Here is what I have learned: You need at least one table for your sewing machine, one for a cutting table (I put the bed risers under my cutting table so it is tall enough), storage drawers for my sewing supplies, someplace close to your cutting table for your cutting supplies (I have a pegboard on the end of one of my shelving units & a shelf on the wall), fabric storage (I have 3 - shelving unit for large pieces - 1/2 yrd & larger, dresser drawers - fat quarters to 1/2 yard, & photo boxes - for cut pieces - I use Bonnie Hunt's scrap cutting method), a design wall (mine is portable but I'm trying to figure out how to get a permanent one). I have extra items in decorative display (buttons & misc supplies in jars, etc). I'm still organizing my studio but will have pictures soon.