Ironing

Settler

I bought an ironing board that gets attached to the wall in spare bedroom, so all I have to do is raise it and lower it, brill and when hands are bad I use travel iron or pay a really nice girl I know to do it

stickywicket

That sounds like a good solution, settler. I know of someone else who has one of those boards fixed to the wall because of arthritis. I long ago gave up wrestling with an ironing board and just use the dining room table with a special pad on top. I've used a lightweight iron for about 45 years. Every little helps, eh

villier

That is a good solution settler and thanks for sharing with us only problem is I don't have a spare room

dibdab

I use the lovely lady at the ironing shop just up the road!!!! Best few pounds a week I've ever spent.

Deb x

barbara12

Thanks for that settler ..I had forgotten all about them .. am sick of asking hubby to get the board out... :roll:

Cariad71

Or you could do what I do... NEVER iron and rely on body heat to get any creases out!!

Life's too short for ironing!

dreamdaisy

I often wonder why the built-in ironing board (popular in the 50s) has passed into the annals of history. I have replaced my ironing board and iron with much lighter models and now only iron his stuff - that makes my life easier! DD

Loulou77

Caraid, I very rarely iron either lol! Only if things are creased badly.

hileena111

Hi
I don't iron a lot Just hang things up neatly and most of them don't need ironed.....OK some of them need ironed but very few
Peter is quite good....since he retired he took over his own ironing and I have so little that he will say have you got anything {sometimes!!!} usually only one thing.....and he'll do it as well.
If I'm stuck I ask him to get the board out, use the perch stool and put the ironing board lower. I can only manage abut 3 things at a time :oops:

Love
Hileena

Fionabee

I hope this doesn't appear twice, having probs this morning, have been logged out & had to log in x 2??
A couple of yrs ago we bought a LARGE ironing board, thought it would be useful. Well it's so blooming big it can only be used in certain locations. I did my first bit of ironing on Friday, wriggling it into position between end of bed and dressing table (so i could watch Breaking Bad on the TV) I stumbled back parking my behind on the foot board of the bed, I was at JUST the right height to iron (fairly) comfortably. Have never had much joy sitting, always end up standing.
Like most here, I iron minimally, only things that show, everything else gets a good pull into shape!
Fionabee

Loulou77

If I do iron, I always do it sat down in front of the TV lol It's such a boring job otherwise!!

stickywicket

Yes, I'm all for your method, cariad71. It's unfortunate that I hate ironing but much prefer natural fibres but, hey, the creased-and-crumpled look will return soon, I'm sure, and then I'll be at the forefront of fashion

Boomer13

I use the fluff, low-dryer heat-and-hang method. I was never good at ironing anyway (uhem, you're not asked to do what you're no good at... ).

I have these two fabulous cotton blouses that are "wrinkle resistant". Whatever they have had done to them works like magic; they never look crumpled, even though what's inside might