My solution to creating a sewing/piecing space in my bedroom came in the form of a strong granddaughter. She comes over to clean my house once a week (her allowance runs out of money by Friday, that's my cleaning day) and she can/will do anything I ask of her. She has cleaning the floors down to an art--and in between she will take stuff out to my sewing room or papa's shop with no complaint whatsoever. Weight is a problem with me, plus the fact that my sewing room is about 50' behind our house. Those heavy sewing machines in the carrying cases are no problem at all for her, and I can't even get one up off the floor. I was 78 yesterday, and she was 13 in January.