Night Stands

My husband, king of all safety, decided that my very sweet pedestal bedside tables were not  going to cut it any more.  Because of the field he is in (mining) he is extraordinarily observant of potential safety hazards.  He was concerned that our baby-who-is-now-toddling could potentially pull the tables over and essentially something VERY BAD would happen. I can't even type the words that he said could happen.  When they do safety training at his work, the MSHA trainer (msha= osha for mining) shows them case studies and videos of awful accidents, so he's seen it all.  I, on the other hand, can't even bear to speak or type all the horrible things that could go wrong if there is accident in the home.

Anywho.

I love a pedestal table and I really loved these in particular because I found them at the usually style-forsaken Kirkland's and they were $40 each on mega-clearance.

So, now they are en route to my sister-in-law's home, who also needed bed side tables and who does not yet have children to pull them over.

Now, the hunt has begun for new night stands, preferably with drawers because anywhere I can squeeze more storage, I will do it!  The drawers have to be fully functioning, not just boxes that slide in and out of a hole.  I want them to slide nicely.  I also want the night stand to be somewhat rustic or aged or at least look they they are old fashioned.  I like a few of Restoration Hardware's night stands, but holy moley.  I actually went and took a look at RH store here locally and wasn't impressed with the actual product, particularly with this one, which is one I had been eying.  It had a very fake look to it, almost as if it wasn't wood (though of course, it was real wood).    I never could justify $700 on a night stand that wasn't amazing in every single way.

The hunt continues.  I hope to hit a few locally-owned furniture shops in the next couple of weeks.  I'd imagine the prices will be better, but the style will be just as great as RH.

Oh and by the way, sure wish I had the resources/help with my home and kids so I could just build my own night stands.  But it is not to be for now.