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Help!! Kitchen 'desk' at counter height or desk height?
Comments (28)Here's ours, which still is not used as a desk, although we're getting closer now that the construction tools aren't here as much. I never thought it should be desk height, but DH did and he won. We have the swiveling t.v. over it so if HE wanted to, he could look at it from chair I think. We still have to decide on an appropriate chair. Currently we have a wastebasket and dog bowls under it. Cute, yes? Items jump from that lower surface to the upper one constantly. I had hoped that it would be a barrier, but it's not. In my thinking, we might as well have had entire surface flat. Cork board between cabinet and desk is now used less decoratively. It's a working message center. That's where calendar hangs, thank-you notes and such are posted and oddball coupons get put. Although there's a "pencil drawer" we keep a pencil mug on the desk. Cabinet above desk is 16 inches deep--allows notebooks for financial statements, phone books, etc. Top shelf is unrelated storage of party gear. A permanently mounted power strip at front of bottom shelf of this cab allows DH to put chargers in here and let cord dangle down so that the device is seen and not forgotten once it is charged. He can turn off power to all chargers with one switch. Lobby is to left of desk. I'm trying to put "things going elsewhere" into the shelves in the closet in lobby instead of on desk--lib. books, stuff for Mom's sr. residence, things going to friends, etc. Otherwise, they accumulate on desk. But that's fine with me--better there than in the rest of the kitchen where they used to cluster, esp on top of refrig. because that was by front door. Because the peninsula is right there next to the desk, I would rather spread out on that to do any work with pencil and paper, but then, I'm a person who needs special glasses to focus on arm's length stuff, so I suppose that little desk just looks like too much work--easier to stand and write at peninsula with my multifocus lenses and squint. I clear pencils and paper and calendar and address book off the peninsula at least twice a day and plunk them back on HIS desk. Computer will never be used at desk, I'm sure. (It moves between peninsula and dining table all the time.) Telephone holder lives on desk, at least for now. I'm hoping to get it wired into a place on wall closer to dining room, but until then, it's here. This cordless phone is another thing that hides throughout the kitchen and has to be put away on desk when I spy it. One benefit of this space: For parties, we can clean off the desk and bulletin board, put up a sign or something decorative like this framed piece, then put beverages here. Keeps traffic out of kitchen. Remember--this is Formica, so it's not going to mind....See Morerecommend height above counters for upper kitchen cabinets
Comments (5)Everybody is really tall in our household. And we optimized our kitchen so that we use the lower cabinets a lot more than our uppers. We ended up raising our countertops by 2" (i.e. 38" instead of 36"), and we raised our uppers by another 2" (i.e. 20" instead of 18"; or 58" from the floor). I personally like the extra height. I gives extra space where it is more useful to us. But I don't think I would go any higher than what we have. That uppers are definitely a little harder to reach, even though pull-outs help a lot....See MoreHeight for counter bar stools for kitchen island
Comments (4)Our stools are 25.5” high for a 36” to top counter & works fine Is comfortable for eating & reading. Ours have leather padded seats & also have backs. No arms- hate arms as just get in the way.I had read the Recommended space between seat & counter is 10” - 12”. I think range accounts for height of person. Swivels that can adjust height are probably the ideal but hard to find in a swivel stool with a back which we insist on because we sit at our Counter a lot. BTW we just had our counter cut from a 42” bar height down to 36” Counter height so we had your same dilemma. The local store we bought our new stools from let us bring one home for a sit test!...See MoreCounter height stool recommendation?
Comments (9)I think those slope ones are super comfortable! We have four kids and chose white leather (actually bonded leather due to budget). There is a lot of wiping involved lol. My four year old likes to climb across all four stools…..WHY??? But they do wipe clean easily! Do you know what your counter top will be? Can you wait until things are installed for better recommendations? I think you’ll have so many really nice options to choose from! For example, if you Google modern brass counter stool, there are so many pretty ones!...See MoreRelated Professionals
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