I concur with the 12 foot frame if you have the room. Even if you don't do many large quilts, you will be happy to have the extra room on either side for maintainence. I would not hang on to the idea of disassembling part of the frame to make it smaller temporarily. Most frames with a long arm set up have solid poles (mine are the length of the frame) and a table that comes in two pieces. That puppy is not going anywhere. I had to have it delivered thru the window. My quilting room is around the corner and the poles would not make the turn. I had a smaller frame (table top) to begin with that had poles that you put together. I found it was not sturdy enought to hold the size quilts I wanted to make. Just something to consider.