I started quilting in a closet off our laundry room, it has deep shelves on both sides so I used one on the right side as a "table" and used plastic drawers, stacked turntables and other similar units to hold supplies. My sewing table (which I still use) was on casters and just barely fit between the shelves. I ran an extension cord out to a plug in in the laundry room. I sewed there happily for 7 years!
I did my cutting in the kitchen or on the homework table in our family room. My stash is still in another laundry room closet that I filled with shelving units.
Now that I'm getting close to the empty nest years I moved into a dedicated sewing room last May.