Abstract: A cabinet for a sewing machine or the like defines a chamber having a front and a back including a back panel. A pull-out platform for the machine is supported in the chamber for motion inwardly and outwardly of the front thereof and defines a generally horizontal working surface. The back panel is flexibly connected to the platform for movement therewith from (A) a generally vertical position wherein the back panel closes the back of the chamber (e.g. during machine storage, the vertical position corresponding to an innermost position of the platform), to (B) a generally horizontal position wherein the back panel is in generally co-planar relation to the platform (to provide a large working surface) and the back of the chamber is open (to allow fabric etc. being worked on to be moved through the open back). The horizontal position also corresponds to an outermost position of the platform.