Hi, I purchased a 4'and a 5' folding table from Staples or sale. The 4' one my husband cut the legs down to make it 26" high. That way my Bernina with the free arm and the clear slide on sewing surface is just the right height for me to have my arms at the right angle when I sew. The other table I didn't cut down as it holds my serger and embroidery machines. Those I don't sew long enough at one time to bother my arms. I use an office chair I also purchased from Staples that is adujustable. I sit between the two tables so that I can swivel around and reach either table without having to get up. There is plenty of room under each table to store my plastic storage cabnets of thread etc. I also used double sided sticky velcro to hang a skirt around my main sewing table to hide the junk underneath as it allows me to face the room and my TV while sewing or quilting. I use an old dresser that I cut the legs off of to make it the right cutting height. It provides storage for my embroidery stabilizers supplies etc. as well as my rotary cutters etc. With a cutting mat on top I can cut and an ironing pad makes it also a great surface for touch ups.
My big cutting table and ironing surface are downstairs in my basement. I get my exercise running up and down when I have something to big for the cutting and ironing surface upstairs. I purchased a rolling wooden unfinished kitchen island that I use as an ironing surface downstairs. I covered a 1/4 sheet of plywood with batting and teflon ironing board material. I nailed a frame of molding strips to the bottom of it to make it sit securely on top of the island surface. It has a large drawer underneath and two shelves that allow me to store boxes of fabric or whatever beneath it. When my large folding cutting table is loaded down as it is now I flop a cutting matt on the ironing surface and use it instead. I have a ping pong table in my basement that makes a great place to lay out quilts for basting. If I figure out how to attach pictures I will post some when I have a chance to clean up my areas a little.