Small Space Ideas: 8 Chic and Tiny Dressing Tables
Make the most of your corners and tight spaces to build your own vanity area
A dressing table is an essential part of one’s personal boudoir. Think of it as an added aesthetic to your bedroom that helps channelise your inner celebrity or royalty. Avoid bulky dressing tables in space-starved homes and instead, seek to maximise corners or niches to build and decorate your own vanity area with these ideas.
2. Tuck it into an alcove
A smart choice would be to convert an alcove into your own built-in makeup station. An area close to a window maximises the use of natural daylight. A small bench or seat that can be tucked in under the vanity table will help conserve a lot of space. Since the positioning of the mirror to the source of light can affect the way you put on your makeup, invest in a small concave mirror that aids with the finishing touches.
A smart choice would be to convert an alcove into your own built-in makeup station. An area close to a window maximises the use of natural daylight. A small bench or seat that can be tucked in under the vanity table will help conserve a lot of space. Since the positioning of the mirror to the source of light can affect the way you put on your makeup, invest in a small concave mirror that aids with the finishing touches.
3. Glam up the alcove
If you like a little more drama when you’re dressing up, then go luxe. The padded walls here help define a luxurious space for your dressing table. The suspended mirror adds to the allure of the space. The theme is minimalist and modern with a white and grey palette, but it’s glamorous, too. The floral touches, the cool grey and metal surfaces punctuating the pristine white, along with smart downlighting, turn the alcove into a chic vanity station.
If you like a little more drama when you’re dressing up, then go luxe. The padded walls here help define a luxurious space for your dressing table. The suspended mirror adds to the allure of the space. The theme is minimalist and modern with a white and grey palette, but it’s glamorous, too. The floral touches, the cool grey and metal surfaces punctuating the pristine white, along with smart downlighting, turn the alcove into a chic vanity station.
4. Use a corner shelf
Elegance lies in simplicity. This small shelf-style table made using a piece of walnut parquet flooring is a good example on how to make optimal use of corners. The warm wooden finish on the dressing table stands out against the cool white palette of the room.
Elegance lies in simplicity. This small shelf-style table made using a piece of walnut parquet flooring is a good example on how to make optimal use of corners. The warm wooden finish on the dressing table stands out against the cool white palette of the room.
5. Double duty a desk
A work table can reinvent itself as your makeup station. It is a smart solution that gives increased storage with its numerous drawers to hold your creams, powders and brushes. The same effect can be replicated with an apothecary table. The freestanding round mirror here invites more light into the room.
A work table can reinvent itself as your makeup station. It is a smart solution that gives increased storage with its numerous drawers to hold your creams, powders and brushes. The same effect can be replicated with an apothecary table. The freestanding round mirror here invites more light into the room.
7. Put in a glazed top
Using desks or tables with mirrored surfaces or glazed finishes enhances the sense of space in the room. The table is flanked by an inspired Chateau French chair, an antique-looking dressing mirror and an eclectic glass lamp filled with bubblegum-pink pebbles.
Using desks or tables with mirrored surfaces or glazed finishes enhances the sense of space in the room. The table is flanked by an inspired Chateau French chair, an antique-looking dressing mirror and an eclectic glass lamp filled with bubblegum-pink pebbles.
8. Elevate it from the ground
A floating table paired with a bench and an oversized bronze-framed wall mirror adds the ultimate luxe quotient to a contemporary bedroom setting. The floating table takes away any distraction from the floor while the handle-free drawers with a copper-toned glass finish are useful in stashing untidy items away from the tabletop.
A floating table paired with a bench and an oversized bronze-framed wall mirror adds the ultimate luxe quotient to a contemporary bedroom setting. The floating table takes away any distraction from the floor while the handle-free drawers with a copper-toned glass finish are useful in stashing untidy items away from the tabletop.
9. Repurpose a portmanteau
Fit for an eclectic or contemporary home, this repurposed suitcase table fits right into the corner to aid your vanity and also to bring up the glam quotient by becoming the pièce de résistance of your bedroom. The suitcase neatly packs all your make-up essentials and the light bulbs fitted around the mirror revive the look of a professional vanity table.
Read more:
Accessorising Tips: Learn the Art of Styling Your Dressing Table
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Have you creatively installed your vanity table in a small space? Share your ideas in the Comments section below.
Fit for an eclectic or contemporary home, this repurposed suitcase table fits right into the corner to aid your vanity and also to bring up the glam quotient by becoming the pièce de résistance of your bedroom. The suitcase neatly packs all your make-up essentials and the light bulbs fitted around the mirror revive the look of a professional vanity table.
Read more:
Accessorising Tips: Learn the Art of Styling Your Dressing Table
Tell us:
Have you creatively installed your vanity table in a small space? Share your ideas in the Comments section below.
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Spruce up your vanity area by investing in a streamlined table like this. The slim and buoyant table top makes the room look airy and spacious. The table has pivot drawers that fold back discretely when not in use, thus increasing the sense of space in the room.
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