When I first bought it, I had a living room and family room downstairs and a huge loft upstairs. The loft would have been the perfect place for the longarm, but that is where DH and I spent our evenings watching TV, so the longarm went into the downstairs family room instead. The rest of my quilting was in a huge upstairs bedroom. When I moved to this house, I put the longarm and most of the rest of the quilting in a bonus room that sits above the garage. It's more convenient having everything in one place. Well almost everything - I have machines scattered all around the house and sometimes do some sewing downstairs.