I do all my daily chores before heading downstairs to the sewing room....OC about keeping house! In between sewing projects the sewing room is organized. While doing a project I need good lighting, needed tools in a tray next to the machine, iron at hand, pincushiion on my wrist, rulers at the ready standing upright between two supports under the sewing table, lint roller nearby. TV on to shows I recorded, or DVDs or VCR tapes I listen to over and over. Sometimes no noise at all.