It takes a lot of room to knit

No matter what I do, it takes me an enormous amount of room to knit in my home. I mean I can go hiking, fishing, sit in a doc's office, stand in line at the bank and only have a simple ball of yarn, circ needle and knit for hours. But at home I seem to spread things from the kitchen to the foyer and certainly all over the living room. The sectional sofa has my current project and my other current project waiting for a stitch or two. The ottoman has the other pieces of the sweater I am making, a lap top, a bag of circular needles, a case of notions, and a couple of knitting magazines. The table beside me has more motions like scissors, markers, pen and pad, bits of trimmed yarn, big glass of water, cell phone, row counter and a fingernail file. The kitchen counter has bits of cut yarn, another pair of scissors, and yarn waiting to be rolled into a ball.