I'm working in my dining room right now too. My new sewing space upstairs is being remodeled/converted (new ceiling, lots of new lighting, paper, paint) from a bedroom with a separate walk in closet and a sloped ceiling attic storage room. The plan is to have all of my storage, and stash that's bursting at the seams, in the closet and storage area, while the main room 14 X 16 is for my work tables and machines. While all this has been goiong on it's been hard to find anything I need and when I get around to organizing its going to feel like Christmas to discover everything that's been in bins, etc.