I love my DH dearly, but we have to live together, but in a heartbeat, if I were you, I would change my master bedroom into a sewing room, if I lived by myself. I know my DH would live differently if I wasn't around, he would be putting together and fixing cars parts and guns on the kitchen table, pile his magazines and books on every available surface, and have 6 or 7 vizslas running around. You have earned the right to live the way you want to, so, you go girl, do what will make you happy.