My sewing room is 1/3 of the basement. Some shelving/storage racks, the ironing board stays up and I have pegboard on the wall to hang items. There is a hanging clothes bar, one that is used in a car. Hubby suspended it from the ceiling.
Now here's the kicker: My cutting table is a regulation slate top pool table with a huge formica top from a manufacturing company that went out of business. I clear-taped a fabric 1 1/2 yard tape measure along one side for quick measuring and Hubby made me a T-square that fits over the end of the top for absolute straight marking.
But there is a down-side. When the temps go below 15 outside the basement is just waaaayyyy to cold to work in.
Oh and I keep a dehumidifier right beside my machines.
Just wish I had a couple large windows for natural light.