I'm sure many people have that combo, you're headed in the right direction....

Here is what my DD did to her room. There is a wooden chest on the right side and a wooden table she got at a garage sale on the other. I am not wild about that one but it was her design.

I had the same problem you do. I never could find a wooden nightstand that looked good with my metal bedframe. One day I was in a furniture store looking for end tables for the living room and found the perfect one for my contemporary style. It incorporated the glass, wood and metal. Then it occurred to me that the geometric lines would also work well with my metal bed, thinking outside the box (which I often forget to do), so I bought two for the bedroom and one for the living room. Only drawback was that it didn't have drawers but I don't really need them.

Here are pictures of it, both in the family room and in my bedroom. Hope this helps. (Can't see it too well in the bedroom picture.)

If I can't post both pictures at once, I may have to post one in another reply. (Sorry - can't get the hang of this picture-posting.)

Well, I give up - I'll post the other picture in another message. Don't know how you guys drop the actual picture into the message.

Here is a link that might be useful:

Ok, here's a more close-up of the nightstand/end table.

Here is a link that might be useful:

I think that the key is to pick up the color tone of the wood nightstands with something else in the room so they look coordinated. And also pick up either the color or style of the bed elsewhere, too.

In my guestroom, I have a black metal bed (a model made by Amisco but since discontinued) whose headboard is arcs of tubular metal. Contemporary.

For the nightstands, I used two older Ikea "Lack" tables that look like open squares. They have a birch-colored finish.

To make everything look right, part of my window treatments are roll-up blinds in a natural finish that picks up the birch of the tables. I also have in there a very old "mid-century" dresser that has a similar birch finish.

And I added a bit more black to the room with some tall bookcase cubbies (also Ikea's Lack stuff) in that color. With the decorative stuff I put in the cubbies, the black doesn't yell at you--it's not "heavy."

So to my eye, it doesn't look like it's the room that got all the furniture unwanted elsewhere in the house.

Not the best pic, and I'm in the process of redecorating this room (but not replacing the furniture!) -- I have a black iron bed w/ cherry furniture. I used black iron knobs on the furniture in the room, and black iron curtain rods too.
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I don't have any pics of my actual bedroom, but here is a link to the Ashley website that shows my bed w/ the nightstand, chest and dresser. I didn't get the mirror (didn't like it). Note, that bed takes up a lot of room! The sleigh headboard and footboard add almost 2 feet to the length of the mattress!

Here is a link that might be useful: Ashley Bittersweet metal sleigh bed w/ wood nightstand

I have that in our guestroom but it isn't the best photo. The metal on the bed matches the hardware on the wood pieces. (nickel)

Mine... IKEA bed, Overstock nightstands & dressers...

The cherry furniture used to be paired with a futon, then we fell for this metal bed by Amisco. Not happy with how they look together, but haven't found anything better yet.

a natural cherry finish goes well with them.