It's no secret that there's no faster (and inexpensive) way to make an area of your home look cohesive than by grouping by color. These homeowners decided to bring new life to their old ironing board by making a shelving system in their dining room!
After taking their old ironing board to a local powder coater to have a little "day at the spa" it returned to their home fire engine red and sporting "a whole lotta look" (as Tim Gunn would say). It's made complete with a few red books to really make the wall come alive.
The powder coating ran just over $100 and although it might seem like a high price to pay, it's a great way to ensure your books won't stick to their new finish (like they sometimes do with spray paint). It might not be for every home, but it serves as a great reminder that sometimes more is more when it comes to color and it pays off to take a risk or two! You can see more from Flickr member ninahale.
Image: Flickr member ninahale licensed for use by Creative Commons
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That's a really cool idea. I wonder how you would do this powder coating at home..hmmm.. google!!
Love the bar idea, thorndale
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Over $100 for to powder coat a vintage ironing board? For that kind of money you could have bought a proper bookshelf.
Um....
Powder coating is great for amazing pieces of furniture that need a perfect and durable finish. I have had it dont to several things (including vintage heavy metal file cabinets with old school brass handles) and love the result. Personally, if I wanted a red ironing board in my life I would be more likely to spray paint it, let it dry for a while, and then finish it with a sprayed gloss topcoat. More like $10.00 and proper curing time.
Love powder coating!!! I had some old lockers powder coated for our mudroom and currently have four Bertoia chairs being powdercoated. I've spray painted many a thing, and powdering coating is so much more durable. $100 for an ironing board may be a bit high depending on where you live. I had two quotes for my chairs - one was $140 per chair and the other was $25 per chair. I went with $25. I paid $175 to have the old rusty lockers sandblasted and then powder coated - totally worth every penny.
Who will powder coat for me in Chicago? I have a non-Saarinen tulip table base and some vintage Knoll file cabinets that I want to have powder coated. What if there is some rust? Will powder coating still work? Any idea on costs?
MarriedToAZimbabwean - are you in chicago and could share the name of your powdercoater? i currently have 4 russell woodard chairs i'd love to have sandblasted and coated.
or, anyone else in chicago have a recommendation?
Like the reminder of poweder coating.
But I would knock that board over so easily (china-shop-bull-style)! Books & board, splayed on the floor. Need something more solid.
OK. the color grouping on this whimsical shelf is kinda cool. I just wouldn't arrange all my books that way.
Except for my grandfather's complete set of early 1900 Mark Twain. Which is red, btw
Flabbergasting!
I have an ironing board just like that. I bought it about thirty years ago for less than fifteen dollars. Do you think that if I were to powder coat it grass green, I could list it on Ebay for
$200? I might even get $400 if I offered a matching set of colored books.
Hmmm, gudnis you are a funny fellow. I do have to agree, and somewhat echo, that this is a complete waste of money.
OK. the color grouping on this whimsical shelf is kinda cool. I just wouldn't arrange all my books that way.
I CANNOT believe how so many of you people continue to miss the point of the story. See post title: Make things pop with powder coating. That was the point. Nowhere did it imply that YOU should buy an ironing board and spend $150. Hope that clears it up for you.