The holes are from nailing ironing board covers on. People often used old sheets or other recycled materials to cover the ironing board. They would turn the ironing board over and nailed the cover to secure. When worn out a new recycled cover was nailed on. I have seen my grandmother and mother do this many times. I enjoy your videos Mary. Happy Holidays to you and your family.

@shellydehart8217

7 ай бұрын

Yep, that’s how they did it back then. Ironing board covers wasn’t around back when our grandma’s n mother used these type of boards.♥️😊👍

@luckylinnie

7 ай бұрын

I agree! I believe it’s from nailing on a new Cover.

@shellslaraine9295

7 ай бұрын

I agree, I was coming to say the same thing.

@jasonjillforeman6736

7 ай бұрын

Yep!

@chrissynes3553

7 ай бұрын

That is what I was thinking as well.

My husband said those are wood worms and no longer in the wood as it is old lumber. Gives it character!

You have the gift of making everything you touch into a thing of beauty.

@tauntasmom

6 ай бұрын

ginacrusco you can say that again and again and again....I honestly cannot think of one thing Mary has touched that I did not LOVE....God has blessed her with so many beautiful gifts one of true inspiration teaching....and that is just starting out.....

“Crummy shop”???? You have a huge beautiful property, tools, space, and a world full of luxuries many cannot even begin to comprehend. A messy shop is a gift.

Maybe they made the covers and nail it.

@nildarodriguez3974

7 ай бұрын

That's what my mother did with old sheets.

@lindah629

7 ай бұрын

That’s what I was thinking😊

My southern Granny's wood ironing board is hanging on the wall just a few feet from my computer desk. It's from the 1920s, patchy dark discoloration and warped boards. She was a dressmaker and didn't replace it till the 1950s. There was always a glass Coke bottle filled with lavender water sitting on the end of her board, with a little metal sprinkle stopper in it. My dad says the board was wrapped in several layers of old sheets and the coke bottle sat on a chipped saucer.

@shirleygorbutt3613

6 ай бұрын

I have my grandmothers wood ironing board. She also was a dress maker. I am sure the holes in the ironing board are from the many covers that were tact to the board. I remember as a little girl my grandma had a glass bottle ( I think it was a Pepsi bottle) with the metal shaker on the end. The bottle was always filled with liquid. I assume it was mixed with starch.

I agree with those who suggested the holes in the ironing board are from different covers being nailed on over the years. The table you made from it is simply wonderful-wouldn’t fault you for keeping it!

Those holes look like woodworm damage. Thanks for another lovely video, Mary. Sending love to you and all the family for a blessed Christmas.

@goodvolks2know372

7 ай бұрын

That's what I was thinking too or nail holes?

@buckeyejen1076

7 ай бұрын

That’s what I think.

@sisita41

7 ай бұрын

My very first thought was worms… It just seems like way too many holes all over the wood to be tacks…

@BRCGG1

6 ай бұрын

I was thinking bugs too because holes weren’t just on the sides to hold cover. Had those in old wall boards in our house before. Could still be in there if it had any fresh sawdust around it.

@catgrl6698

6 ай бұрын

Yes it is from wood boring beetles, common to find in antiques. It’s important to make sure the piece has been treated so they don’t spread to other pieces. It’s a known thing in the antique industry. Furniture that is made to look old will sometimes have faux holes like this

I believe Mary could build a whole house all by herself!😊

@sharonnorvell3397

6 ай бұрын

She could and she reminds me of Nichole Curtis from Rehab Addict..TV show

@japspeedgirl6216

6 ай бұрын

Yep, wearing a skirt and sandals, too

@amandamendoza4181

6 ай бұрын

Agreed! Very skilled, the Jane of all trades!👍🏼😊❤

My mom always put a new homemade cover on her ironing board when the old one got ugly. She'd use thumbtacks on the underside to hold the cover in place!

@UBenHad

7 күн бұрын

That or short old fashioned furniture tacks used back in the day..nothing like modern tacks....to hold material on the ironing board to keep it in place....i have my great,great grandmothers ironing board and it looks like hers....pin holes and tack holes in same areas

You had alot of wood worm in that piece. Everything was beautiful

@cynthiafisher9907

7 ай бұрын

If it was woodworm there would also be holes in the top. I think it is from tacking new covers on over many years.

