I have a smaller desk sized table next to my sewing table so it is a L-shaped sewing surface. On the small table I have a long Tupperware cake pan that holds all my scissors,threads,pins, everything I need so that I won't have to get up and down.I use that kind so I can close the lid down real good at the end of the day and my cats won't get nosy and get hurt. Then there's always a cup of hot coffee and a bowl of M&Ms. Coffee,chocolate,and quilting. It makes for a good day.