I could not pass up posting to this thread. LOL. Being a man and one who quilts along with being a woodworker, I know what works....for me that is. My wife has her OWN sewing room and I have my OWN sewing room. I would never dare tell her how to organize her room and she doesn't tell me how to do mine...although she has put her TV and recliner in my room to watch at night.
I have an 8' quilting frame that I didn't have room for in my sewing room so I've set it up in our living room. We have a huge living room and few visitors so no problem. She wasn't overly excited about the frame being there but I told her it was cheaper than building a new room and if we had anybody important(yea right) come over I would move it.
David