The 8 Best Bedside Tables Under £100

Best budget

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The cheapest thing here that still looks deliberate rather than temporary. A slim metal frame reads as light in a small room — and at £24.50 it's genuinely disposable at the end of a tenancy, which for a first year in halls is a fair argument.

Best for very tight gaps

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Built narrow on purpose, for the gap between the bed and the wall that everything else is 5cm too wide for. If you have measured and despaired, start here.

Best space-saver

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Wall-mounted, so it takes up no floor whatsoever and you can set the height to match your mattress exactly. The catch is fixings — brilliant in your own room, usually not allowed in halls, so check the tenancy first.

Best for storage

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Three drawers in the same footprint the others use for one — the most useful pick here if the room has no chest of drawers and you need somewhere for socks as well as chargers.

Best open design

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An open shelf instead of a drawer keeps things visually light, which genuinely helps in a small or dark room. Better suited to books and a lamp than to anything you'd rather not look at.

Best colour

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Olive green over an oak effect, and a welcome break from the sea of white melamine at this price. Two drawers, so it earns its place as well as looking like it was chosen rather than settled for.

Best design pick

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The one on this list that looks considerably more expensive than it is. If the rest of the room is plain — and in rented accommodation it usually is — this is a cheap way to make it feel intentional.