I use the bed raiser things to raise my up cutting table. Much better on the back. I also use a small wood shelf that I bought at Michaels that has pegs for hanging things under neath. I hang scissors, cutters, and templates (use fine ribbon) over my cutting table. put pincushion, thimbles, small stuff on the shelf. my cutting table is a cheapo computer desk that my dh cut a piece of plywood bigger that my self healing mat for the top, and I put my different rulers for cutting on the keyboard shelf, that retracts under the table.