Ever since I mentioned that in our master bedroom and guest bedroom we turned the bottom drawer of our nightstands into “charging stations”, I’ve been asked what they look like so if you’ve been curious about that, then here’s a pic inside one of the drawers!
What we did could be done on any 2-drawer nightstand, or at least a nightstand with a drawer that’s positioned somewhat lower down. Basically we just drilled a hole at the back for the power strip’s cord to go through and then attached the power strip to the side of the bottom drawer so that you can easily plug in your electronics there without any messy wires visible!
You have to pull enough of the power strips cord into the drawer for the drawer to be able to open and close without it catching at the back (this length will depend on your drawer) and, again this will depend on the configuration of your specific nightstand, but in ours I just let the extra length pool in the space behind the drawer – so it’s inside the nightstand box, but not in the drawer.. You also have to attach the power stop low enough on the side of the drawer so that the drawer can close.
As for the wires going into the wall, I just bunch them up and tie them together behind the body of the nightstand. If you do this carefully, they basically disappear.
Nightstand sources:
- Our nightstands: Wayfair (they go in and out of stock)
- Other nightstands I love the look of: World Market | West Elm | West Elm | West Elm | Overstock | Overstock | Overstock | Wayfair | Wayfair | Target | Target | Target
Other master bedroom sources:
- Lighting: Rejuventation
- Accent pillow: CB2
- White quilt & pillow covers: Overstock
- Sheet set: Parachute
- Pillows & duvet inserts: Parachute
- Euro pillow covers: Amazon
- Wheat wreath: I made ours (click here for tutorial)
- Whole house paint colors listed on our home page below FAQs.
Susan S says
What a fantastic idea! I just love this! Can I ask where you found that short little power strip? I’ve only seen the extra long ones.
admin says
Honestly I have no idea. I dug it out of a box in my basement – it’s probably from a couple years ago – sorry!
admin says
Hmm actually I did a little looking and found one here that seems similar to what I have: Amazon
alison says
What did you use to attach the power strip to the drawer?
admin says
Screws – there’s a little like slot thingy on the back that’s intended for that purpose in the one we have. I supposed some kind of super glue would work too though.
Saniya Zafar says
Such a great idea! Did the hole you drilled have to be big enough for the plug? Or how did you thread the cord through?
admin says
Yes, the hole is big enough for the part that plugs directly into the wall.