I have the luxuary of having my whole basement to myself at one time many years ago, JCPenney use to sell unfinished cabinets through their catalog. I bought 8 of these and put them together, i then purschased and unfinished an inside door and re-fininshed it and put edging around it.And put this re-finished door on top of those cabinets. On part of it i have my cutting mats and use the other part for my sewing machine or whatever, then when i need to lay a quilt out or wall hanging its big enough. Whats nice also is the cabinets are for fabrics. Plus i have about 6 free standing cabinets for lots more fabric or notions. I wash and iron my fabric after i buy it and put that in seperate cabinets so that its ready to use