I have had to go vertical. I hang on peg boards as much as I can so it is in plain site. I think my sewing room is about 10 x 10. I have a cutting table with the drop leaves and beneath three corners I have plastic drawers to store fabric. It is cramped in there but mostly I am sitting or cutting. I did have to put my pressing area outside the door in a hallway (I use an old portable kitchen island). I like having to get up and walk over top press so I am not sitting so long at a time.