Ironing Tips for an Organized Home

Ironing Tips are offered to help your ironing tasks go as smoothly and efficiently as possible. Thankfully ironing is not as tedious today as in days gone by. The number of items in the average wardrobe that need ironing has been significantly reduced by technology. Many fabrics are now wrinkle resistant because of the use of polyester in fabric blends. Steam irons now eliminate the need to dampen clothing in advance of ironing.

Because of these technological advances ironing has become somewhat of a lost art.

Gone are the days when ironing was an all day chore and home-ec lessons taught how to get the perfect crease in a pair of trousers! Nowadays people simply iron a garment as needed before wearing it.

As with any task using the right tools and equipment in the right way will bring the best results.

Ironing Tips

• Set up the ironing center in your bedroom. That is where all the clothes that need ironing come from anyway!


• Start your ironing with clothes that need the coolest temperature then proceed to increase to clothes made of fabrics that need the higher temperatures.


• Keep the iron moving- leaving the iron in one place for too long will cause burning


• Use a rolled up towel inside a shirt sleeve to assist with a wrinkle free finish


• Allow the clothing you have just ironed, to cool completely before wearing


• Use an ironing board cover that is a natural fabric and keep it clean. After laundering put the ironing board cover on the ironing board while it is still slightly damp and let it dry in place.


• pad your ironing board with old wool blankets cut to fit.


• keep a spray bottle with your ironing supplies so that you can spray any stubborn wrinkles.

Ironing Boards

• over the door - Hang it on the back of the door and use it there.


• folding - a table top model or a wall mount that folds down. Both are easily stored in a small amount of space.


• cabinet model - unfinished cabinet models that sit proud of the wall and can be stained or painted to match your decor.


• recessed model - a ready made cabinet that can be installed between the studs so that it is flush with your wall.

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