If you are still looking for a design idea - here's one that looks a lot like what you've come up with. Not sure that its bent -- looks to me like the grain doesn't follow the curve. From crate and barrel:
Tate Storage Coat Rack Tree + Reviews | Crate & Barrel. As an alternative to steam bending, you could consider making each 'leg' from two pieces - each with the grain running parallel to the long dimension and then put them together with a bridle joint - which would be plenty strong enough. You could even make the top pieces out of different stock to give it a different color.
Tate Storage Coat Rack Tree + Reviews | Crate & Barrel. As an alternative to steam bending, you could consider making each 'leg' from two pieces - each with the grain running parallel to the long dimension and then put them together with a bridle joint - which would be plenty strong enough. You could even make the top pieces out of different stock to give it a different color.