The ironing board would have been covered first the a natural cotton batting, then material over that and then the materialwas tacked to the underside, and along the sides to underside and also along the sides. Over time the fabric and batting would be replaced due to scorching and stains from sprinkling garments and linens in order to damp iron to get wrinkles out.

The holes looks like woodworms. You can treat it easily. Love what you do. So talented.

I think all crafters know how to climb over the stash. I Love It.

@cynthiafisher9907

7 ай бұрын

😂

IT LOOKS LIKE IT COULD BE WOOD WORM THE SMALL HOLES ❤

I think the old frame was my favorite! They are all beautiful as always!

I watched my mother many times nail heavy fabric on her wooden ironing board. Usually they just put another layer right on top of the old one resulting in more nail holes. I have her wooden ironing board and use it to stack quilts

They put on new covers and tacked them on. Sometimes they left the old ones on for padding. Nice transformation.

Years and years of replacement covers, my Mother had one like it.

Growing up we'd put a new cover on our ironing board using tacks. I'm sure that's what all the holes are from.

@robstrck8

7 ай бұрын

I was going to comment the same thing. 😊

It is unreal what beautiful things you can make out of "junk". You are really a talented gal.

I own my great,great grandmothers antique ironing board and will pass it on down to one of my grandkids with the importance of its history...imagine a piece the grandchild will own that 150yrs prior their great,great,great,great grandmother also used in life,tooo....cant get any better than that

Mary, you are something else! I can’t believe how you take things apart and make them into 2 or 3 new items! You are such an inspiration and the QUEEN of repurposing. I loved this video. Thank you for all your hard work of making excellent content for us. I hope you have a very Merry Christmas! We’ll see you in the New Year.

I love your Trash to Treasure videos, keeps me thinking outside the box. Merry Christmas to you & your family. ❤

I agree that the holes in the edges and around the underside are from many years of attaching and replacing covers for the ironing board. Having had several boards in my now senior life I know the covers need replacing every so often and that means more holes each time. The older the board the more holes. 😊

The holes are probably from decades of tacking on new ironing board covers judging by where the holes are. Once the sides are too full of holes they had to start tacking it to the back.

Holes are from tacking raw cotton padding and cover . I like how your mind floats to find purpose with many different things 😊

I'm 66 years old when I was a kid, my mother took my grandmother's old ironing board and turned it into a bulletin board. She used numb tacks for the holders.

The hole are definitely from tacking down the board covers. My Mom and Grandma both did this.

Love how the frame with musics and wreath came out. Everything else too! Merry Christmas Mary to you and your family. 🎄

New covers were added over the years, well worn board!

I have an antique wood ironing board with a metal base. My mom bought it for me in a garage sale for $3 in maybe 1981. I still use it as it was intended. Love it, even though it is heavy. Hope my kids keep it when I’m gone 😊…who knows? Love your creativity!

The holes in the ironing board are from old fashioned tacks. You would tack an old folded blanket for padding, then tack a cover over it. You changed these when they were scorched (at least the cover). This was before the drawstring covers and metal boards. It was in the days when you sprinkled ironing with a corked bottle with holes in the top.

Exactly as stated below. They upholstered their ironing boards with old sheets and bits of old blankets and changed the pieces ever year or two as they fell to bits then recycled other bits of fabric that came along. I enjoy every thing you share, thank you and stay safe.

Yes, all the holes is where they tacked the batting and material that went over the ironing board

I just took off 6 layers of covers from my great-aunt's wooden ironing board - there were nails and thumb tacks holding down each layer!

The holes are from changing batting and ironing board covers. Longevity depended on amount of use, so the older ones were frequently changed. Back in the 60s, we had drawstring covers but had to change batting at least 1/year. Then, came the metal boards and padded covers! Hurray! These days, I don't need to change the cover. The board gets so little use and I use a towel as a press cloth.

The stool makeover for your mom is such a sweet idea and so pretty! Happy Birthday to her and Merry Christmas! 🎄

@tauntasmom

6 ай бұрын

Mary has a beautiful mother, who has done well raising and teaching her girl......when I think of a perfect example of what a mother, wife daughter, aunt etc looks like there is a huge picture of Mary in my mind with her mother standing right there next to her!

