Originally Posted by burnsk
Wondering if anyone has had this problem and found a solution. I am tall and would love to find a "tall" ironing board. I checked at Bed-Bath & Beyond, Sears, Meijers, Target to no avail. Looked on-line and they all seem to be the same height. Ironing is hard on my back and shoulders. If I could find a tall and extra-wide ironing board I would be in seventh heaven. Would like a wider one but would settle for just a taller one.
Here's an idea for you. I never put my ironing board away. The frame part was a huge waste of space so I found a used dresser on craigslist.
I picked the iron up and held it above the dresser and measured how far it was to the dresser top and that gave me the measurement for the riser. The riser is two pieces of MDF and a 4X4 fence post cut into 4 inch sections. It gave me a total rise of about 5.5 inches.