I have an old dresser in the basement and I am planning to convert it into an ironing surface and storage for my sewing room.
I have an old cotton quilted mattress cover with a hole in it, that I will trim to fit the top. I also have an old torn metallic coated table-size ironing pad that I can rescue a piece to cover the mattress pad and top of the dresser.
All I have to do is wait for the snow to go away, so I can move the desk out of my sewing room and the dresser in. No getting it down the basement stairs!