Still Matching Your Nightstands and Dresser? Try This Instead
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Rocky Hill Home’s most popular Pinterest pin over the past few years has been a roundup about mixing dressers and nightstands. Some of those pieces aren’t available anymore, so I thought I’d give the roundup a fresh spin, and turn it into a whole article here. If you want a bedroom that feels more collected, it's time to ditch the matchy-matchy furniture!
Personally, I’ll take careful mixing over perfect matches, any day. It’s another opportunity to create a space that’s unique to you, and mixing styles, finishes, and silhouettes is really one of the easiest ways to elevate your bedroom.
1. Mix Pieces, Don’t Match Sets
Plenty of people end up with furniture that came as a set. Putting together a home just feels simpler without agonizing over each choice. Yet after living there for a while, this urge creeps in: maybe this can be better than “good enough”. Luckily all it really takes is a single change to shift the entire feel of a room.
Start with a dresser you love, or maybe a pair of nightstands you’ve got already. From there, look for complimentary pieces. Below I break down exactly what to focus on when shopping for your perfect mix.
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2. Mix Finishes, Not Tones
Once you find your furniture’s undertones, you’ll find matching pieces much easier. Stick to warm or cool undertones, and let texture and shape create variety.
Cool Combo: A gray-washed dresser paired with a bleached oak nightstand
Warm Combo: A honey-toned dresser with a golden wood nightstand
3. Don’t Forget Balance
It’s not just about color, it’s about form. Pairing a heavy, grounded dresser with a leggy or open-frame nightstand keeps your space feeling light and airy. Or go the other way around and add substance with a solid nightstand across from a more delicate dresser.
Closed + Open = Balance
Leggy + Grounded = Visual Interest
4. Love a Collected Look?
When your bedroom feels layered and lived-in, not showroom perfect, it instantly becomes more inviting. Mixing your nightstands and dresser is an easy way to achieve that feel.
Just remember, mix warm with warm, cool with cool, open/leggy with closed/grounded, and you can’t go wrong! Oh, and again, black goes with everything.
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