There’s a large part of the sex-positive and kink communities that want their bedrooms to look like sex dungeons. I get it: There’s an appeal to that kind of brazenness. But in my own life, I want my bedroom to be full of quiet surprises. I love a piece of furniture that has a secret tucked into it, like these adult bedroom furniture pieces from BDI.

(The secret in my current nightstand, a little vintage piece, is candy. My sex toys lie about on top; my tangerine mints hide in the drawer. They are delicious but sadly not aesthetic.)

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Adult bedroom (furniture) basics

BDI is, by all accounts, a perfectly vanilla furniture company. They make coffee tables, bookshelves, standing desks—well-made, beautiful basics. The kind of pieces that you’d expect to see in the background of a Netflix show, or in an immaculately-staged home.

They also, more discreetly, make my ideal furniture category: Poised, polished, discreet pieces for absolute freaks in the bedroom. 

I’m kind of kidding about that. The LINQ line isn’t about hardcore kink. It doesn’t have any secret compartments that you can tie onto or a hidden metal base. But it’s quietly designed for adults trying to keep their sex lives on the down-low. Take the Cross-LINQ or Up-LINQ bed frames, for instance: They look like standard wood bed frames, like the kind that you’d buy at a higher-end furniture store. But they’re made with USB ports on both sides of the bed, tucked into the headboard itself. You can adjust the height of the frame for different mattress depths or partner heights. The bed frames’ slats are cushioned so your bed doesn’t squeak and its headboard has wall levellers to minimize sound, letting you get up to a bit of play while your kids or roommates or neighbours are asleep.

BDI’s LINQ nightstands pair perfectly with their bed frames. Their sleek sliding tops and soft-close drawers are perfect for grabbing a toy out of their depths, unnoticed by prying ears. Each nightstand features storage space and discreet, built-in charging ports, so you can keep your favourite sex toys charged without leaving them out.

This is a bit of a thing for me. Sure, you can plop a charging base on any nightstand—but they’re usually fairly cumbersome. There are cords everywhere, and it’s right out there in the open, and if you want your charger in a drawer or shelf, you often have to cut yourself a little hole in the back for it. (I have, of course, done this.) The aesthetics of device charging can be simplified into one, universal, magnetic charging base for items like your smartphone and watch, but that’s just not an option for your sex toy collection.

Sex toys are finicky. More importantly, they’re proprietary. Each charger is different, so you have to tuck your toys into a messy little drawer and hope you can pull them out in time to charge them before company comes over.

Or you could just plug everything into the LINQ. See what I mean? It’s a piece of furniture with a lovely little secret to it.

What’s great about the LINQ is that (unlike my current tiny vintage nightstand) it offers plenty of space. You can charge all of your toys, tuck away your massage oil, and still have space to slip a little nighttime snack stash into the drawer.

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Disclaimer: This post was sponsored by BDI Furniture.