My husband
and I recently made our own exposed closet out of galvanized pipes, planks
of wood and pieces from IKEA’s Stolmen collection. After we had built our
closet and were incredibly pleased we brainstormed other projects that would
utilize pipes such as bookshelves and tables.
The oddly shaped nook we currently use as a makeshift office desperately
needed a new desk we looked and looked everywhere, but no one made a desk even
close to the proper size. Then we remembered the idea we had several months
ago. After taking all the proper measurements we were off to the hardware store
to buy some pipe.
Here’s what we got:
Fittings
6 // Flanges
6 // Threaded Tees
4 // Caps
Pipes
6 // 1/2 x 12"
1 // 1/2 x 30"
4 // 1/2 x 18"
2 // 1/2 x 5"
Tips:
Start building the table left to right. Because of the direction the pipes are threaded you cannot build the legs separably.
Wait to place the cap on until the last and adjust them to the proper height to make your table level.
Here is what we used for the table top:
