I loved the drawers in my sewing machine cabinet, still have lots of goodies in them. However my lighting is just the 'chandelier' over the dining room table, so when I got my portable sewing machine I just set it up on the end of the dining room table in order to see what I was doing better. I also have one of the pocket organizer things that hangs up (like the closet shoe or jewelry organizer) near my machine and ironing board.