mary123

What is the most comfortable height you like your ironing board or ironing station to be at?
I am 5' 7", so I am curious about people that are my height and what they like the height of that to be.
Thank you so very much!
Happy Sewing!

Stitchnripper

I think the more important question is what height is most comfortable for you? I am guessing you have experimented and there is a place where you don't get discomfort from pressing? And if you do then you can adjust up or down to fit your specific needs.

LGJARN52

I'm shorter than you are, about 5'5" ( I've shunk with old age) and from the floor to the top of my ironing board it's 31". Comfortable without a lot of bending over for ironing.

Iceblossom

What an interesting question -- I had absolutely no idea. I am 5'6" and have a long torso with relatively short arms and legs.

I do have an extra large heavy duty ironing board (with the stand on the end for the steamer unit) that stays set up all the time. It is super sturdy and stable. Since I hate to iron, sometimes I turn on music and do some basic exercises like leg lifts/lunges while ironing and I can use the board as a gentle support.

It is to a height where my elbow bends at 90 degrees to hold the handle of the iron. Part of this is for my back, part of it is because of my vision issues. Turns out I am at the max of the board and 36" high on the top of the board. Maybe up to 2" inches lower might be better, but then the vision issues kick in and I start leaning and squinting.

Snooze2978

I'm only 5.5" but I"m short waisted so the ironing board is about where my waist is. Plus as I made my cutting tble out of 2 sections of custom made cabinets (botton section), it just happened to be the same height so I can move my ironing board over when I have a large piece of fabric to press and not let it hang over the side.

tropit

I'm tall, close to 5'9" and I like to roll my office chair over to my ironing station, which is at desk height, to do quick presses. For bigger ironing tasks, I have to stand and it's a bit low for me.

Stitchnripper

Looks like there is not one definitive answer. I didn't measure mine, because it works for me and probably not for anyone else.

Gay

I'm 5'2" and my ironing boards are about 2" below waist/elbow height. Never thought of measuring before.

Cam's gram

I've found that about countertop height works for me. My ironing station is a work bench from Harbor Freight. DH plugged the holes on the top and added castors to the bottom so I could move it. I added batting and make the ironing top..

Onebyone

I was told the right height to cut is when you do not have back ache after cutting for a little while. My back did hurt when cutting so I changed table heights. I'm 5' 2 and found 37" is the right height for me. I started out with counter height and added one-inch risers.