{{Short description|Bedroom furniture}} {{Other uses}} {{More citations needed|date=November 2019}} thumb|A typical modern nightstand with a drawer and three shelves
A '''nightstand''',<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thefreedictionary.com/nightstand|title=Nightstand - definition of nightstand |work=The Free Dictionary |access-date=2012-05-18}}</ref> alternatively '''night table''', '''bedside table''', '''daystand''' or '''bedside cabinet''', is a small table or cabinet designed to stand beside a bed or elsewhere in a bedroom. Modern nightstands are usually small bedside tables, often with one or sometimes more drawers and/or shelves and less commonly with a small door. They are often used to support items that might be useful during the night, such as a table lamp, reading matter, cell phone, eyeglasses, tissues, a drink, or medication.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bustle.com/p/what-millennial-women-really-keep-in-their-bedside-drawers-2701347|title = What Millennial Women Really Keep in Their Bedside Drawers| date=6 October 2017 }}</ref>
Before indoor flush toilets became commonplace, the main function of a nightstand was to contain a chamber pot.{{cn|date=August 2021}} As a result, early nightstands were often small cabinets, sometimes fitted with a drawer, and usually containing an enclosed storage space below covered by one or more doors. Another term sometimes given to such cabinets was commode.
French, Italian and Spanish antique nightstands usually have one drawer and an enclosed storage space with one door. They can be embellished with gold leaf finish, bronze or parquetry inlaid.
Wood and pressboard are the most common materials used for nightstands.<ref>{{Cite web|title=What Is a Nightstand? |date=23 January 2024 |url=https://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-nightstand.htm}}</ref>
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