This little ironing board does the job just as well as the full scale, stand on the floor kind, and it's just a fraction of the cost of the attach to the wall or install in the wall type.  I wasn't ready to give up an ironing board completely.  There are times when one is needed, yet I seldom do iron anymore with today's great fabrics.  I got tired of my full scale ironing board taking up space in my spare room, collecting out of season clothes, boxes of stuff on top of it, so I went searching for a solution, and this one is perfect!  I did go out to get C brackets to attach the lower part of the frame to the door so it wouldn't slam on the door every time I shut the door.  Problem easily fixed.  (It would have been nice if the C brackets came with it, though.)