I found a really cool pottery vase with three compartments at different levels to hold longer items - rotary cutters, scissors, etc. and it sits on my cutting table; at the same pottery gallery I found small saucers that I use to hold pins. I've also got some favorite coffee cups holding things. My most "special" piece is my Rogers box - a family friend named Rogers gifted it to me at Christmas. It is a beautiful handmade box and lid that he made - fairly large - that sits beside my machine and holds all of my immediate use items such as spool caps, cleaning tools, walking foot, needles, scissors, Machingers cuz I'm always losing them. My sewing table top sits on a lateral filing cabinet and a drawer pack, so I also leave those open if necessary when I'm sewing to hold my patterns, etc.