My new {thrifted} ironing board: now you see it, now you don’t!

Hey everybody! I didn’t have a blog post scheduled for today, but I got such an unexpected treat over the weekend, that I wanted to share. On Saturday we popped into our favorite thrift store with the kids (the one where I like to find fabric treasures)  and they had this practically new fold-away ironing board for only $5!

Until now I’ve been setting up my ironing board in front of my cutting table, which works fine, but I don’t really have anywhere handy to put it away when I’m done, the iron cord trails across the room, and the board does take up a lot of space. 

I helped my husband install the new one from the thrift store, and now I have this sweet ironing station right next to the outlet (and my window).  

Best of all, when I fold it up, it tucks behind the curtain and you can only see it if you look really hard. 

I’m keeping my big ironing board in the garage for now, because chances are I’ll still want to use it from time to time. I even have a cute little spot for my iron: 

Hope you all had a wonderful weekend too. I can’t wait until Wednesday for our next Sewing 201 post!