Cathy,
I got a chuckle from your last comment. I have a husband and read your comments to him and suggested he should probably go find himself his own house. He laughed too. No, he's not following through!
My best discovery was putting a shower tension rod in my sewing room. I now hang the fabrics that I'm using on hangers on the rod. This way the fabric stays neat and close at hand. I have a small cutting table and had no room to put the extra fabric pieces. It was driving me crazy but no more!
It's the little things that help maintain our sanity!