Your comments are just wonderful, thank you so much. To those of you who asked about the cabinetry, etc:
We found our countertops, cubbies and storage drawers at IKEA! I live near the Mall of America where it is located. We knew they had the bookcase that I wanted but had no idea that they had so much more. We spent about 3 hous just looking around.
My U-shaped sewing space is made up of 3 counter-tops (IKEA) and 6 file cabinets that I found on Craigslist. I painted them white.
The cabinetry came from Menards. We bought the unfinished ones and painted them ourselves. I also found an 8-drawer dresser at the Goodwill that needed a little work and I painted it to match the cabinets from Menards.
So...although the space looks very expensive it really was a lot less than you might think.