Just played with this machine and frame at LQS yesterday and must say I was impressed. That being said I do think you will need to have a space at least 4' X 5' to set this up. It looks like it would take up that much space even when not in use. I fell in love with set up but need to get my sewing table put together and set up before I will know how much room would be left for the frame. Agree with selm that you should measure your space and get measurement of frame and compare, I'm going to use painters tape and layout size of frame on floor to see if it will fit before I buy then I can see if it will actually fit my space. Would love to hear from you if you do buy. I really wanted to walk out the door with it after I played.