[a9h74j]

Three-quarter- or one-inch diameter EMT could give a similar look, be easier to cut (if required), be less expensive, and be strong enough. It might take a little figuring how to do the joins, but that can be the case with threaded iron pipe as well.

Somehow a search this morning sent me to Pinterest with a lot of photos of decorative knots. That might be a way to do some joins between crossbars, as well. (I hear macrame is coming back!)

[fantasticshower]

I've used Maker Pipe [0] for constructing with EMT before and would recommend it.

[0] https://makerpipe.com

[a9h74j]

Nice. Hacksaw, 5mm hex wrench, imagination.

[papa_bear]

Makes sense, I imagine someone with more handyman skills could get this done for 1/10th the price. The pre-threaded steel pipe has a good amount of weight to it though to keep it stable, and it took zero skill to put together :P