Wall-mounted folding ironing board

Customized ironing board

User at ironing board
User at ironing board

Description
An ordinary ironing board was modified so that it is now wall-mounted and hinged. The height of the ironing board when folded out is adapted to the user. An electric outlet for the iron is on the wall next to the ironing board. A metal chain holds the ironing board in place against the wall when it is not in use.

Made by
User’s husband

Purchased from
Housewares store

Paid for by
The user

Whose idea
Lotta Moberg

Editors comments
Granberg, www.granberg.se sells wall-mounted hinged ironing boards (last checked June 2017).
Ikea, www.ikea.com sells a table ironing board which is much cheaper (last checked June 2017).
See also www.spinalistips.se/tips-strykbrada-inbyggd-i-en-kokslada-37.html

This tip is from 2006

Ironing board folded down
Ironing board folded down
Metal chain holds ironing board in place against the wall
Metal chain holds ironing board in place against the wall
Ironing board attached to spacer with a hinge
Ironing board attached to spacer with a hinge

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Tipsare: Lotta

Together with her husband, her daughter, three dogs and a cat Lotta lives in a two-story house in the countryside. She is working as a volunteer for Rekryteringsgruppen (an organization of persons with spinal cord injuries). She was injured in 1983 and has a high paraglegia (TH 3). She does not have any personal assistance.