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This was solved in the 90s. The actual lightswitch can be mounted in a wireless remote that sockets into the switch plate by the door. You just take the switch with you to the bedside table. In the morning when you leave the room you socket it back into the switch plate.

>>stonog+(OP)
This was solved probably around 1880: 3-way switches

>>elzbar+1w
My stairway/upstairs lights are on a 4-way switch. I’ve never researched it but presumably one could build out a 5-way or 6-way switch by adding more switches wired the “middle” way. I’m sure there’s a term for the two wire switch in the middle but I’m no electrician.

>>elzbar+1w
The same cost to get an electrician out to wire in one 3-way switch paid for an apartment of smart (plug-in) outlets for me. And since it’s a rental, I would not have been allowed to actually add the 3-way switch.

>>elzbar+1w
Have you seen a room wired with a second lightswitch specifically for the bedside? I'd be interested to know if anyone's done this.