Yes, the accucut studio takes a lot of space. The actual machine footprint is large and you need room to accommodate the out feed space needed for the tray. My husband and I built a work station for my dies and cutters last year. By the time I measured all my dies, the table wound up being 10 feet by 4 feet. And my small 5 X 6 inch dies are stored elsewhere. I have hundreds and hundreds of dies. We built the table before I started quilting, so then I had to make an annex for the long strip cutters!