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If you've ever dreamt of feeling like a Hollywood starlet or a dapper gentleman, then you may be in the market for one of the best dressing tables. This interior piece can introduce elegance and functionality right into your bedroom or, if you're lucky enough to have one, your glam room. But what exactly constitutes a dressing table? It’s simple. A dressing table—also known (rudely, in our opinion) as a vanity desk or, more descriptively, a makeup table—is a piece of furniture that serves as your personal styling sanctuary.
While you could use your office desk or living room console, having a dedicated vanity table—with storage drawers and a mirror—can help you keep organized, slow down, and indulge in the ritual. Equally important is that it’s another opportunity to flex your interior design. Like other pieces of home decor, makeup tables can double as a stylish centerpiece.
If you’re a beauty guru, a fashionista, an interior design lover, or simply someone looking for a touch of glamour in their life, a dressing table is an absolute game changer. Here are the best makeup desks and vanity tables on the market, each with its own distinctive charm and allure. From classic Hollywood-inspired designs to sleek, modern marvels, this curated edit of the best dressing tables, makeup desks, and vanities has something for everyone.
With its metal frame, semicircular tabletop, and large frameless mirror, this minimalist dressing table has a distinctly Scandi look—you might even mistake it for a piece from Hay. It doesn’t come with a stool, so you can add one in your choice of color or style, whether it’s equally simple or makes a statement (a corn stool might do the trick and add flair to the otherwise simple piece).
Picture yourself sitting leisurely in front of this large vanity mirror crafting your signature makeup look. Or, since this piece could easily function as a desk, perhaps you’ll be working away on a laptop during your 9-to-5. Either way it’s a chance to slow down and indulge in a little me time. The design doesn’t take up much space, and the neutral colors will match with just about anything.
Vabches Makeup Vanity with Lights
For the skin-care-ritual aficionados and movie star wannabes, this dressing table set from Amazon has an LED mirror with adjustable brightness and multitude of storage options such as shelves and drawers, ensuring there’s plenty of room for everything. It’s like having a mini studio dedicated solely to primping, preening, and embracing your most fabulous self.
Sarah Sherman Samuel Knob Desk & Vanity
There’s no reason why this retro dressing table, a collaboration between West Elm Kids and designer Sarah Sherman Samuel, wouldn’t work in an adult bedroom, with it’s rounded edges and soft wood hue. The tabletop sits at the right height to accommodate a standard chair, and with a small footprint it’s perfect for creating a cozy nook in your studio.
Another small dressing table, this classic from IKEA will work in any inconspicuous corner of your house. During the day it acts as just another table top. At night, however, you can transform it into a vanity simply by folding up the hideable mirror. The bright red interior storage compartment adds a touch of color and lets you neatly arrange your accessories and cosmetics—you’ll never waste precious time hunting down your beauty essentials with this compact option.
Mark D. Sikes Vanity Desk
For a vibrant color and pattern, consider this makeup desk from Mark D. Sikes, who has designed spaces for the White House and Reese Witherspoon. The maximalism of the brightly patterned canvas (sealed with lacquer for protection) is balanced by the vanity’s simple shape, but it’ll still act as a showstopper in any space.
Urban Outfitters Elise Vanity Dressing Table Set
Small spaces and bohemian bedrooms can benefit from this rounded rattan vanity, which comes with a matching stool that nestles perfectly into it like a puzzle. The mirror pops up to reveal deep, built-in storage that will hold everything from perfume bottles to skin care, as well as anything else you might want to keep concealed from view.
Caracole Kiss N Makeup Vanity
With curved cabriole legs and tasseled drawer pulls, this softly metallic dressing table is a touch of Old Hollywood decadence and glamour that would look equally good in your living room as a desk. It’s classy, and the vanity mirror can fold up whenever you want to use it.
Raymour & Flanigan Epping Vanity
For those who don’t want to make a splash or draw attention, this simple Shaker-esque piece of furniture is the least vain of them all. A large mirror tucks neatly into the tabletop and other panels fold up to reveal additional storage, while the table itself would work with any number of decor styles, minimalist or not.
