Several years ago I had a non-sewing friend help me organize some rooms. I redid my sewing room and she helped me clean it out and start over. She couldn't understand why I needed so many rulers and so much fabric and why everything had to be out in the open. I just smiled and told her not to worry about it. She came over later and commented that it didn't do much good to clean it up - it was messy again. Again, I smiled and told her it works for me. However, I do wish I had more than 1 square foot to user on my cutting table as someone else mentioned!