I backed my Sharon Schamber board with felt. Unless you do some wild and crazy ironing it just sits there. I went to my lumber yard and asked for a scrap from their scrap bin for my board and they gave me one free. I had some left over batting so all I needed to do was buy some canvas. It's getting kind of scroungy looking after months of use so eventually I'll take off the canvas and replace it.

Has anyone seen the woodworking pattern for a stepstool, chair, ironing board combination? That would sure fit into my tiny messing sewing room! :)

My brother (who can do anything) made my mom and I a super board. I showed him the pic in keepsake quilting and off he went to the work room. My mom made her own cover I was lazy and bought one from keepsake quilting. It sits on top of my ironing board.I just love it.

I use an antique wooden ironing board. I love it because it is larger than metal boards. The problem is tha I have to make the cover for it as it is too big for a regular ironing board cover.

I have a board that I purchased a gazillion years ago for our travel trailer. It sits on three legs that can be unscrewed for storage. Perfect size to put up on my table and press seams, corners, etc. Not large enough to do big projects, but it sure works out great as you work your way through putting blocks together.

I built an "ironing board" to fit over my existing oversized ironing board. I took a piece of melenine covered MDF 22"x60" and covered it with Insul-Bright. Then I made a removable cover from the teflon fabric used to make ironing board covers. I made a frame on the under side so it will fit secure over the existing ironing board. Now I can use the board at a comfortable standing height or lower it and use as extra table surface when needed.

In our house we have 3 ironing boards and they all get used. The board for my quilt room was a kitchen island with a stainless steel top that I covered and use with the mega steam iron. Then are there two regular irons and ironing boards, the kind from Target. On Sunday afternoons, (now don't laugh) my DH and I set them up facing each other and do all the ironing together. I likes his shirts and jeans ironed and he is so good at it, but I help him because it is fun time together, believe it or not. It is an ironing marathon. When he was in boot camp and they got their one trip to the PX, while others purchased candy and such, he bought an iron and ironing board and made money ironing for the other soliders! He actually does a better job than I do, I don't linger with the heat the way he does, lol.
Michelle G. in El Paso

I bought one that is about 20"x24" and is a cutting board on one side and the ironing side on the other.

Put an old, white sheet on top of the canvas, once you replace it with new, then you can take off the sheet, wash it and put it back on. That is what I do with mine, works great!
Michelle G. in El Paso

All the ideas here are fantastic