I tend to clean up after each project is completed, but not during. What I'm undisciplined about is putting fabric away properly - sorting, etc. It winds up just folded and put in my storage cabinet. One of these days, that will be an all day project...getting it organized again. I do have a separate sewing room, but it happens to be the entrance from the carport and we enter/leave the house through this room. Somehow it becomes a temporary spot to leave things that need to be put elsewhere. I am grateful for my spacious room, however, and have learned to tolerate those stray items now and then.