DIY Iron and Ironing Board Holder For Stylish Laundry Organization

Once you have your cuts, drill a 5/8 inch hole on each of the side pieces for the 5/8 inch dowel (rail). If you don’t have a forstner bit you can glue and clamp in place and secure with a few nails. Another option is to use a scrap piece of wood, glue and nail in place, or a thin piece of metal and nail it to the front.

Attach one of the side pieces to the back using wood glue and 1 1/4 inch 18G brad nails nailed through the back piece. Wood clamps help to hold it in place. Then stand up the other side piece and mark your 5/8 inch wood dowel measurement for the rail.

 

Dry fit your dowel until you get the correct length. Apply glue in the dowel holes, clamp in place and nail the second side piece in place as you did with the first side piece. If needed you can add a couple of nails to the outside of the side piece to hold the dowel in place. I used a pin nailer for this with 1-inch pin nails.

Add the bottom piece. Apply glue on three sides, clamp and nail in place.

 

Sand the holder.

Add the hooks. I used 1 1/4 inch wood dowels for my hooks. You can use metal hooks, scrap 2 x 2 or any other ideas you can come up with. To add the wood dowels mark for placement. I left about three inches of clearance for placing and removing the ironing board. Drill a pilot hole through the back piece and in the center of each wood dowel.

Apply wood glue to the dowels and insert the 1 5/8 inch screws through the back board and into the wood dowels. Use a clamp to hold the wood dowel in place while you screw it in for a tight fit.

 

 

*Tip – Before adding the screws, I drilled a countersink hole in the back to allow the screw to lay flush with the wood.

Stain or paint the holder. I layered two different stains, first Varathane Sunbleached then Mixwax Early American.

 

Add hanging hardware and hang in your desired place. I attached two keyhole fasteners to the back.

 

Now my ironing board is no longer hanging on for dear life.

 

 

If you like this post then check out these Simple DIY Wood Lanterns and this DIY Modern Firewood Holder, both made from scrap wood.

 

 

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Happy building,

Tiffany