Early in 2009 I moved into this industrial style flat in the older part of the Upper East Side development in Woodstock. It had really high ceilings, and the kitchen had a long narrow tiled area. The division between the two floor finishes really defined two zones and it felt very odd to sit a traditional table with legs in both spaces. In consideration of the high ceilings and the parties i like to have, I thought I would do something that was tall so it could double as a stand-around bar.
I designed these legs and had them welded up in mild steel. I wanted the most strength for the lowest cost in both materials and welding. The welder kind of butchered them when he ground the welds off, so I used auto-body filler (took auto body repair in high school) to fill the areas he ground and then primed and painted them right there in my kitchen. (my fiancee is incredibly tolerant)
The top is a 1.8m long laminated pine 'work-top' that you can buy at your local timber & hardware. I asked for the hardest smoothest lacquer type product and was given something by woodoc. I added a blue dye that gave an amazing translucent blue effect that these pics unfortunately don't show.
And voila! Total cost R1050.00 Goodluck finding anything this cool for less than R3000 in Cape Town.
I didn't keep this many stools around it full time. I hid the spares away until needed.
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