give me my space!!!

i believe that when you live with someone, be it a significant other or just a roomate, that everyone deserves a little bit of their own space. it can be a whole room, or in the case of a dorm room in college, a corner where your desk is. but no matter what, that is your space to do with what you please, to keep as clean or as dirty (but not endangering the health of others) as you like.

i currently live in a 250+ year-old farm house in the Philly area. it is a really nice house, stone walls and a fireplace, but with all the modern ammenities like satelite tv and a bathroom on the 2nd floor. in addition to all these great things, is a fully finished attic space that spans the entire house. one half is currently used for storage of boxes and some old clothes, but up until recently, this space was where my husband and his friends would hang out and play video games. this was a perfect arrangement! he had his space to do with as he pleased, and i got to watch directv with tivo downstairs in the living room with no one to bother me... his space, attic, my space, living room...

and this was all great, until...

he got a Playstation3!!

now, the tv in the attic wasn't good enough... he needed the better tv and the sound system, which reside in the living room. he had to put the PS3 downstairs! but, he and his friends still occationally hang out in the attic when they aren't playing video games. and where do i go? tonight, i've been sitting at our kitchen table with my knitting. which really isn't so bad, but i would really like to catch up on my tivo'ed shows while knitting...

give me my space!!!!

if he wants to keep the PS3 downstairs, that's fine, but then I want the attic... wait, the attic doesn't have satellite or tivo! and the attic is covered in his posters!

need solution before I go crazy! please help!