My husband built my sewing table. It is L-shaped. I have 24 inches on the left and in front of the sewing machine. The L-shape is 25 inches to the right of the machine. It holds a lazy susan with sewing notions, a scissor block, pencil mug, my serger or lap-top. In the far corner I have a small 13inch TV. It is really convenient to reach everything and I have ample support for quilting large projects. My sewing machine drops through a rectangular hole and rests on a shelf underneath so the machine bed is flat with the table. Love it.