When you get a set of hairpin legs, the possibilities for customizable home furniture are endless—for instance, you could just as easily assemble a dining table, bench, stool, or side table.

Turn just about anything into a table, console, or side table with hairpin legs—the midcentury classic that's enduringly stylish (and super easy to use) ...

The hairpin table leg did not exist before 1941, when Industrial Designer Henry P. Glass (1911-2003) conjured the form from his fertile imagination.