That's not a strange idea.. sounds like it would work, but not here.. I have a wire storage rack in one corner, a dresser with a book case on top of it in the other corner, there's a door in one of the other corners and my machine table is in the other.. Those things not only take up the corners, but the wall space and floor space too.. This is a tiny room. I can set up an ironing board, but then I have to squeeze around it to move.. So the ironing board lives behind the door when I'm not using it.
I'm just thankful to have a place to sew and that I was able to rescue some of my notions..