Vitality

Today I made this new ironing station with six Ikea Lack Tables and a top I made with plywood. Nice big area to iron on, and additional storage
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tessagin

That is cool. Can always use extra storage. My cousin has one similar and keeps all her iron on fusibles and spray bottles and cans of spray starch etc. But I don't have to tell you what you're going to store under. You already know and probably have it full by now.

lots2do

Great idea! Will have to check those tables out.

Tartan

Very nice!

Vitality

I actually don't have anything in it yet… been working on another project… making a sewing table that has a shelf below so my machine can sit flush with the table top. Will finish it tomorrow.

PABerard

Brilliant! And I love the color

quiltingcandy

Nice ironing station! I love my homemade ironing board - so much better than using the regular ironing board, and I couldn't afford to buy the one big one at the quilt shows.

Mariposa

Nice idea!

Vitality

It's a nice big surface… 65 x 24.. could have been made bigger, but thats what I had room for and thought was big enough. The tables are about $10 each. I drill holes in the feet and matching ones in the tops and use a peg of dowel and wood glue to make them permanently two high. Then I use zip ties around the middle legs to cinch them together. I stuck small pieces of that rubbery shelf liner between them as a buffer so they aren't squeaking against each other and such. And I use a big piece of that stuff on the top to make the plywood grip onto the top… and voila!

Vitality

Here are photos of my cutting/work table which is made in the same manner:
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