning the space between the bed and the wall. Just allocate a little room for your bedside essentials.
Have fun. This quirky dressing table doesn’t take itself too seriously and therefore adds plenty of character to this bedroom. Created from a vintage suitcase adorned with bulb lights, it’s perfect for storing makeup, brushes, perfume bottles and even a vase of flowers. If this inspires you to make your own film-star dressing table, look for vintage suitcases online or at flea markets.
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Borrow space from a run of drawers. Low storage is an obvious choice underneath a sloping roof, and carving out space for a dressing table elevates this room and maximizes the view out the window.
If you’re at the planning stage of a bedroom redesign and have factored in closed storage, see if there’s any way to reclaim a bit as a dressing table.
If you’re at the planning stage of a bedroom redesign and have factored in closed storage, see if there’s any way to reclaim a bit as a dressing table.
Make it streamlined. Choose a sleek table like this one, and you can have your dressing table and that open and airy look you love. This table has pivot drawers that fold back when not in use and a slim “floating” top that helps increase the sense of space in this corner.
Supersize a mirror. This dressing table area feels very grand, but when you look closely, you realize that the table itself is quite compact; it’s the oversize mirror that brings drama to the space.
This is a good trick to employ in a small room where space is at a premium. Hang an oversize decorative mirror, tuck a curved console-style table underneath, and keep the tabletop free for accessories and toiletries.
Shop for mirrors
This is a good trick to employ in a small room where space is at a premium. Hang an oversize decorative mirror, tuck a curved console-style table underneath, and keep the tabletop free for accessories and toiletries.
Shop for mirrors
Utilize a chest of drawers. The surface area on top of a chest of drawers could be the perfect space for a “dressing table” if you don’t have room for an extra piece of furniture.
Even a small chest of drawers can be transformed into a makeup station, as this room demonstrates. A simple wall-hung mirror and a few well-chosen pieces create a pleasing vignette, and offer a practical spot for applying makeup and fixing hair.
Even a small chest of drawers can be transformed into a makeup station, as this room demonstrates. A simple wall-hung mirror and a few well-chosen pieces create a pleasing vignette, and offer a practical spot for applying makeup and fixing hair.
Be playful. This colorful chest of drawers offers plenty of styling opportunities, and a surface like this is the perfect place to create a stand-up dressing area. The key to a visually pleasing table is smart editing, so think carefully about the items you keep out on display. Fresh flowers, your favorite perfume bottles and a photograph or two are in, but half-used makeup tubes and bags of cotton balls are out.
To keep clutter under control, collect a few oversize glass jars and allocate one for storing cotton balls, one for makeup and one for all the other bits and pieces that tend to accumulate.
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To keep clutter under control, collect a few oversize glass jars and allocate one for storing cotton balls, one for makeup and one for all the other bits and pieces that tend to accumulate.
Show us: What does your dressing table look like? Share a photo in the Comments.
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