I must be doing something wrong! I only have 1 machine in my sewing room. Of course I have 2 in the living room. And everybody else lives in the dining room. Can you tell I live alone? The dogs and cats don't seem to mind and my son (doesn't live with me) has given up. His theory is, as long as he doesn't have to pick them up when purchased and haul them home, he doesn't care.