@AnasaziWrites -- thanks for your suggestion to re-invigorate this topic!
@Ivan R -- maybe seeing how others arrange their workspace in this thread will give you other ideas for storage solutions.
Here's my snug little workroom. I can reach almost everything I need from my table - which is an old, retro photo drafting table, with an integrated light box top, that I can adjust the angle of too. I like to work at an angle for broad edge, but I can put it flat for pointed pen or illustration work. To the left, you can see my ink cabinet, which is a lovely piece of woodworking that a friend made for me in exchange for a calligraphy piece, and the string I clip pieces to while they are drying. Papers and card stock and reference books are in the shelving below the sideboard. The little space itself is a sunroom with glorious natural lighting, and it has a big radiator in it, so it stays warm enough in the winter (which, yes, that's snow outside - it's been snowing for three days now; we got about 5 inches yesterday - 20 Oct 2020).