Decor ottomans may be as functional as they are beautiful. You can successfully use an ottoman in any room in your home. An ottoman is a great decor item and resource in your bedroom. Be creative and think outside of the box. Don’t feel confined to the standard uses for ottomans.
- Nightstand – Opt to use ottomans instead of the traditional night stands on the side of your bed. This will provide a softer more relaxed visual effect.
- Purse/Shoe Holder – If you are limited in closet or storage space, a storage ottoman can be used to store your purses, shoes, and other accessories.
- Filing Cabinet – Do you need a place to store your important documents but do not want to use a metal cabinet in your bedroom? You can put your important documents inside of a storage ottoman. There are several filing systems which can fit comfortably in the ottoman. No one will be the wiser.
- Extra Linen – If you are one of the many people who only maintain a minimum amount of linen in your home, you can keep the extra linen in the storage ottoman which is at the end of your bed.
- Foot Stool – You no longer have to settle for a traditional foot stool. Use a sturdy ottoman within your room’s color scheme.
- Coffee Table – Instead of a traditional coffee table next to your bedroom sitting area, use an ottoman with a tray as a coffee table.
- Extra Seating – You don’t have to fill your bedroom with chairs. Use an ottoman for additional seating.
- Baby Supplies – Keep baby changing items handy. Disguise those extra baby Pampers, wipes, and blankets by keeping them in a decorative storage.
- Dog Bed – Your fur baby would love his own little mini-bed in your room in the form of an ottoman.
Check out our post on how to decorate your ottoman using a tray HERE.
I would love to hear some of the creative uses you have for ottomans. Please leave them in the comment section below.
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Love these creative ideas! An ottaman would be perfect for hiding baby wipes/diapers, or in a closet!
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O h love this idea! I actually was looking for an ottaman for my youngest toys so she could use it for a “chair” and put her toys storage. Thanks for sharing I’m SURE I will convince Hubby we really DO need one.
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I have nothing in my bedroom except a bed – LOL!! I use a roller-bag suitcase as a night stand LOL!
I definitely wish I had room in my bedroom for an ottoman because they really make putting on socks/shoes/etc that much easier! Plus they always look really nice!
If our new home is large enough to put a ottoman and chair or couch in our bedroom, I am totally doing it! I love the way it looks and I like the idea of increased storage!
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Wow! This is super amazing! Definitely going to add this in my home. 🙂
These are all great suggestions for how to use an ottoman in a bedroom! I have two in my home that need a new location ha! I will have to use one of these ideas! Thanks for sharing!
Great ideas! We are definitely short on storage space in our house, so a storage ottoman is a perfect idea.
Sounds like the ottoman is making a come back with some great storage to go along.
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I love ottomans for decor and function! I would never have thought to use one as a nightside table. Thanks so much for sharing this!
I love these ideas!! My dogs definitely use our ottoman as a bed 🙂
I really love ottomans but would have never thought to put one in my bedroom. My dog would really like to have one as a dog bed.
I never thought to use one as a nightstand- smart!
The Master bedroom is the one room we have not DONE anything to. There is a bed and mountains of laundry (my husband is decluttering his wardrobe) and otherwise not much. In it’s current state I’d be afraid that an ottoman would be just misused as another dumping ground for clothes. But in my dream bedroom I would love to have one for lines and to just kick up my feet after a long exhausting day. Love your ideas!
I’d love a storage ottoman for the end of the bed!
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Awesome ideas! When I move into a bigger place I definitely want to add an ottoman to my bedroom!
Great ideas! I especially love the idea of using an ottoman as a filing cabinet… I’ve never thought about that and I think I might implement that in my house now! Thanks so much for sharing!
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Ok seriously that gave me some GREAT ideas! I never thought to use an ottoman to file away papers, or store purses and shoes in but that is stinkin’ GENIUS! I may just have to go out and buy myself one now! Thank you for the great ideas!
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I totally use an ottoman as one of my bedside tables. It’s the perfect additional storage spot to keep things hidden away and doesn’t show all the clutter that could be around. I have another one in my living room that is used as extra shoe storage.
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We have used ours for baby toiletries / wipes / etc and now it’s used for linen – so handy to have a bit of extra storage in the room without ruining the look of it.
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Great ideas! Always fun to mix it up! xx
Great ideas! I love using an ottoman as a coffee table, too. Much prettier 🙂
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I actually really love the idea of using an ottoman for linen storage. Our extra sheets are currently sitting in this funny little wall cutout in our hallway that has shelves, but I would much rather store it in our bedroom. Now I’m going to be on the lookout for a cute storage ottoman for the foot of our bed!
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I love the storage ottoman I have in my bedroom. So handy!
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These are some great ideas! I’m excited to have a bigger bedroom someday so we could possibly have an ottoman in there. 😉
Love these tips! I am about to move apartments, so these will be good tips to keep in mind.
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Great post, live the different uses you give for ottoman they really are quite versatile!
very much creative and beautiful