We recently updated master bath.(no baseboards yet) I love mine, I keep the iron under sink because instuctions said not to store iron with water inside built-in.(Rust?) Works out great. It's in dressing area of bath. Our cabinet people ordered it. The board can be raised and angled for comfort

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What a beautiful bathroom.

We put a built in ironing board in my Mom's house and she loves it. Bought it at Lowes, and have also seen them at Home Depot.

I too am considering a built-in ironing board. Someone else posted this link in another discussion on the laundry forum to a built-in ironing board that I thought had some very good features. I'd love to hear from anyone that has bought it, installed it, and used it.

Here is a link that might be useful: ironing board

We use a fold away board of a different design from all the others out there. It's made by a company called Better Lifestyle Products. It's build is heavy duty and it's proven to be a stable, solid product for us. The cover is ugly beyond belief, but since it's hidden in our very small laundry room (less than 40 sq ft) it wasn't a show stopper. You can also build this item into a closet. Since we got ours, they've come out with some new models that give a little more flexibility. If we were buying now, I'd have gotten their new design which folds into a narrower (but taller) area. It's not quite a full size board, but larger than the iron-away/Nutone, etc.

Here are some quick pictures from our laundry room (the wall color was a concession to the girls in the house).

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Here is a link that might be useful: Better Lifestyle Products

mc58 Thanks, we like it too. Pam

Thanks, Gordon and Pam! The Better Lifestyle board was the one I was asking about but I forgot to put the name of the product in my post.

This is one of the nicer built-in boards I have seen.

We installed this model a couple of years ago and love it.

Here is a link that might be useful: Built-In Ironing Board

I have one in a drawer in my kitchen - since I have no space in laundry area or anywhere else for that matter. Probably wouldn't work in your closet but in case anyone else is looking for ideas.

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Considering one too...however, do all these allow adequate pressure on the board...? I envision pressing down and the legs not really being sturdy. And they seem to be shorter than my 52" free standing.

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You can't sit on them, but I had one for years and it handled normal ironing really well.

The board height can be adjusted by installing the cabinet higher or lower. Some of the really old ones could be raised and lowered inside their cabinet.

Board length is usually shorter than a free-standing board, which may be a problem for ironing some things.

But being able to drop the board down, iron anf fold it back up ... priceless.

I wish they had ones that had legs that dropped to the floor to give support. The one video on the iron away seems like it bends down with any pressure. We iron everything versus the dry cleaner for cotton pants, so the length and sturdiness is key. We just love our free standing one, but it never gets put away...it is always erected.

I've my Iron-A-Way for 13 years now, and I'd say it's very sturdy. It does flex a tiny bit if you really bear down on the iron, but we've never had any problems at all with it.

I've found that if you use a good iron with enough steam and/or dampen things (esp. linen) that you really don't need to *press* down all that hard to get good results when ironing. It's the heat and steam that does the work, I think, more than heavy pressure.

Have you see the Hafele Ironfix Shelf-mounted Ironing Board?

Here is a link that might be useful: Kitchen Source

I'm remodeling my (b. 1948) house and thinking about the current built-in ironing board ... well, the hardware for it. No board.

I assume the bracket is what a board was supposed to be attached to? And the metal base is for storing the iron? (Though at 3.5" in depth, I can't see many irons fitting there now.)

I'm contemplating trying to keep it. There's no space for storing a full height ironing board here. It has to be stored somewhere else so it would be nice to have something close for quick jobs.

If I keep it, I'll replace the casework.

Thoughts?

Irons and ironing boards appear frequently on craigslist.