Well, I've been wide awake thinking. My thoughts are going 100 miles/hour.
I will put my homemade Big Board on top of the regular ironing board and leave it downstairs.
Yours truly just measured the inside depth of the pie safe and checked out the contents. I can consolidate special toys for the grandkids to one shelf and have the rest of the space for WIP projects and misc. items.
Desktop computor with printer is upstairs, but I have access to a wireless laptop :-) I should go and spend some time with hubby....
If I want a space without clutter, I'll really have to cull my notebooks, books, and magazines. That would be advantageous(sp) as I tend to warehouse too many things. I am trying to lighten the load.
I often cut fabrics on two large mats placed on the Big Board surface. An old computer table or narrow rectangular table might be adequate as a craft table.
My parents graduated from high school in 1933 so many things were kept -- just in case of need. Having gone through most items in the archeological dig - think clean hoarders - I am trying to live in less clutter with fewer things. The key word here was trying. :-)