The last sewing room I had was in an unfinished basement, and it was dark. But with enough lighting, it was good and quiet. Now my current sewing room is also in the basement, but it is a finished basement. I did put in a closet saver in my double wide closet for lots of extra storage. DH was allergic to work so I did it myself. Well to be fair, it was a whole lot easier to put it in myself, instead of listening to him foul of the job and the air. Now, it it time for the annual cleaning. YUK!