Editorials
The case for less furniture in the bedroom
On nightstands, drawers, and the surfaces that earn their keep.
The bedroom holds more furniture than it needs. A second dresser nobody opens. A bench nobody sits on. A nightstand cluttered with what should have been put away the night before.
What a nightstand should hold
A book — the one you’re actually reading, not the four you might. A glass of water. A small light. One piece you don’t mind being seen.
That’s it. The rest is debris that accumulated because no one decided otherwise.
An exercise
Tonight, before sleep: clear the nightstand. Put away everything that isn’t on the list above. Look at it in the morning. Decide what earns its way back.
Most of the things won’t. That’s the point.