As always,everything looks beautiful,love to watch you turn old into new,Merry Christmas!

I just love the old frame turned into Christmas decor!! May you and all your family have a blessed Christmas! And Merry Christmas too to all your viewers! 🎄🎄

Always a joy and a pleasure to spend time with you, Mary! Great video and I hope you and your family have a blessed Christmas!!! 🌲🌲🌲

Mary, its an ironing board, the holes are where the batting covered in fabric was attached on to the top side to give a soft surface to iron on.

the holes are from the tacks that held the batting and fabric on the top as an ironing surface

I rarely think that wood doesn't look good repainted, but I think that the natural wood with the worm holes and the old iron burn on this old ironing board was amazing. However, the recycle will look very in your home. Thanks for sharing!

Yes, you would put padding, then a cover on with upholstery nails on the sides, then styles changed and you would cover all the way around and nail on the bottom. Then in the 50's an 60's you could buy fitted covers with a drawstring that you didn't have to nail any more. We used to do a LOT of ironing and burn up a lot of covers!

Everything was really nice, was my antique loving heart kind of broke when you took the old ironing board apart and repurposed parts of it. As always you do impeccable work.

Blessings to you Mary and your family!

Wishing you a blessed Christmas, celebrating the birth of our Saviour, Jesus Christ! Thank you for this trash to treasure video, and enjoy your time off.

All items turned out terrific, 💯👍 but my favorite is the frame, 🖼️ 🪟 and the

Prayers for your family in the New Year. Psalm 91 over all believers.

That antique ironing board was really cool.

Attaching a fabric cover

I always thought the holes in the ironing board or the wood itself was worm wood. I can't really tell. The others in the comments are probably correct. Love your work and you are the gift that keeps giving. Awesome talent!

Nail holes for attaching old fabric or what my grandma used, was old sheets, holes from many times recovering when the fabric got too scorched from the iron, back in the day there wasn't pretty ironing board covers to buy!

She is a master at what she does!! Each piece is more beautiful than the other! Thanks for sharing, now I'm looking around the house to see what furniture piece I can improve!!

After the frame, I liked the little bench, all pieces are great.❤💜

The nail holes on the sides are from the fabric being tacked on. The holes on the back side might be wood worm damage. The latter being pretty common in old wood pieces especially if stored outside or in sheds/barns.

You couldn’t go wrong with either transfer. They’re both pretty.

Beautiful. Especially creative and interesting is the antique ironing board top used on the wall with hooks for hanging. So attractive.

I used my antique ironing board as a sofa table and bar. Just the right size and height. Also handy in an apartment as it is easily stored, has multiple uses and takes up almost no room. Really liked your frame, think I' d antique the paper a little, but what a door decoration it would be.

Mary......I FOUND THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION!!! YAY!:)just so you know it came from google, I googled it and before I completed the question it completed it for me and gave me options to click on with the answer!! The top of an ironing board is important to consider, too. The cover should have a taut surface, so an iron can glide across it, and the holes on the board's metal skeleton should be wide enough that they let steam pass through easily, so water doesn't build up.

My husband worked for a termite and pest control company and he says those are powder post beetle holes. You never want them to get started in a shed (you might want to have your shed checked) or home (if they are still inside). Merry Christmas to you and family as well. See ya on the next one ~

I taken the covering off of an old one like that and there were several layers and even found what looked to be old cotton quilt batting underneath there, they just left the prior covers on and put new ones over the old so a whole new bunch of wholes were added each time, also seen cotton string to to help stretch things tight would run underneath like lacing up a shoe.s

I walked in half way through the video and you were working on the ironing board, but I didn't know that at the time and I thought it was a coffin 😮 I was then informed that it was infact an ironing board 😂

I agree about the holes coming from different sized covers used over the years

Merry Christmas! Thank you so much for showing your talent and ideas . Because of you I’m refurbishing furniture. I enjoy it.

The trash to treasure videos are my favorites!

@adel531

7 ай бұрын

Powder dust beetles

Bless you Mary and family! Have a Wonderful Christmas celebrating Jesus's Birthday. Hugs, Rebekah

if I had room, I'd love the ironing board table to have the wooden ironing board top... just lower like this one so it's usable as a hall table or a coffee table.

