1-Hour Reclaimed Wood & Plumbing Pipe Table

by Leilani Smith

10 Materials

$150

1 Hour

Easy

I needed a coffee station to fill a long wall in our kitchen and I also had a stack of 2x6s left over from our old deck. Since I love the industrial look of wood and black Iron plumbing pipe, I decided to make my own table. This whole piece came together in an hour and I am loving it! Here's how to make your own....

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To start, cut and sand four 2x6s to the desired length. I made mine 8 feet long.

Next, assemble the top half of the table (I wanted 2 shelves). To do that:

1. Place 2 of your 2x6s side-by-side and bottom-side-up until the edges match up evenly.

2. Screw 3 of the braces equal distances apart from one another perpendicular to the 2x6s. Make sure to press the wood together tightly so there’s no gaps.

3. Next, determine the placement of your flanges. I chose to place mine 1″ in from the corner.

4. Screw in your flanges, 1 in each corner.

5. Next, take a plumbing pipe and tightly screw a flange on one end. Screw the other end of the pipe tightly into the flange that’s been screwed to the 2×6.

6. Repeat with remaining 3 corners.

Now assemble the bottom half of the table. To do that:

1. Place the remaining 2x6s side-by-side and bottom-side-up together and screw in the remaining 3 braces.

2. Flip the whole thing over.

3. Have a friend help you stack the top half of the table onto the bottom half so that the corners match up.

4. Adjust the pipes if they are bowing in or out. You want them suckers standing straight up and down.

5. Screw flanges into place.

To finish the table:

1. Have a friend help you flip the entire piece upside down.

2. Place flanges in the same area on the corners of the table as the other flanges.

3. Screw on flanges.

4. Tightly screw in remaining 4 pipes.

5. Screw remaining 4 flanges on the ends of the pipes.

Apply a couple coats of clear polyurethane from your good ol’ trusty-crusty can that you’ve had for years. (I just keep busting through the dried layers of poly for each project.) Keep in mind this will change the shade of the wood!

Since my floors slant, I anchored the table to the wall using 2" corner brackets. Wobbline

Now we have a place for our teas and coffees, not to mention a feeding station for the kitties.

Who wants coffee?

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Four 2x6" pieces of lumber/decking (on hand)
Eight 1/2"x18" long threaded iron plumbing pipe (Lowe's)
Sixteen 1/2" diameter plumbing flanges (Lowe's)
Six 8" long braces (Lowe's)
Eighty-eight 1-1/4" wood screws (Lowes)
Two 2" corner brackets (Lowe's)
Clear Polyurethane
Paint brush
Drill
Sandpaper

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Debbie on Oct 13, 2016
Love the table and I am so glad that your hubby was able to save your home. I realize it is in the past but still very scary to think what could have happened. My dad was, a while before he retired, a firefighter/paramedic and I awoke one morning and raised my blinds to our neighbor's house burning. They weren't as lucky as you were. The Mr. was running around the front yard barely dressed and screaming. His wife was inside. I woke my dad and he got his gear from the basement and got her out within 2 or 3 mins. She survived but was not the same afterwards. It is so important to have smoke alarms! I hope you installed them the same day. Glad you are here to share your lovely table!

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Leilani Smith on Oct 14, 2016
We sure did. And we were indeed fortunate. The fire moved to the right. If it had moved to the left it would have hit our main breaker and gas water heater. So scary.

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