Your hubby is a peach! I agree with a lot of suggestions already made, but would add that a really comfortable, ergonomic chair, on wheels, so you can roll it from one task to another is a good investment. Also, it would be handy to have an ironing surface near the sewing machine, and at a level that you can comfortably use from the same chair. On the other hand, I've put mine in the next room so I have to get up and move around a lot. (Need exercise!) I have my computer in my sewing room, and do NOT recommend that. Sewing makes lots of dust, which is murder for computers.