My sewing room is rather small - 8x10 and serves as 'guest' room as well so there is lots of furniture in there. My cutting table (like the JAF ones with drop leaves) is directly behind my chair when at the machine, so my ready-to-sew pieces generally are there. If I am paper piecing and need the iron next to me (as I use one end of my cutting table as ironing surface normally), I place a folding, wood 'tv-tray' at right angles beside my machine so I'm not hopping up/down for all those little seams. But then I have to move that table to move anywhere else in the room. My sewing chair does not swivel or roll. It's a bit cramped and somewhat of a challenge when working on larger projects at times but at least I can leave everything out and close the door when I'm done for the day. And the rest of the house doesn't look like a cyclone went through!