Originally Posted by
Onebyone
The vintage boards are small. I have my great grandmother's wooden ironing board. My grandmother said it belonged to her grandmother as much as she remembered. Steam irons weren't used on wooden boards, in fact all she had on it was a double layer of denim fabric, no batting. My mother had a great heavy metal board she got with Green Stamps. I wish I had it now. She always got a new cover with Green Stamps every few years.
I had one of those little wooden ironing boards. I got it when I was young a lived in a tiny apartment. It was the perfect size for the apt. After I got married, I got rid of that one because my husband had a nice older metal one (for some unknown reason since he never ironed anything
but I still use that board. It really is nice and sturdy.