Wooden ironing board ideas repurposed

Believe it or not, one of my favorite chores while growing up was ironing. I started out with my dad’s hankies (yes, believe it or not, ironing hankies was a thing … in fact, hankies t…

I love picking up old, wood ironing boards because you can do so many things with them. I like old ironing boards because the wood usually has the best patina t…

This is one of our favorite projects to date because we got to start with such an amazing piece to begin with, and the finished product is so versatile! As one of our garage sale finds, we picked up this vintage ironing board for $10. It was in great shape and could still fold down,...

I purchased this old wooden ironing board at the antique shop last week. I didn't get it super cheaply, but I knew it would be perfect ...

So hiding in the corner of this estate sale was a vintage wooden ironing board. This was a typical vintage ironing board with iron fold up legs. Some suggest taking the legs off but I decided to keep it in original condition.This was a typical vintage iro

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My friend, and felter extraordinaire, Kathleen Gerdes, recently had a "Yard Fair" at her home - half Yard Sale and half Craft Fair. My big purchase? A vintage wooden ironing board! I had no place for it, and no use for it (I'm downsizing, remember?,) but couldn't seem to leave without putting it in my car. I'm so glad I did! It was leaning against the side of Kathleen's garage when I first spotted it. Kathleen had planned to paint sunflowers on it but, like most of us, had just too many…

I mentioned the other day that I had made a sofa table for the living room, so today I wanted to show you what it started out as. It was a beautiful, old ironing board. I cut off the curved end and made it into a skinny table. Super easy! {If you are thinking, I'm crazy...SORRY, but I'm glad I did. Don't get me wrong I was a little nervous that I was completely ruining the piece. I'm just happy it worked out as I was imagining it!} I had originally thought I would sale it, but when I…

When we emptied Greg's parents' house, after his father passed away, one of the items I carted home was a vintage ironing board. I could tell, without removing the cover, that the board was made of wood. I hated to throw the old ironing board away. I figured eventually I'd find a new use for it. Tha

I LOVE to repurpose things to have a new job so when a good customer asked if I would relove this antique ironing board to become their ne...