Do you have limited space in your laundry room? Space in our house is a high price commodity that is used to the best of our ability (not really but I like to think so:). I saw a hang-on-your door ironing board at my local home improvement warehouse, and thought I could do some magic with this thing. It was a fold up board with metal J pieces to support it to the top of the door. I decided I could make a plywood box and insert it into the wall and then attach the ironing board to that box. First what I did was found an area between two studs that would lend enough space for the ironing board and the box that would encase it. Finding an area for the box was an easy project because I was in the process of building the closet for the washer/dryer and the drywall was not up yet. If I had to do it again I would have to use a stud finder. I built the box with 1/2″ birch plywood and trim nails, then installed it between the two studs with a nail gun from the inside. Then I trimmed it up with regular door casing. I installed the ironing board with two copper 3/4″ pipe braces w/sheetrock screws this took the place of the J bracing for installation on the top of the door. Once I made sure everything worked the way that I had planned I removed the ironing board and painted the box and trim.

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