Ironing board storage

I'm so glad that the holidays are over. It's my favorite time of the year but after it's all said and done I'm just wiped out! We had a busy month between Matt and Levi's birthday, our 7th wedding anniversary and Christmas. In between it all I did have time to find a way to hang our ironing board in the laundry room.

I went to Pinterest and found my inspiration from The House of Smiths. She has a Silhouette but I don't.

If you aren't lucky enough to have the Silhouette vinyl machine then I'm going to show you how to make this the old fashioned way. Maybe someday I will buy a Silhouette!

I made this out of an old pallet that I grabbed on the curb. I had Matt pull off the pieces that I wanted to save for future projects. So here's what I started out with.


I read online to wipe the board down with bleach to kill any bacteria so I did just that.


Once the bleach was dry I filled in the cracks with white wood putty.


I let the wood putty sit for a few hours to dry really well and then I sanded it down to make it smooth. Here's the part that doesn't require a Silhouette. I went to Hobby Lobby and purchased the stick on letters for about $1.50. They have tons of choices so pick out what you like. I cut out each letter and placed it on the board to get an idea of where I wanted them to go. I did draw a line across the top in pencil to make sure I put the letters on level.

Once I had an idea of where I wanted the words to be I painted 2 coats of primer and then 2 coats of semi-gloss white paint. After the paint dried I carefully pealed my letters off and placed each one on.

*Tip* If you have a letter that starts to come up put a light coat of glue on the back of the letter and glue it down. Some of the corners of the letters started to peel up but after a little glue they're perfect again.


Before I show you the finished product I added picture hooks to the back of the board. But I didn't have any picture hooks so I used soda can tabs instead. I used pliers to bend the top of the tab out a bit and then put a huge glob of hot glue on top.


Here it is all finished. I purchased the two hooks from Walmart for $3 each. I did have Matt cut the extra wood off. This measures 18 inches long.

Now I just need to find an ironing board cover that I like and I will almost be done with the laundry room re-do.


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