<p>I’ve been looking for an ironing board to take to college, but all the ones I’ve seen are enormous. Does anyone know where I can find a smaller one, or at least one that’s easier to store? (I’ll be in a decent-sized single, so it isn’t as if I don’t have space, but I’d prefer not to keep it out when I’m not using it.)</p>
<p>Thanks in advance!</p>
<p>Bed Bath and Beyond and Linen 'n Things both have boards that are about half the normal length. Daughter’s roommate has one stored between her lofted bed and the wall.</p>
<p>Sorry, this should have been in the caf</p>
<p>Bed Bath and Beyond has them on thier website. I saw a small one that sits on a table, and another the fits over a closet door and folds up.</p>
<p>Make sure you use a BB&B coupon to save 20%.</p>
<p>You can also find very small table top ironing boards at sewing stores like Jo-Ann.</p>
<p>I’ve seen the tabletop ones, but my parents say they’re inconvenient for ironing sheets (I have never ironed a sheet and wouldn’t know). I privately suspect that the smaller size makes up for the inconvenience, but they aren’t as easily convinced. :rolleyes:</p>
<p>LOL! I thought only my mother in law ironed her sheets 
This is the kind of thing that might be available in the dorm’s laundry room or cleaning closet, so you might want to wait before schlepping another big thing to school.</p>
<p>Heavens, are you really going to iron sheets in college? To each his own, of course, but I think you might find that the 50% cotton/permapress fabrics of today go on wrinkle-free, as long as you fold them up right from the dryer. Don’t let them sit wrinkled for a coupla hours under the rest of your clothing, and you’ll be fine.</p>
<p>One of my kids suddenly became an ironer before leaving for college. I was amazed, since it was a son. But he saw how much nicer he looked around Prom with ironed shirts, rescued some wrinkled pants the next week…and he was hooked. I could NOT believe it, a week before Orientation, when he came to me and said, “Mom, would you teach me how to iron?” Who IS this child, I thought…but in a few minutes, I taught him. We usually iron nothing, nothing around here.</p>
<p>Since we know he’ll never iron sheets, we bought him a half-sized ironing board from a Target. His dorm also has a big ironing board on the floor, but no iron. Sometimes when you get on the scene, you learn that things like vacuum cleaners are available in the dorm (according to websites) but in actual fact are hard to locate when you need one. In this case, we got a simple carpet sweeper as a compromise. </p>
<p>Remind your parents how tiny the rooms are, and that you have to negotiate space with a roommate. I think you are right here!</p>
<p>What’s an ironing board? :D</p>
<p>My son’s suite had one in the common room, but I don’t see it as a “must-have.”</p>
<p>I’ve always had ironed clothes and sheets (I know, I’m spoiled) and now can’t imagine living without either. I didn’t think they’d be available in the dorms, but I should probably look into that before buying my own; even though I don’t have a roommate, I’d like to keep my room relatively uncluttered. (I swear I’m not obsessive-compulsive… just a bit particular about cleaning and such.)</p>
<p>Nah, you sound happy, excited, responsible, and nesting.</p>
<p>Many dorms have ironing boards (often disgustingly rusty) in the laundry area. I’d call and check. You might be better off bringing a cover rather than a whole board.</p>
<p>When I was in college, I folded a towel in three, put it on the desk, and used that. Worked just fine.</p>
<p>My D got a small table-top one at IKEA for $3.99. She says it is fine for ironing her clothes when needed. Ironing sheets??? Not in this house - LOL (but my mother and grandmother both did!)</p>
<p>My daughter actually went to the trouble of getting a tabletop ironing board and bringing it with her to college.</p>
<p>But it turns out that the electric power in the dorm rooms is inadequate for ironing. You plug in your iron and you trip the circuit breaker. The only place you can iron is in the laundry room, which is equipped with an ironing board.</p>
<p>So much for planning.</p>
<p>My mother used to iron my dad’s boxer shorts (back in the late 60s).</p>
<p>My son learned to iron because he was in the Civil Air Patrol and he wore BDUs (battle dress uniform) and I didn’t iron up to his standards. Fine with me!</p>
<p>IIRC, the local Target had a smaller ironing board; I remember the local LNT also had one, so I’m pretty sure all the big chains have the smaller sizes.</p>
<p>Our school’s bookstore has a small section for dorm goods, and I bought an ironing board there once when I couldn’t find the one I’d purchased a while back. (It probably got lost moving between freshman year housing and summer housing.)</p>
<p>After I started interning, I got a bit lazy and just tossed my dress shirts in the dryer if they were a little wrinkled. Worked wonders and saved me plenty of time.</p>
<p>what is the point of ironing sheets, what does it do exactly, if you take them from the dryer and put them on your bed, voila…</p>
<p>seems a total waste of energy and time to me</p>
<p>can you really tell the difference between ironed and unironed sheets the second day?</p>
<p>this is a serious question</p>
<p>and before I bothered with an ironing board, why don’t you iron your own sheets and home and see if it is worth precious college time</p>
<p>I just can’t imagine ironing sheets when there is so much better ways to spend time</p>
<p>have you ever done your own ironing, do you know how much time it takes?</p>
<p>I have occasionally ironed the fancy edge of a sheet, the one that you fold back over the blanket. I do like that look… but not enough to do it very often.</p>
<p>My mom always ironed (and then made me iron) the pillow cases. She also ironed the sheets but that’s where I drew the line. We had dogs and cats in the house, and the sheets would get covered with hair as I ironed them (that’s my story and I’m sticking to it), so she finally relented. </p>
<p>I’m just happy if my boys have sheets on their beds - especially if they’re washed once a semester. (The sheets, not the boys.)</p>