I put an old pillow on the floor under my sewing table against the wall. The foot pedal pushes against that and doesn't go ANYWHERE. My serger pedal is backed by two boxes of "stuff" that are stored under the table anyway. It doesn't move either. When I take my machine to the living room to sew while "listening" to TV, I wind the cord around the table leg as suggested somewhere else here. I have to look for it often, but at least it isn't very far away. My 302A Singer in the kitchen has the foot pedal installed onto the inside cavity of the cabinet at knee level. This cabinet was custom made to my specifications in 1956. (It's large desk size, my machine is lowered into its bed, and has a wonderful amount of flat bed space.) I had been using my knee to run my mother's machine since 1943, and I really like this way. The pedal is always there. But now, no one has cabinets.