table-legs-glossary-198-exp-4-d111305.jpg   Credit: Bryan Gardner

From left to right: Hairpin These metal legs can skew industrial or modern. Steel leg, from $12, hairpinlegsforless.com Unfinished Wood Available in an array of woods. These legs are inspired by designer Hans Wegner. Wegner Danish Modern dining-table leg, 27 inches, in Soft Maple, $26, tablelegs.com Stainless Steel Column legs make any coffee or side table look contemporary. (You can also give existing furniture a leg makeover.) Alice leg, 12 inches, in Brushed Stainless, $36, ferroushardware.com Tapered These have a classic midcentury shape. Get the bracket that positions legs at an angle for a sleek-looking console or coffee table. McCobb leg, 16 inches, in Soft Maple, $18, tablelegs.com Slim Brass If a table is going to bear a heavy load, check the leg’s weight restriction (multiply by how many legs you’ll use). Dunbar brass-plated tapered leg, 8 inches, in Polished Brass, $56, ferroushardware.com Powder-Coated Hairpin The synthetic coating ups the cost of each leg but also adds a pop of color. Powder-coated hairpin leg, in Red, from $12, hairpinlegsforless.com

table-legs-glossary-198-exp-4-d111305.jpg   Credit: Bryan Gardner

table-legs-glossary-198-exp-4-d111305.jpg Credit: Bryan Gardner

table-legs-glossary-198-exp-4-d111305.jpg

Credit: Bryan Gardner

From left to right:

Hairpin

These metal legs can skew industrial or modern.

Steel leg, from $12, hairpinlegsforless.com

Unfinished Wood

Available in an array of woods. These legs are inspired by designer Hans Wegner.

Wegner Danish Modern dining-table leg, 27 inches, in Soft Maple, $26, tablelegs.com

Stainless Steel

Column legs make any coffee or side table look contemporary. (You can also give existing furniture a leg makeover.)

Alice leg, 12 inches, in Brushed Stainless, $36, ferroushardware.com

Tapered

These have a classic midcentury shape. Get the bracket that positions legs at an angle for a sleek-looking console or coffee table.

McCobb leg, 16 inches, in Soft Maple, $18, tablelegs.com

Slim Brass

If a table is going to bear a heavy load, check the leg’s weight restriction (multiply by how many legs you’ll use).

Dunbar brass-plated tapered leg, 8 inches, in Polished Brass, $56, ferroushardware.com

Powder-Coated Hairpin

The synthetic coating ups the cost of each leg but also adds a pop of color.

Powder-coated hairpin leg, in Red, from $12, hairpinlegsforless.com