Look! Desks and Furniture Designed from Plumbing Pipes | Apartment Therapy Boston

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A friend of ours told recently us about the furniture that the folks at the graphic design studio, Oat, made for their studio in Somerville. We loved the idea, and when we went to check it out we had a great time visiting and hearing how they made it. Rory, Oat's founder, took plumbing pipes and joined them, making creative desks and a simple coffee table that wouldn't be too hard to customize yourself. More details and photos after the jump

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Rory connected inexpensive black pipes from Home Depot in an simply designed desk and coffee table. We loved the thin-diameter pipes he used which made the pieces look elegant, and their well thought-out design. The desktops are reclaimed walnut which add to their rough industrial look. He and Jen, Oat's co-founder and creative director, had the pipes cut to length and then screwed them together themselves. This would be a great look for desk in a home office, or a coffee table customized to a odd-sized space.

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Pipe works fine in vertical applications as long as it's kept short. Otherwise, it's too flexible. I built a desk once that used pipe legs, short legs under the pedistal and longer legs on the other side. It moved around way too much due to the flexibility of the pipe.