Abstract: An ironing board has a main board and a smaller sleeve board which is separable for ironing sleeves and small items. The sleeve board slides relative to the main board on a slide mechanism, which preferably includes a number of parallel slides, in such a way that the main board and the sleeve board remain coplanar. To hold the sleeve board in its offset position, the slide mechanism has stops which hold the sleeve board in the offset position (in which a gap separates the main board and the sleeve board) and the juxtaposed position, in which the sleeve board is pressed against the main board. The stops are releasable by click detents, release buttons or knobs, or the like, so that the sleeve board can be moved between the juxtaposed and offset positions. Preferably, the detents comprise indentations and teeth pressed together by springs or the weight of some part of the device.