Wow that is fancy in my book. I sew on the kitchen table which means a lot of up and down with the machine. The short time we had an empty nest it stayed up because I could trust my husband not to touch the machine although I still hid the scissors :) With the recession my son and his sweet little family are back with us for awhile. Can't leave the machine up with a busy 4-year-old. But love having them anyway!