The tiny holes are from metal claw clamps that held padding & cover on making ironing easier. There was a spring stretching between the claw like clamps that held the padding & cover on.

You could seal the table top with a white wax or add a few drops or spoonful of white paint to polycrylic to keep it light.

The standard way to stretch fabric over a square is to staple it at the middle of two opposing sides and then the middle of the next two opposing sides and then staple from the first two on either side of the first staples and so on and so on until you get to the corner and then fold under and staple the corners as you did. You can center any motif this way.

The holes are from the nails used to put all the fresh covers on it over the years.

Love the ironing board wall hook project! Beautiful ❤️❤️

You are the McGyver of projects! Ordered the stapler.

Holes are from securing Fabric to Pad the Ironing Board. There were no covers back in the day. Love you Mary. Have a Wonderful Christmas . God Bless you and your Family and your Mom and Dad. 🎄🙏🙏🙏🎄

I love that table wonderful use of those legs. And I agree love it plain.

I have one of these from my late mom. It must have 30 or more sheets of fabric nailed on it over the years!

Love these makeovers! The ironing board was manufactured between the late 1800s and early 1900s. The company also made sleds and other household furniture. Interesting history here! I live about an hour from West Paris. 😃

I saw someone years ago, take a wooden ironing board and they cut 3 holes on the top towards the front, and they put terra cotta pots in them. It would have been cute like that with plants. Maybe on a patio. But they put colored burlap and flowered napkins in the pots and filled with veggies and on the back part they put a cutting board and had fruit and a bowl of dip for veggies and they used it first a Mother’s Day party. It looked so beautiful. I have searched for a wood ironing board since and have never found one. Id love to see you make something like that❤

Lovely❤. I think what you have there is a door to a small hanging cabinet door not a frame. We had a small cabinet like that hanging in kitchen. I am 75years young and collected the clear knobs all my life. I have the ironing board. My Grandma purchased it in 1949.....the year iz printed on it. ❤❤❤

Termites made those holes, Mary Great job on your projects !

Me and my granddaughter loved your Xmas soap!!..I told her it came hand made by Mary then I showed her your video(my girl is 11)..showing her early what really matters in life..thank u wholeheartedly for everything you do!!❤god bless you and yours

My mother used an ironing board like that, it also had holes on the sides, not as many as on yours, my mother nailed a blanket and sheet over the top to hold it in place while she ironed, later on she added a cover that went over the blanket and sheet, these were only removed when they got damaged and replaced with others and again nailed down.

next time you get a rack like the legs of the ironing board you can make them into a hanging towel rack. Hang it from the ceiling. flat against the ceiling on thin ropes. figure a way to pull it down and hang laundry on it inside for rainy days. (one of PBS's shows had it done that way). When not in use pull it up again. could use it for drying pasta or herbs.

May you and your entire family have a BLESSED HOLIDAY SEASON 🙏💜🎄🎉

Love all finished reproductions!

The holes in the ironing board are from worm wood. Many people find antiques with worm wood as very collectable, and some furniture companies sell items or reproductions of worm wood pieces. Google has some some great info on the topic. We collected antiques for years. Love your creativity . Merry Christmas1

Trash to Treasure Makeovers are your best!!!

My dad made me a shadow box years ago out of worm wood it's beautiful. 😊

Love your DYI s. My favorite is the door frame with wreath. Everything is very pretty.

My grandmother even ironed socks and underwear!

I was told the wood was called a wormy oak. We have a linen press they is over 100 years old and that is what it looks like.❤

You make my life better. THANK YOU!

Beautiful use of found objects❤❤❤

wonderful trash to treasure video!!! loved how the 3 items turned out. Thank you Mary!!

Hi Mary, Do you ever say to your self..I'm taking today off and not working on any projects and maybe watch a movie or a program on TV ? I loved your projects today, they're awesome ‼️

They’re on there because they use pushpins or tax to put the material on

As always…I love a great before and after! You never disappoint!❤❤❤

Excellent projects!! Wishing your Mom a very Happy Birthday and you and your family a Very Merry Christmas!! You mean a lot to your viewers!! ❤