Hard to believe that this is your first model and render with Bryce. I have an idea how he made that curved arm, but a wireframe screenshot of that arm would be most helpfull. The rest of the table is much standard stuff that i would do blindfolded with two fingers up in my nose :)

Robert van der Veeke Basugasubasubasu Basugasubakuhaku Gasubakuhakuhaku!! "Better is the enemy of good enough." Dr. Mikoyan of the Mikoyan Gurevich Design Bureau.