My Bailey sits in a tabletop for sit down sewing. My husband made the tabletop for me out of Melamine. I love the machine it is so easy to use, but it sits there, even though I don't use the machine regularly I do clean it oil it and run in a bit to get the lubrication up in the gears.. Oneday I might get back into machine quilting, so far the bug hasn't bit me again.