CB2 Selena Wood Vanity Table
Leaving a smaller ecological footprint is one less thing to worry about as you get ready for the day at this oak dressing table. It’s made from certified sustainable wood and the legs are tapered on an angle, adding a subtle visual twist.
Ballard Designs Alissa Acrylic Console Table
For the organized exhibitionist, this clear console table can also function as the perfect vanity desk to artfully arrange your perfume bottles and essentials. Don’t forget the built-in shelf storage to display your magazine collection.
This slim, three-compartment vanity has much to offer via three different panels on the tabletop that flip out to reveal cubbies and a mirror. A cutout in the back panel also allows you to organize cords for hair dryers or laptops.
Design Within Reach Pala Vanity
This solid oak dressing table maximizes storage space with two side compartments and spacious drawers to organize your lipsticks, lotions, and creams. As if that weren’t enough, there’s a compartment in the back (where the detachable mirror rests) that you can use to prop up any bulkier tools. This vanity does sit slightly higher than others—something to keep in mind if you’re shopping for a chair or stool.
Nodding towards Art Deco, this stunning mirrored dressing table, handcrafted with silver leaf, brings a touch of vintage charm to your space—though a pair of integrated charging outlets bring things up to modern speed. Make sure to pick up an antique mirror and chair to complete the look.
An homage to iconic Gebrüder Thonet Vienna chairs, this vanity dressing table is made of bent tubular wood and gives off serious Key West estate vibes. Given intricacy, this piece of home decor demands to be the center of attention and would hold its own against some patterned wallpaper. The woven cane screen is perfect for resting a mirror, but you can also use the surface as a memo board for notes and photos.
Pretend you’re an Italian starlet with this sleek dressing table that boasts a curved, padded suede body and matching C-shaped feet. The hazy color scheme will surely keep you at peace, even when you’re rushing to get ready for a party or happy hour.
Miranda Kerr Home Tranquility Mode 5-Drawer Vanity Desk, Glacier
If you have an actual dressing room or an extra large bedroom, consider this ornate asymmetrical vanity desk. The stacked swivel drawers provide visual interest and plenty of space. The removable tray is a thoughtful touch—all you need now is a trifold mirror and something to sit on, like this plush matching stool.
Aerin Faux Shagreen Vanity and Stool Set
From the mind of Aerin Lauder (granddaughter of Estée Lauder), this swoon-worthy vanity makes good on the cosmetics heiress’s mission to integrate beauty into the way we live everyday. It’s outfitted with luxurious cream-colored shagreen—a textured leather of sharkskin or stingray that had its heyday in the Roaring Twenties—and rectangular brass drawer handles to inject a sense of glamor into your routine. So throw on your silk dressing gown, take a seat, and indulge in the decadence.
Signorini & Coco Ocean Vanity Table
With an eye-catching cerulean blue palette and pointed spider legs, this thoroughly retro dressing table will demand attention in any room. It’s part of a collection, so you can buy a set of bedside tables in the same color scheme to complete the look.
Restoration Hardware Burke Raffia Vanity
For a touch of casual elegance, this raffia-wrapped vanity dressing table proves that neutral doesn’t mean boring. You can choose between pewter and brass tabs for the handy drawers, which also holds a velvet-lined tray for your jewelry.
Tocador Vanity Table by Nomon
This small dressing table has a unique vertical structure topped with an adjustable angular mirror and a little jewelry box hanging off the wooden spine. The tabletop comes in wood or marble for a textural flair, and to complete the look we’d suggest springing for the matching pouf that slides seamlessly into the table’s spine.
Urban Outfitters Ciara Flower Vanity Stool
CB2 Chiara Brown Boucle Vanity Chair
FASCINATE Trifold Vanity Mirror with Lights
Anthropologie Aperture Triptych Vanity Mirror
Rosdorf Park Ingles Asymmetrical Metal Wall Mirror
Acrylic Vanity Tray Decorative Bathroom Tray
By Blake Bakkila and Erika Owen
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