My office/sewing room is a small bedroom about 9.5' x 11' on the main floor of our house. My Tiara sit-down quilter is in our lower level. It takes so much more effort to go downstairs to quilt than it takes to stay upstairs and piece. I'm not talking physical effort - it's the mental effort for some reason. I would always opt for a room closer to the main activity center of the house. It just works better for me. I guess this is one of the reasons I now have eight quilt tops waiting to be quilted.