Ironing dressers: functions and types

Ironing board - a necessary item in any home, and at the same time the most useless. During ironing, you can not do without it, and when the laundry is ironed, there remains an absurd design that destroys the pleasant appearance of the home environment. It needs to be folded and cleaned every day, just to know where. Moreover, during the daily transformation, it is easy to nail your fingers with a massive board. An ironing chest solves several problems at once, it is a beautiful, multifunctional piece of furniture, and fingers do not suffer.

Ironing chest significantly saves space. In addition to the ironing surface, it is equipped with various shelves, drawers, baskets and other storage elements. At once, many things find their permanent place and do not create chaos in the apartment. It is very convenient to have an iron, a sprayer, a sleeve on hand, and then easily hide everything until the next ironing.

Most often, industry produces "transformers" that easily mask the boardturning it into a familiar piece of furniture. This design is placed in any room where there is enough space for transformation and comfortable ironing. Therefore, dressers can be found in a variety of purposes: for the hall - elegant or presentable cabinets; for the bedroom - full-fledged designs with large drawers for linen.

In the bedroom, hallway or kitchen, you can pick up an ironing chest in vintage style or Provence with baskets of vines, rattan, bamboo and other natural material. Dressers equipped with mirrors are also suitable in the hallway and bedroom. A large selection of designs allows you to install exactly the type of furniture that matches the given situation.

It is good that an unknown genius came up with the happy thought of turning a plain, annoying ironing board into a nice and useful piece of furniture. Chests are arranged in different ways, depending on the purpose. They may contain linen, bookshelves, household items, stationery drawers, and necessarily - a built-in board.

For the convenience of ironing, the height of the chest should not exceed ninety centimeters. The width of the product varies from 50 cm (when the structure is folding) to the full scale of the whole board. In rooms with a large footage, wide chests of drawers are quite acceptable.

The frame device is not much different from a conventional chest of drawers, it consists of a back wall, side surfaces, bottom, top cover. Sometimes frames are made through, without back walls, and shelves are filled with baskets. The ironing board can be transformed in different ways: to fold, extend or simply lie on the surface of the dresser. The dresser itself has a diverse filling system: shelves, boxes, baskets. The basis for the design can be small legs, movable rollers or a basement bottom.

Often an ironing set includes ironing devices:

• sleeves - without their help it is difficult to smooth the sleeves;
• iron stand or storage box;
• cord clamps;
• gauze with which to steam things;
• covers for the board.

To assess the capabilities of the ironing chest, you need to consider all the pros and cons of the design. Let's start with the virtues.

• Save space. The advantage of the “transformer” is that, occupying a small area, it solves several problems: ironing and storage system.
• The dresser is esthetic. From a wide variety of designs, you can choose a product that matches the color of the room and style.
• You no longer need to look for a place for a huge board and have difficulty installing it. The transforming device quickly and easily turns a cute piece of furniture into an ironing board.
• All ironing accessories are hidden in a dresser: an iron, an arm sleeve, gauze and many other useful things.
• Some models are equipped with a special hanger, ironed linen is thrown on it. During ironing, things are also stacked on the shelf of the chest of drawers.
• Small items of clothing can be ironed without unfolding the structure or lifting only one section of it.
• The base of the chest is more stable for the ironing process than the folding design of an independent board.

The ironing chest has its drawbacks, which you should definitely talk about, to get the most complete picture.

• Ironing is better on a solid board than on its three sections.
• You will have to pay more for a chest of drawers with a board than for an ironing structure on legs.
• The constant set height is not subject to regulation.
• Two lateral movable sections can not withstand heavy loads, you can not lean on them and put heavy objects.
• If the folding sections are too short or the ironing board does not have them, but is the surface of the chest of drawers, it is impossible to put on a dress or t-shirt on this design, which will affect the quality of the ironing.
• You cannot put an ironing chest in an empty corner or a place between furniture. In order for sections to unfold unhindered, and to be comfortable ironing, he should stand apart.

The variety of ironing chests of drawers allows you to choose them for any interior, taking into account the style, color, material, configuration, size, folding methods and filling possibilities. Designs vary in different ways.

Ironing chest is a "transformer", which can turn from ordinary furniture into a structure for ironing.Thanks to the presence of a special folding mechanism, a similar transformation takes place. There are several ways to fold.

• Retractable models. Transformation occurs by moving the surface along the guides. The side wall of the dresser on the roller moves to the side, an ironing board lays on it. This variety refers to small boards that extend along with the drawer. This design is not very stable, and the working surface is insufficient for comfortable ironing. When the drawer closes, the chest of drawers becomes a common piece of furniture.

