I bought a fancy new ironing board, with an appealing plasticized lavender cover included, before the in-laws came to stay with us for a month. I had a tabletop version before, that worked fine for me but would never do for daily iron-ers. They used the new one after they unpacked, and then were unable to close it, as were any of the rest of us. It stood open in our living room the whole month they were here, and after they left we devoted a ridiculous amount of time to trying to collapse it. I would be embarrassed to admit we never succeeded, if there weren't five other people who failed beside us. It could not be done. We ultimately had a great time demolishing in enthusiastically on moving day (that was back when we had a garage to store things like uncollapsible ironing boards until oh, moving time).
Looking back, I think it probably wasn't as fancy as I thought, and had some sort of defect. That lavender cover was probably what convinced me it was the newer, better, ironing board.
Which brings me to this, which comes separate from an ironing board and therefore can't influence a purchase, but if it did come with an ironing board I WOULD TOTALLY BUY IT, even if it was guaranteed never to close again, because...well, look:
Typography on an ironing board cover. I think it might have been designed just for me, to convert me into the sort of domesticated being who irons her bedsheets (I now know one other person beside my mother-in-law who really does that. Really!). It might even look kind of good, open forever in the middle of the living room, if it came to that.All that for €59, in pink or green, at The Collection (under Accessories) - pricey even without the exchange rate and the international shipping and all, but having something that inspires me to iron? Probably priceless!
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