Ironing Boards – Helping to make ironing less monotonous

Ironing clothes is a tedious but necessary household chore. However, it can be made easier by using a good quality ironing board and there is a great selection on the market today.

An ironing board has a flat, padded surface on which clothes are placed for ironing, usually with a decorative cover made of heat-resistant fabric. The pad usually has ventilation “holes”, which allow steam from the iron to penetrate the clothing and escape out the bottom.

A good ironing board also has additional features to make ironing easier. These include ‘sleeves’, which are about 2 feet long and 6 to 8 inches wide, attached to the board, for ironing sleeves and small garments.

Another important feature is the iron rest. It is usually at the end of the board and is made of heat resistant material. A good iron stand is large enough to hold the iron securely without the risk of it falling over.

Types of ironing boards

There are three main types of ironing boards: portable, tabletop, and wall-mounted, each of which has its own advantages and disadvantages. To help select the best type of ironing board for your needs, you need to consider how often it will be used, where it will be placed, how much space is available, and what price range you can afford.

Portable ironing boards are the most common in American homes. They have extendable legs, which fold up for storage and unfold for use. They can be moved to whatever room in the house you want to iron and then put away when you’re done.

One advantage of portable ironing boards is the ability to adjust the height. For example, you may prefer to sit while ironing, rather than stand. And it helps to be able to easily adjust the height of the board, if the smaller members of the household want to iron clothes. However, portable ironing boards have the disadvantage that they are cumbersome to set up and cumbersome to move.

The second type of ironing board, the table board, has short legs and is designed to sit on a table or counter. These ironing boards are easy to transport and fit into a small space, making them popular with students in dorm rooms. But because they’re so small, it’s hard to fit larger items correctly on the board, which can be annoying when ironing sleeves or anything that needs to fit around the end of the board.

The third type of ironing board is mounted on the wall and then unfolds when needed for ironing. These wall mounted ironing boards are becoming more and more popular in modern homes. They have the advantage of saving space, which is a great advantage in a smaller house or apartment. They can even be installed in a walk-in closet or other confined space.

Even in larger homes, many people prefer wall-mounted ironing boards because they are so convenient. They only take seconds to fold up and stow away, so they save a lot of time. They also eliminate the need to carry the ironing board and unfold the awkward folding legs. Wall-mounted ironing boards are strong and sturdy, and can be rotated to any angle to the most convenient position for ironing.

Some wall-mounted ironing boards are designed to be easily installed by the average homemaker, without the need to call a dealer, and can therefore save you money on installation costs.

The history of ironing boards

Although we take ironing boards for granted today, it’s worth remembering that 100 years ago they were a huge novelty and were just beginning to appear in stores across the United States.

For centuries, people used to iron their clothes on any available flat surface. For example, the Vikings in the 9th century used flat pieces of whalebone, on which women ironed their clothes using hot rocks.

Later, in Europe, it became common for people to iron their clothes on the kitchen table, or on a flat board propped between two chairs. This practice spread to North America, and by the early 1800s there was much advice in housekeeping books about how big an ironing board should be, what it should be made of, and what kind of blanket or cloth it should be covered with. .

At around the same time, various ironing boards began to appear on the market, but there is some controversy as to who actually invented the ironing board.

In 1858, W. Vandenburg patented what he called the ironing table, and about three years later, Isaac Ronnie Bord of Georgetown, Delaware, obtained a patent for an adjustable horizontal flat surface for ironing underwear, garments, and bedding.

In 1892, an African-American woman, Sarah Boone, patented an ironing board that was the forerunner of the modern folding ironing board with a narrow, curved shape designed to make shirt ironing easier. (The term “iron”, of course, comes from the fact that the implements used to iron clothes were made of heavy cast iron, which was typically heated in the hearth or in a wood or coal stove.)

Improvements in ironing boards naturally followed the development of the iron, which became electrically powered and lighter. In the 1940s, manufacturers were producing all-metal folding ironing boards with tube feet, and the basic design of ironing boards has changed little since then.