I have mine all spread out upstairs in the game room. All over the pool table as a matter of fact. There's a sofa and a tv up there, but I do all my cutting on the kitchen table because it sits up higher. When I handstitch a binding, I do that on the dining room table. It's just me, hubby and occasionally my daughter, but they don't care if my stuff is everywhere and I don't care if their stuff is everywhere. Unbelievably though, the house is clean most of the time.