5 inspiring wooden tables with hairpin legs

We love a good slab of wood. Its asymmetries, knots and ripples bring unique character to your home. Not to mention natural warmth, beauty... and a good story.

If you’d like to make your own wooden furniture, there are hundreds of types of wood you can use – from pine, to cherry, to walnut. 

Better still, there are hundreds of ways you can use it – whether you want a simple pallet wood coffee table, or an elegant oak dining table.

Got your chisel ready? We’ve gathered a selection of five wooden hairpin leg tables to inspire your next project.

1. Olive Ash Coffee Table with black hairpin legs, by @depthdesignltd

Black hairpin legs: 2 rod, 14" 

Not your bog-standard coffee table! This live-edge wood slab has been carefully sanded and oiled for a beautiful finish. It's fitted with a set of minimal hairpin legs. They give the wood a floating effect, without distracting from its natural character. 

2. Cypress Side Tables with white hairpin legs, by @wingitwoodworking

White hairpin legs: 2 rod, 16"

These lovely little wood rounds make charmingly rustic side tables. Paired with white hairpins, they have a minimal, Scandinavian look. We love the inventive floor protectors, fashioned from a leather cord and wrapped around the feet of the hairpin legs.

3. Herringbone garden table with steel hairpin legs, by @gcoplandpowell

Clear-coat hairpin legs: 2 rod, 16"

Birch-ply offcuts are meticulously arranged here, to create a unique herringbone pattern. Paired with clear coat hairpin legs and finished with clear lacquer, the result is a hard-wearing wooden garden table. 

Check out the same effect on Gary's dining table, made with our Box Section industrial table legs:

4. Reclaimed wood dinette table, by @roewooddesign

Black hairpin legs: 3 rod, 16"

This one-of-a-kind dinette table is made with reclaimed wood. The wood is taken from an 19th-century Leicester mansion – which is a pretty good dinner party conversation-starter! 

5. Walnut slab coffee table with copper hairpin legs, by @brackishbuilt

Copper hairpin legs: 2 rod, 14"

Every slab is unique. The flying-V effect on this walnut table gives it a distinctive shape and character. Tastefully paired with copper, for classic elegance. 

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Thanks to all those who sent us your woodwork projects. As always, we love seeing the stunning work you do.

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