into a false or suspended ceiling the shelf can have file cabinet drawers mounted on it to create additional office filing space an electric outlet may be added to use small appliances such as a coffee maker or a microwave oven additional shelves may be attached to make a multi tiered configuration preferably the shelf has three handles 70 and each may have its own rope pull 72 attached the rope pulls can be adjusted to various heights to prevent smaller children from being able to access the shelf an alternative embodiment is shown in pertinent part in fig5 here the parts that are identical with the first embodiment are identified with the same reference characters or are omitted from this view the shelf 20 the cables 28 and the side scissors action stabilizers 32 can be of the same general construction as discussed above however in place of the spring action wind up mechanism of the previous embodiment this embodiment employs a motorized wind up mechanism 130 situated in the shelf 20 the wind up mechanism 130 is constituted by an electric motor 132 plus gears and a worm drive coupled to rotate the arbors 134 on which the cables 28 are wound a hand actuated power controller 136 is shown here beneath the shelf 20 and coupled to the motor by means of a coiled cord 138 the electric power for the motor may.