We had an expensive oak entertainment center with 2 drawers, and lots of cubby holes. I had my husband cut it down to a little shorter than ironing board height and reconnect the heavy top. He trimmed out the connection between the top and the bottom We had made a 2 ft x 4 ft ironing board with 2 layers of batting and Insulbrite and topped with a layer of Teflec that fit over an ironing board. It had 1x2 blocks that we put on the bottom of the ironing table. It fit on an ironing board which I hated because it wobbled when you ironed anything on it. We simply put a non slip surface on the bottom of the 1 x 2 pieces on the bottom of the iron table. Now I can take the iron table off and use the top of the old entertainment center to put my cutting mat on or you can leave the iron table on all the time. The old entertainment center has lots of storage space for thread, tools, and fabric and cubby to store a suitcase I use when I take stuff to a retreat or sewing day. You can't sell the old entertainments centers, so second hand stores are filled with them. I saw several this week at secondhand stores for $25.00 to $60.00. I love it and it is the envy of all my quilting friends.