We also live in a little carpeted home! Wouldn't move for anything in the world, so I have learned to adapt. Find a long foldable picnic table - generally metal (that's good because you don't push your pins into any carpeting and then find you can't lift your pinned quilt (been there - done that!). I keep the table on the porch and when I need it, I bring it into the living room - middle of the floor and find that I can work around the table, I am not on my hands and knees, it's a lot smoother and the only thing I can really complain about is that your back kinda hurts when you are done, but knowing that it is done and you are ready to go makes it all worth while. I always start at the center and work my way out and I just pull the quilt over here or over there and it works out just fine. Edie