I would check your local hardware store for pipes/plumbing fixtures. Build a solid base and you would just need to top it off with maybe an old wooden door or some wood slats joined together. Doesn't seem like it would be difficult to replicate the look and it would probably be a lot of fun.

I second the pipes, and to top it off, find some wood to reclaim, sand it, stain it, and you are good to go, away to the races.

Yep. head on over to knock-offwood.com, find one of the rustic/distressed table plans Ana has listed there, and use them as a jumping off point to make a wooden top. Then use conduit to build the legs and spray paint them black. Completely, totally doable and I would be stunned if it cost more than $250.

The door idea has been done, I don't like it but alot do. We have a bowling alley table, from a destroyed bowling alley and just ikea table legs because the top is the centre of focus.

The base looks a little like scaffolding materials...

That's exactly what I was going to say - scaffolding parts for the base. As to where to find the right sizes...

My husband and I just made a very similar table using a long butcher block table top that we got for free off of Craigslist and 3/4" black pipe that we bought at Home Depot (they can cut it to custom lengths on site). For us, all the necessary pipe cost about $80, though it would have been $15 less if we had swapped out some parts (we liked the way flanges looked for the feet, but you could just put rubber caps over the pipe ends instead). You can't make the X like in the table shown but just do a horizontal crosspiece instead. If you can't find reclaimed wood, you could also use an Ikea wood countertop (Lagan or Numerar); I have used them before as a desk tops and they are great.

I agree that the base looks like scaffolding.

Maybe email a photo to this company to see if they can suggest parts?
http://www.affordablescaffolding.com/scaffold_frames.html#cross_braces

http://www.affordablescaffolding.com/rolling_towers.html

You can try scouring garage sales and craigslist for glass tables which have metal bases like this. Any color will do, you can just take the glass off, refinish or paint the legs and attach you own scaffolding planks (or just buy some plain pine planks and take a chain to them to age them.)

I think this would be much closer to the look you're going for rather than using pipes.

Also, if you have a friend who wants a similar look, you can go halfsies and get this from West Elm. http://www.westelm.com/products/f880/?pkey=cside-accent-coffee-tables

Crate and Barrel outlet. Their website doesn't show any but if you are close to one, definitely worth checking out.

My husband just put up some pics and better instructions for our table on his blog: www.marybicycles.com. It's not exactly the same as the scaffolding look, but it's a very similar aesthetic.

@ZKE--that's a great table. i like the pipes much more than the scaffolding!

It's a cool look and these tables are a lot of fun. We did one of those for about 250. Sanded barn boards, and standard steel "L" bars and rods from home depot. Only extra costs were for blades that could cut through the steel.

It's photoblogged here:

http://www.lnoyl.com/2010/01/28/room/

ZKE -
Great minds think alike I suppose. My husband and I completed a nearly identical table early last year. I'm actually using it as a desk right now! We used thicker silver pipes for an even more rustic look, but I'm loving the slender black legs on yours.

ZKM: I love your table--even more than the one pictured here. I think your horizontal bar is a better solution than the x frame, which gets in the way of legs/feet. Can't wait to put my own table together now.

From Craigs List - Boise. Pretty similar.
http://boise.craigslist.org/fuo/1791498140.html

sure looks a lot like the utility tables my parents used to get for their business at officemax for about $24.

Has visto esta dirección?
http://www.maisonsdumonde.com/ES/es/produits/fiche/mesa-fontainebleau-110603.htm

Hay una mesa bastante parecida y otras más que pueden ser interesantes.
:)

wow! y'all are a wealth of information!! i love the diy versions you've posted. thanks for being so detailed and for all the links. i'm feeling more confident now that this is doable. off to scour craigslist for butcher block or reclaimed lumber—unless anyone's up for making another??

_enrique....perfecta!

ZKE's right on...black pipe is the way to go for that look on the cheap. However, you could do an x-brace type application, it would just have to be 2 separate pipes that didn't join in the middle of the 'x'. you could use 3/4" for most of it and use a 3/4, 1/2, 3/4 tee with 1/2" x-bracing. maybe use a bit of black wire to tie 'em together if you wanted.

When you go to the Depot to buy the pipe, bring some rags as the cutting oil gets everywhere. Also, watch handling it and putting it together as the threads can be sharp and will slice your hands up (especially the ones cut there). I've never used the black pipe for anything other than gas piping but it has a great industrial look in this application. Also, you won't have to use pipe dope, that stuff gets everywhere.

Umm, it's Flatiron. Not Flat Iron.

@cortney_joy—whoops! that's embarrassing!

@337—thanks for the tips about the cutting oil and sharp edges. i have twin toddlers at home, so that's very good to know ahead of time.