I'm OK if it's a little messy - in fact, my mantra is that one can't create if the room is too clean. ;) But if it gets beyond messy to a pig sty, then it's a problem because I end up having to move stuff to cut or trim, find things, etc. I just cleaned mine on Sunday. My machine had gone in for cleaning, so I figured it was a good time to make my room a nice clean space to bring my machine home to. Only problem when I clean my room is that at first I can't find things.