Welcome DJ
Just thought I would offer a woman's point of view.
David and I are both in Astronomy as a hobby so I guess it's a little different to your situation.
The first thing we did when we got our 12" Dob was bought an "ISS Big W trolley" and occy straps. We store it in the garage and when we are going to have an observing session we bring it in and it only takes a couple of minutes to pop the Dob on and it's a breeze to take the Dob in and out for observing. Having to dismantle the Dob for every session must be a real pain. We just couldn't do it. So if you can store your trolley in a shed or garage there's no problem.
If you can't do that then may I suggest ( heaven help me ! )
that your lovely wife makes a cover to go over the Dob and trolley something to go with the decor of your home. Alternately get yourself a small colourbond shed to store it in.
It's great that you are still enjoying observing with all the hassle of dismantling and I must say that your wife should be very happy that you have a hobby that keeps you home at night instead of being out and obout somewhere.
By the way we have a Meade ETX125 Refractor which is a 5" and what we can see now with our 12" Dob is remarkable. I'm not sure that you would be happy downsizing now since you have already had the experience with a 10".
Barb
PS " Every home must have a place for a Dob and Trolley "
