When I first began quilting, I was living in a one room 'studio' apartment. I found in a thrift store, a piece of furniture called a 'secretary'. It had drawers on the bottom, a fold-down desk space (for my small sewing machine and the top was a glass door perfect to stash my fabrics....all in the floor space of 16" deep by 36" wide. It was a tall cabinets so it held quite a bit. It was a bit rough, so I sanded it down and painted it a pretty light blue. Now my daughter is using it for her laptop space in her 'studio' apartment. It's still that lovely shade of blue!