My husband cut me a piece of plywood that is as wide as my cutting mat and about `1-2 feet longer (to fit the space i have). I put that on top of a Goodwill metal desk with no storage drawers, just a pull out keyboard (i keep my templates and rulers there), I bought plastic bed rises and put them under the legs of the desk, put storage rollarounds from walmart underneath, and maximized my small sewing nook for cutting, ironing, and sewing. I iron on it too using a padded quilter's square up by June Taylor. Works for me. Lots of creative storage ideas in all the pictures.