My son's room is now my sewing room. He and his family want to visit this summer. I have to make room so I'm trying to minimalize. My neighbor has 4 machines, one doesn't work. She has an old secretary desk where it looks like a chest but the writing desk is actually a pull down. She uses that to piece and has storage above for her notions and cabinets below for storage. When you walk into her living room you really can't tell that's her sewing room. Her furniture doubles as her work tops. Wish she would let me take a photo but she won't. Her spare room is where she does her quilting. She has a murphy bed for company and a trundle (doubles as a seating).