I have several cutting mats in diffenent sizes. I also have a cutting table that has two sides that drop down and is out of the way when not being used. I taped the largest mat to one side so it's always avaiable and doesn't need to be stored. Works great!

I have a larger one and I slide it under a bed or sofa depending if I am working upstairs or in the dining room.

I love mine, I have the cutting table from Joanns too and it's at the right height. It's great!

I love my matt ! and use it on my coctail table ( bigger than a coffee table) for storage.. flat and druable for grandchildren to run their cars around on .

yes on teh pinning too ! nice to have hard no scar/mark surfacet to use safety pins for pinning.

would not be something I would give up on a list of what can you do without now that you have.

nice post !

If you have a space to leave it set up, then I'd keep it. If you have to store it between uses, I'd return it.

I love my big cutting mat. I wore mine out and pulled out the smaller one to get me through till I could get a new one at a good price. So I got one at the Jo Anns sale. Once you get used to a big cutting surface you will not want to work on anything smaller.
FYI - My old mat , still had some useful areas on the sides., so I cut that area off and made a few 6X8 inch mats for cutting and trimming really small stuff , so I do not wear out the middle quite so fast on my new mat.

I love my big mat. I use it all the time. Right now it is on my dining room table because I am renovating my sewing space to include a designated cutting table. I have stored it behind my hutch and it has been fine for years. My hutch sits very close to the wall, so there is not problem with bending. However, if that ever happens, I would put it out in the hot sun for a short time to weight it down with something heavy to straigten it out again. This has worked for me in the past on another mat.

Thanks for all the great input. It's making me take a hard look at what I have and where. Would love to figure out a way to have it available all the time and not have a lot of other stuff on it.

i have a big one and can't image not having it. i use it it all the time along with my rotating cutting mat.

I love mine. I can cut from both sides of my cutting table and it so much easier to square my tops with the big mat. You done good!