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Kitchen Island was the concept of my wife who is tired of Ironing in as seperate place. So she suggest if I can make her a Kitchen Island for his baking and Ironing at the same table. with a lot of brainstorming in a cup of coffe we got this concept and I make it according to what she needs.
All the materials came from a scrapt of woods lying around on the street. We are living in Jubail, Saudi Arabia as an expat. We saw a lot of scrapt of wood lying on the street so we decide to get some of it and do something about it.
This is the first time I post, any comment to improve my work and story will highly appreciated. Thanks and God Bless!

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What a great idea and good use of "scrap" wood and of your living space. Good job!!
 

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ah, very ingenious… my wife says the same thing. She would prefer to iron in a more common area. Me, I am not licensed to iron… and that is my story and I am sticking to it.

But, well conceived and executed.

There are a couple of points that I started to wonder about… is there room in the frame for the board to slide in when it has padding on it for ironing? And will there be any shaking when ironing at the pointy end of the board?

I'll probably show this to the Mrs to see if she is interested…

thanks for posting
 

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Nice job Onilever!
Smart use of space, and you design is unique as well.

Now, don't let it be another 3 1/2 years before you make another post ! lol
 

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Ya don't see that every day. I'm seeing extra counter space…...........
 

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Great idea. Unless you have a lot of space, ironing boards are such a nuisance - always in the way.
 

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Don't upset the cook!!! She might make you walk the plank. Great Idea. Nice job.
 

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What an awesome idea, great job!
 

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great idea. and I love the recycling of materials!

what a wonderful hybrid island
 

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I think this is one of those "why didn't I think of that?" ideas… so obviously useful once someone reveals it.. I think it should be a standard option for kitchen islands. Kudos to you for 1-listening to your wife, and 2-implementing the idea without making it too complicated.
 

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That is one heck of an awesome idea. Definately one of the more useful woodcrafted items that would get the spousal units approval.

Cheers,
Alex
 

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Good idea. What to do with the ironing board is always a problem in most households. Looks like you solved the problem with re-cycled lumber and that's a plus. Good job.
 

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Great idea, my inlaws have a similar situation.
 

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kutos to you and your wifeyou get an "A" for being a good listener.
 
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