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A bedside table can be very precious. Christel, 40, divorced, lives in a stepfamily model with her two sons and her stepdaughter.<\/p>

\u201cThis mahogany table hides a chamber pot! It was given to me by my auctioneer father during my difficult divorce<\/a>. I hide an old pullover in it and some gilded paper; a vestige of the period when, without children<\/a>, I had more time to restore frames. I like objects that tell a story.<\/p>

As a child, my father\u2019s auction room was my favourite playground. As a designer of mobile sculptures, I prefer to create or exchange objects; such as my Miss Love bedside lamp, designed by Coralie Beauchamps. Or the Mikado shelf by the architect Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Bellem\u00e8re, which is located near my bed. My exhibition catalogues and art magazines are a source of inspiration which easily land on my bedside table.<\/p>

As I have been living in a stepfamily for a year, I have not updated our photo frames. On the bedside table, my partner has only a small lamp customised<\/a> by my sons and my stepdaughter; our most precious 'museum' features their drawings, over our bed!\u201d<\/p>

<\/span> <\/h2>

Psychotherapist\u2019s opinion:<\/span> <\/h2>

This table has the status of the 'phobia repeller', like a child\u2019s security blanket. It broadcasts a reassuring image that we revisit in our dreams. The link to childhood is essential in her universe: from the bed, she faces photos of herself as a child. Over the bed, we find the drawings made by her children. For Christel, who lives in a stepfamily, the exchanged objects and their closeness on her bedside table reveals something deeper than professional connivance: these designers embody her 'other' reconstructed family.<\/p>

Isabelle Soing<\/em><\/p>

Read more in our Bedside<\/em> table\u00a0<\/em>series:<\/span> <\/h2>

Testimony: \u201cI have two bedside tables; they express my two facets.\u201d<\/a>
Testimony: \u201cIt is one of the rare places that is personal to me.\u201d<\/a>
Testimony: \u201cIt is invaded by novels that make me laugh.\u201d
<\/a>Is the bedside table a reflection of your lives?<\/a><\/p> ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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