Ironing Board, Shmironing Board
Who need one anyway? I’ve used an iron probably twice in the last five years!
This ugly orange ironing board was in the laundry room, behind a door in the spot where I want to build a much needed storage cabinet so it had to go.
I was trying to use it somewhere (because I had it) and the closet made sense. But it was Uuugly!
So, I took care of that, because after my last house, that orangy oak makes me throw up in my mouth a little bit!
Hate it BUT that is just a personal preference. I realize some people love it and that’s O.K!
Then I created a pocket of plastic (that I had to crawl in and out of) where I was going to quietly remove a chunk of drywall, add a couple horizontal braces and install the ironing board. It was MAYBE going to go really smoothly, though I wasn’t holding my breath.
It didn’t! The existing studs are too close together and I DO NOT want to move the outlet or the stud so I’m not installing it.
Moving on. These floors are just killin’ me…
I hear you! Orangey oak = blech, blech, nasty blech.
My husband adores the stuff. I call it nasty orange oak, but he calls is “golden oak” which I believe is the actual name. It screams 1985 to me and I can’t stand it. And it is ALL OVER MY HOUSE! My kitchen/dining floor and my kitchen and all the bathrooms. I’m painting it all.
Unfortunately, my husband won’t let me paint his two large bookcases, credenza, filing cabinet, desk, and hutch (that he bought before we got married) that are all, you guessed it, orange oak!
I would LOVE tutorial on refinishing that floor. I’m not sure if I’m up for DIYing that one.
Harold, I’m sorry I make it seem like a “girls club” here. It’s not. It’s great to hear your thoughts and comments. I don’t know about doing anything cool with it. I’ll probably donate it to Habitat Restore so someone can use it as it was meant to be used. It would be handy but I just don’t think I have a place for it and like I said, I don’t iron so it doesn’t really matter anyway.
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How about turning your built-in ironing board into a coffee table. Then, you could iron sideways. Or make the ironing board a magazine holder. Just kidding. I’m sure you will do something cool.
(Disclaimer: I’m a guy. I hope it’s ok to write a comment and read your blog)
No need for a bulky ironing board! Just get a tabletop ironing pad. I just toss mine on the counter in the laundry room when I need to use it, and fold it back up and put it away when I’m done.
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There are also tutorials online for sewing your own, so you could have your pick of backing fabric.
Oh! And those horribly tacky cheap parquet floors throughout the house, except in the kitchens and baths, which have that horribly tacky and massively overused 1×1 beige tiling. Also, all of the floors were just slapped down on the cement slab without any thought or measuring, or subfloor, or I suspect, mud. There’s as much as a quarter inch height difference between tiles, and gaps between the tiles that vary from almost non-existent to almost an inch! I keep finding the little spacers all over the yard, so I can only assume that they thought they were toys for their boys.
These are the people who built a deck out front with regular old 2×4’s! I’m glad that was gone by the time we moved in.