Elizabeth, this is in my family room. I share the room with a couple computers, a fire place, treadmill(glorified quilt hanger) a couch and tons of books. Actually, at the moment because we had to remodel, most everything except the computers is still in boxes in the room. I don't have a whole lot of room to grow. I'm not sure where to put a design wall! But I like being where my DH and kids (if they are ever home) are when I am sewing. I do have quite a bit of it in the garage, stuff that I don't have to get to all the time. (the garage is the door you see on the other side of my sewing table) If I can ever get a long arm machine, which I would love to do, it would probably have to go upstairs in one of the bedrooms.