I try to keep fabric that I have picked up for future projects stacked together and tied with a ribbon, that way I don't use it by mistake. The rest of the "I just couldn't resist it fabric" if piled by color in my small antique hutch. The closed in bottom is used for scrap bins.
I have recently hired a cleaning lady who insists that my quilting room "needs a good dusting and floor mopping to get rid of the dust bunnies". So this week I finally let her in with my supervision. I lifted piles and she dusted, we moved tables and cabinets, and I guess it was a good thing because I found 2 rulers and my tiny rotary cutter. So I'm good for another year before the dust bunnies attack again. I guess we're all protective of our space, I had to wait until my kids moved out, before that we ate in the living room when I had a project going because I took over the kitchen.