I have an old farm table, you know the kind, dark green legs with an oak top. Asked my husband to make it into a drop in for me. My machine does fit, but barely. Seems that cutting into oak was not his thing to do without a lot of cussing and chopping it in various places. But the machine in in there, and for me it works. My sewing room is small and so there wasn't the room for a fancy table.