Amen! When I had the chance to use a spare room for a sewing room I bought furniture for it, like I would have for a bedroom, sitting room, or office. If all the other furniture was make do then I would have no problem with it but I have nice furniture in my other rooms why should my sewing room be only good enough for the free or cheap stuff? I take pride in my sewing room.

I have always sewn with vintage machines that came in wood cabinets. Until I started quilting in the spring of 2017, I did not even realize that the modern machines did not come with cabinets. All of my machines except for my 99k handcrank are in the original wood cabinet that they came in and so far for my needs, they all work well. I am lucky to have a Featherweight card table and I do use that to help with the large quilts. I was using my dining room table to cut on, but it was too low. I found a folding cutting table on CL for a good price. I need to be able to swap the cutting table and the dining table in and out depending on what I am using the room for.

In my other house I had a large desk that had been modified but it would not fit in the new house. I loved the Koala cabinets but the price was way too high for me. I don't have a lot of room for a table so I got a folding one that fits my machine. I would really love to have one with a hydraulic lift so I could have a flat surface -- when I looked at the Arrows a couple of years ago, they did not handle my machine. This one looks like it would fit. I am thinking hard about getting one but need to save up for it. Thanks for the link One by One.

Keep a eye on the Arrow flash sales. You never know when one may show up. Usually they are posted on Facebook and sold out by the time the email gets out. Arrow has give aways every week too.

My Bernina sits in a Horn cabinet, too...and having the surface flush with the table is a dream, it really is. I think each person must decide what their sewing area looks like...I need a bit of order (just a bit), and I like to look up and see some of the cutesy things I've placed about...but that's just me. I STRONGLY recommend cutting on a tall table, even if you must use bed risers to achieve the height! Doing this has saved me from countless back aches!! Good lucK!

I have an old pine kitchen table my husband made a cutout in for my machine to drop into. Also used an IKEA hack for a cutting bench/ craft table using 2 2x2 cupboards and an old desktop on top. My cupboards are an assortment of white drawers/cupboard and plastic filing cupboard.
Bit of a mish mash but doesn't look too bad all together really. The most I paid for any piece is $80 AUD.
Bargains.

I have purchased furniture, cabinets and shelves. The cabinets have storage with tables don't. And I like the unified look. It's another priority thing.

Those fancy furniture is great - for those who have a high bucks job, huge retirement or rich husband or relative. The rest of us just sew on what we have. REMEMBER it's not what you sew on, but the outcome of your sewing. I've seen some of the most amazing intricate quilts, made on a card table in the corner of a very small apt. So, IF one can afford it without debt.. GO for it.

My dining room is my sewing room. I purchased a Kuala so that I could close it up when I used the dining room for company meals. I love, love, love it. If I had room, I would get another for my serger and second machine so I could keep them out and convenient.

Different folks have different taste-- you might view my sewing room as looking junky because my space is cobbled together from things I've repurposed or made for myself to suit my height and my way of working, but I view it with pride since it looks (and is) very functional and workmanlike. Different strokes for different folks, but please don't think that just because folks don't have the same taste or perhaps budget as you do that they don't take pride in their workspace.

Rob