I am fortunate that I have a very large, walk in storage room off of my dining/sewing room. Right now, my drop leaf dining table is in that storage room. When I need my sewing room as a dining room, I close all my machine cabinets, pull out the dining table and put the Featherweight, serger, serger table (it folds too), and cutting table (it folds & has wheels) into the storage room. What makes it work for me is my machines are either in cabinets that close or on folding tables that can be put away. It is a bit of a hassle but it only takes about 30 minutes to transform. It also helps that I have an eat-in kitchen so I only need the dining room for large events.