How to make an ironing board with your own hands?

For high-quality, and most importantly, convenient ironing of clothes and linen, a modern iron with the necessary options will not be enough, because for such work we will also need specially equipped equipment. An ironing board is what you need more.

Of course, today there are no problems finding ironing boards. In any specialized store you can find many different models. And yet there is another fairly simple way that will allow you to acquire this necessary item in everyday life - you can make an ironing board with your own hands. Such a thing can even be presented as a gift to a loved one. Such a gift will be appreciated when they find out that you did everything yourself.

Washed, and then stroked all the clothes and linen, now the question arises: "Where to put and hide the board?". Typically, ironing boards are left in the room when unfolded, and some fold it after each ironing and tidy it up behind some furniture to free up space in the room. That's just such folding and unfolding takes a lot of time and effort. There is an excellent way out - a retractable ironing board.

This built-in type of ironing design combines many advantages.

1. Easy installation. For the most simple use, the board is attached to the wall. Several special fasteners are screwed to the wall, and then the board itself is then installed on them. By the way, it is recommended to choose a place prudently, so that there is a socket next to the built-in design.
2. Significant space savings. Households can not be limited in movement, because the ironing unit can now be hidden in a closet, and this, in turn, will give the room more free space.
3. Practicality. You need to iron the clothes - the board is taken out of the closet, stroked - hidden back.
4. Appearance. A folding ironing design is made out according to the style of the interior, thereby complementing the overall picture of the entire space.
5. Reliability of the strongest design. All these qualities provide an ironing board for a long operational period. For example, there are models that are equipped with a strong metal frame with thoughtful details.

Now you need to figure out how to mount this option yourself, make drawings and a diagram. A special mechanism allows you to lower and raise the countertop if necessary, which is very convenient. In addition to the countertops, in this design for ironing, there is also a frame built into the wall niche and a footrest.

First of all, before mounting the ironing board, you need to make a niche where the device will be folded. That is, first you need to make a storage for the ironing structure. It is easier to make a niche in a frame-type house. It is only necessary to pull out the inner lining in order to give the niche a special shape with the help of wooden boards.

• We determine the size of the future board. The optimal length of a home-made worktop made of wood will be the size - 130 cm, the width of the device should be 40 cm. The furniture panel should be measured, focusing on these parameters. It is better to choose a shield shape with rounded corners. When using a board with such angles, the upholstery will not suffer.

• Next, you need to prepare several bars, the size of which is 3.5x4x430 cm, and three bars with a size of 3.5x4x410 cm. Of course, these parameters may differ: everything will depend on the space of the room and the growth of households who will use the ironing board.

• For precise and quick cutting of the element using an electric jigsaw. At the edges, the part is machined by a milling machine.

• 52 cm are measured on a long bar, 5 cm are measured on the other side. Marking places need to be marked, and then through holes should be drilled in the marked places, you need to use a drill with an 8-mm drill. Do the same with other bars.

• Thanks to cork drills, a selection is created on two long bars. Thus, the bolt heads will not stand out, they will be completely recessed in the material.

• Next, connect the 3 received beams with bolts. It is better to use fasteners marked M10. The bar in the middle rotates 180 degrees.

• From the edges of a short beam we measure 3 cm, we create 8-mm holes. On one side we make a selection.

• Then similar holes are drilled, but only at an indent of 2 cm. Sampling is done on one side.

• Long bars with short bolts.

• The made supports from long and short bars are fixed to the countertop. In this case, you should indent along the edges by 18 cm.

• Using a milling machine on the other side of the countertop create a recess for one leg, so it will fold inward when the transformer structure unfolds.

• Now you can begin to trim the upholstery type of the panel.This should be done taking into account the dimensions of the countertop. Size 150x50 cm is considered optimal.

• On the lining fabric, you need to circle the countertop so that after you cut the fabric and place the cut piece on the surface.

• Now the countertop needs to be turned over to be placed on top of the upholstery material with the wrong side up. The edges of the upholstery fabric are wrapped and fixed on the ironing structure. For mounting, it is better to use a stapler.

See how to make a transformer ironing board in the video below.