• Folding. They consist of three parts, where the central section is the surface of the chest of drawers, and the two side sections go down. In the expanded form, the additional sections abut against retractable or swinging supports, while the integrity of the board is maintained in a soft form due to the special close-fitting.

• Shortened. These are small boards, are the surface of the chest of drawers. The design is extremely simple, but insufficient size complicates the ironing process.

Dressers with ironing board can be in any room: living room, bedroom, hallway, bathroom. The purpose of the fillers is laid in their structure. For example, for a cabinet-type room, open shelves or a storage system consisting of small drawers are suitable. In the hallway they install a structure with a shelf for shoes and drawers for hats, gloves. In the bedroom or bathroom, you can define a Scandinavian style chest of drawers, with many removable drawers or baskets. Classic designs are best placed in the living room.

The base on which the board rests plays an important role. The stability of the entire system and the convenience of ironing depend on it. Supports come in many forms.

• Without legs. Legless ironing chests are very stable. The bottom is the bottom of the structure itself.
• On small legs. It is difficult to clean under such a piece of furniture, since the distance from the bottom of the dresser to the floor is very small.
• Roller construction. Mobile and convenient, it is easy to move and install in the right place.
• Board rests on short struts coming out of the sides of the dresser.

Ironing dressers look different, their shapes and sizes are quite diverse. Structurally, they are:

• open when looking through empty shelves or baskets;
• closed, with hinged doors or tight-fitting drawers;
• with long side folding sections of the ironing board, which are raised during ironing;
• with a solid board, it is also the top cover of the chest of drawers;
• part of the furniture itself.

The material of the ironing chest is no different from the composition of other pieces of furniture, there is the same variety and choice. Let us dwell on some types of materials.

• Wood. Wood furniture is environmentally friendly, there are no glue impregnations that will evaporate under the influence of a hot iron. Over time, high temperatures can affect the working surface, such a chest of drawers cannot be put in the bathroom, it is afraid of dampness, and costs much more than the “fellow” of particleboard. But the grandeur and beauty of wooden furniture makes you forget the slight inconvenience.

• MDF and particleboard. If you cannot afford a chest of drawers made of wood, you can buy a budget option from chip-pressed plates. Outwardly they completely imitate a wooden surface. It is quite possible to choose coatings in the form of a cut of pine, oak, cedar, alder and other species of different structures and shades. Before buying, you should familiarize yourself with the certificates, read the composition of glue and varnish. If toxic impregnations are noted, such furniture is unsuitable for use in everyday life. It must be remembered that MDF in structure has a higher density than particleboard, and better withstands temperature differences.

• Plywood. This material is mainly used for the back walls and for filling the chest of drawers.

• Thermoplastic. This type of plastic is used, since the usual one does not tolerate temperature heating. Sometimes the material is used fragmentarily, it is not involved in the manufacture of the ironing board itself.

• Metal. To facilitate the design, the models use through walls and mesh surfaces. The baskets filling the dresser are viewed from all sides. With the same success they use art forging. The metal for the ironing chest should be well-protected with a corrosion-resistant coating, otherwise it will collapse from the process of steaming the fabric over time.

• Rattan models, but they are not stable enough, which is unacceptable for using an ironing board.

You should pay attention to the upholstery of the board itself. A removable cover makes it easier to care for, usually made from inexpensive cotton fabric. Over time, from constant contact with a hot iron, the fabric deteriorates and the cover needs to be replaced. Synthetic covers made of heat-resistant material last much longer; they are able to repel water. Sometimes, blotches are introduced into the textile of the cover, helping to clean the burning surface of the iron. Expensive covers have elements that facilitate smoothing the fabric.

When choosing a chest of drawers with an ironing board, you need to pay attention to well-known brands, customer reviews and many other criteria. Consider a few recommendations of buyers who have already encountered the choice of this product.

1. Before buying, you should decide on the place where the chest of drawers will stand. The function of the furniture depends on the purpose of the room, and, accordingly, its content.
2. The chest of drawers should harmoniously enter the environment, creating a single color and stylistic ensemble.
3. The board is not adjustable up and down, so a model with a comfortable height option is immediately selected.
4. "Transformers" are more convenient than ordinary dressers with an ironing surface. They are easy to fold, and the furniture will get its usual look. If you choose solid boards, then in most cases they are inferior in size to folding models.
5. The folding mechanism is checked, the more understandable and simpler it is, the less it will break during operation.
6. Pay attention to the cover, it should have a heat-resistant fabric and the possibility of simplified ironing.
7. It is better to choose a design equipped with additional elements: a grid for linen, a place to store the iron, an arm sleeve.
8. The purchase is examined for defects, the accompanying documentation is checked: certificate, warranty card.

An overview of a folding ironing chest of drawers with baskets see the next video.