How funny that we quilters marry men that are neat freaks. My husband hates even leaving a toaster on the counter. Fortunately I have a sewing room which he totally avoids. But he does want me to sit and watch TV with him, so if I am in a middle of working on a project that requires hand-sewing, it usually will be left next to where I sit until the project is complete. That doesn't bother him too much. It drove him crazy when I would leave my sewing machine out before I had a sewing room. So when our daughters moved out, there was no argument over me turing one of the extra rooms into a sewing room.