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DIY Industrial Pipe Desk

🪵 Stained pine top 🔩 Black iron pipe legs 🔨 5 simple steps

Finished DIY desk with a dark stained wood top and black iron pipe legs, styled with a teal picture frame, a small quote sign, and a desk organizer, with a white chair pulled up

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The idea

An industrial-style desk built from two pine panels and black iron pipe fittings. The tabletop is glued, stained, and sealed, a few 1x4 boards underneath add support, and the pipe legs screw right on.

Materials

(2) 1″ × 12″ × 4 ft laminated pine boards, glued together for the tabletop
(4) 3/4″ black iron floor flanges (sold in 2-packs)
(4) 3/4″ black iron caps
(4) 3/4″ black iron tees
(4) 3/4″ × 6″ black steel pipe nipples
(3) 3/4″ × 48″ black steel pipe nipples, cut into (6) 16″ pieces (the cut ends have to be threaded, so you only get (2) 16″ pieces from each 48″ pipe)
(1) Minwax oil-based interior wood stain in Espresso
(1) Varathane Diamond Finish water-based polyurethane (semi-gloss clear, 236 ml), to seal
(1) LePage Pro Carpenter's glue (150 ml)
(1) 1×4 board, cut down to (2) 22″ pieces and (1) 30″ piece
Wood screws (we used #8 × 1¼″)
Wood clamps and a drill

What we did

Step 1: Glue the planks together

Glue the two planks together to make the tabletop. Use wood clamps to make sure you get a tight fit.

Step 2: Stain and seal

Stain the planks, wipe off the excess, then finish with the sealant.

Two stained pine planks laid side by side on a table next to a can of gel stain, a level, and a box of screws

Step 3: Add the 1×4 supports

Add the 1×4 boards underneath for structural support, and stain them too. We cut the 1×4 into two 22″ pieces and one 30″ piece.

Stained tabletop turned upside down with two short 1x4 support boards across the ends and one long board down the middle, screwed in

Step 4: Build the leg structure

Build the leg structure out of the pipe, tees, flanges, and caps. Each end gets two legs joined by a crossbar.

Two assembled black iron pipe leg frames, each with two legs joined by a crossbar, standing on a wood floor

Step 5: Flip it and attach the legs

Flip the table upside down and screw the legs onto the table.

Tabletop upside down on a dining table with the black iron pipe leg frames attached and standing upright

Result

A sturdy industrial desk with a dark stained wood top and black iron pipe legs.

Finished DIY desk with a dark stained wood top and black iron pipe legs with a crossbar, with a white chair

Front view of the finished DIY desk against a wall with a white chair pulled up