pipe dream of a dining table

photo courtesy of 4men1lady.com

z mentions to me the other day he wants the new dining room table to have a metal base ... thinking "well that goes against my original plan of a farmhouse table. but it did get me thinking about mixing up the woods and metals.


the dining room table we currently have is an impractical drop leaf (?) one - the position of the legs make it relatively difficult for chairs to be placed where we actually want them - your legs run into the table legs. not to mention after one of our football "CCS" (calorie consumption sunday) events we were left with a marred impractical drop leaf dining table - z didn't use a trivet when placing a hot plate down on the table and we now have a white splotch... this is just one of the additional more unsightly encounters this table has been put through... there are also the scratches left by the dog -
"trouble 2/ badba" when he decided to get on the table... yes, i said get on the table (at the time a 100 lb golden retriever) and eat all the parts to TWO gingerbread houses my little sister and i slaved over - it was quite the scene - badba didn't know what to do when i opened the door from outside and saw him standing on the table. the table has also endured 10 years of the two leafs being dropped and the center leaf basking in the sunlight - hence its about 5-6 shades lighter than its original color. nevertheless, the piece has served its purpose, functionally, sort of. 

photo courtesy of vintagerevivals.com

so i as any mid-20's person would do - i googled "diy metal pipe dining table" and i came across a few i really liked. but, because i am difficult, i like different aspects of two different tables - so my hope is to incorporate the base of one table with the table top of the other. here is my vision.... i love the base from the plans created by Vintage Revivals but i HATE glass table tops - all you see is fingerprints and dust and water rings. just not my m.o. but i also came across plans from 4men1lady who have an awesome wood tabletop - it captures the industrial farmhouse look that is so b.a. still need to get the seal of approval from z, hopefully he agrees with me on no glass top :/


i know the metal conduit is going to be fairly expensive - as in probably $200 - so with that being said this is a project that i will most likely being mid-to-end of january - seeing that i just bought 60% of a wedding dress, we gots to space out our purchases just a little bit.