My night table goes with my bedroom set. My lamp has a place for the charger, which is good. I also only have to touch it and it goes to three setting. I have a coaster for my drink, my glasses to read. and room for my books!!!! Ohhh and my tissue box!!!! Yes mine is big a$$!!!!!

Mine is big assed too. It came with the bedroom set. And you're right, I only need the corner closest to the bed. Which means I can't reach my tissue box unless I reach over my Kindle, glasses, lamp and phone and almost fall out of bed!

Lisa, can’t help you about the table (I’m looking for one myself and that is for a guest bed.) But to solve your lamp turning-off problem, get an Alexa device and a Kasa smart switch. Then all you’ll need to do is say “Alexa, Big Ass Lamp off” (or “Alexa, Big Ass Lamp on”.)

The answer is a small set of drawers. Enough surface area for lamp, book & water. Drawers for tissues & clutter (e.g. eyemask I might wear some night, painkillers, sleep socks for emergency waking in the cold, paper & pen for sudden inspiration, more books)

I will soon be buying a large night table, and I will buy a lazy Susan so I can reach what I want to reach by spinning that. For decades, I have had a touch on-touch off lamp on my nightstand. I looks industrial but it works as I don’t have to struggled to turn it on and off. Highly recommend.

I found beautiful tall, narrow lamps with a chain pull for on and off..love them and no more struggling to turn on or off. TJ Maxx to the rescue!

There are lamps that turn on and off just by tapping the base .

I use my great aunt’s wash stands. They are the perfect size!

I have a small book case for a nighstand--stuff I need/use on the top; everything else on the two shelves below. And a lamp attached to the wall above my bed. My perfect nest.

Lucky you, my side of the bed has the steps so the old cat can easily get on and off the bed (I admit to using them too). Next to the step is the medium cat tower for the Fluffy Maine coon who wants to be close but gets to warm snuggle. No room for a bedside table or nightstand.

Hit the nail on the head (! )With some slight differences. As an Audible reader now, it’s the charger cord trap, I trip over it or it chokes me. You led me to realize I need a new lamp because of the disruptive on-off button; the other side of the table is a waste as you pointed out. In my case, no dog any more so I leave my glasses on the bed beside me, it is my little tiny tray of pills that fall off the nightstand. They stay there to be crushed when I get up during the night.

I use my next to me bureau ! But, like you said have to get out of bed to turn off the lamp!!

Totally get it. The right sized night table is definitely a good thing. I do love mine. It has a big drawer on bottom, shallow one on top. Bottom holds books, shallow one holds other stuff, hand cream, nail clippers, backscratcher, advil, sleep mask, etc. It's the most organized piece of furniture in my house 😂

Find a good cabinet maker and give him the measurements and storage for your books. Bet he can custom whatever you want

I don’t like to get up either when the dog is laying by me❤️🐾

Lisa, there are night tables that have a drawer so you can put your glasses away at night and the bottom part is open, with a shelf, for two rows of books.

I use an antique chest with two drawers and a space with doors. Nail files and foot stuff in there too! Flash light and batteries in another. The cabinet has notebooks that I write my favorite phrases from the piles of books I read! ❤️

I’m at my daughter’s in LA and their whole place is Alexafied. No need to ever mess with lamps on bedside tables or anywhere else.

My lamp only has the on/off switch on the cord, there’s none on the lamp. Didn’t realize until after I bought it. A few days of that and I got a deal on Amazon for the Echo dot and Wi-Fi plug and now it’s “Alexa lamp on” or “Alexa lamp off”. No moving required lol

I can’t begin to tell you how this hits home for me.😉

I also had this problem. Solved it by putting all of my books on my iPad. I read in bed now because the iPad lights up. 🙂

So funny!

I had a light put in the ceiling to shine exactly on my book when I read in bed. It is on a dimmer switch I can reach from the bed. No big lamp necessary. It also leaves lots of room on my nighttable for the book I am reading and an old fashioned clock radio.

If you get smart lightbulbs and hook them up to Alexa or Google you can just give a command to turn off the lamplight. Best money I’ve ever spent 😊

I invested in a remote switch to turn off my bedside lamp long ago. Best invention ever. I never have to get up to turn off the light. You can get one at Lowe’s. My night stand is the perfect size but it came with my bedroom set so I can’t claim credit for that.