I just had a piece of wood cut at Lowes and made my own large ironing board (several tutorials on youtube) It was the best thing I ever did. I just set the huge ironing board on top of my old ironing board and use it that way. I didn't even put anything on the bottom of the board to hold it as they suggest, it just stays. I thought I was going to take it out when ironing large pieces of fabric but I just leave it out and use it everyday as a work/iron surface. I love it! Wished I would of made it a long time ago, it would of made ironing so much easier. I recently purchased a Panasonic cordless iron and it is fantastic. I have hand issues so just placing the iron on the base is saving my hands from tilting my wrist up to the regular iron standing position.