A fun ironing board cover is so great. None of those 1950's kitchen-y looks. I got mine at a flea market in Melbourn AUS and it is aboriginal designs all over it. My friends down under couldn't quite figure if I was truly nuts to lug it all the way back to the US in a back pack. I wouldn't give it up for anything.
Something as beautiful as yours is a treasure of memories.
Mim