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   ekylep | Dec 17, 2005 08:42pm | #1

   Usually the countertop height of cabinets is at 36" with the bottom of the wall units 18" above that.

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   Piffin | Dec 18, 2005 06:11am | #6

   he said this is an office, not a kitchen.Lowers would approxiamate a desk, which typically runs 28" to 31 " off the floor, then the space above that top shopuld allow for the activity to be donme there. Presuming a PC setup with monitor, that could be as much as 26-28" but that still gets the bottom of the wall units to about the typical for kitchens of 54"HAF 

    

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   ekylep | Dec 18, 2005 08:32am | #8

   I know he said office but the simple fact remains that a standard cabinet height  is 18 over a standard 36" height cabinet.  Any height would suffice since it it his home office so I just used a standard cabinet setting.

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   basswood | Dec 18, 2005 06:52pm | #9

   For Offices, I like to cleat the 28-1/2" tall base cabinets to the floor, about 6" out from the wall and use 30" deep countertops to the wall. I use the 6" space behind the bases for an easy to use wire and cord chase. The desk top can have cord grommits cut in above the chase.The extra counter depth is a handy feature and the cord management is nice too.

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   Piffin | Dec 18, 2005 06:56pm | #10

   great thoughts. I'll rtemember that! 

    

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   basswood | Dec 18, 2005 07:02pm | #11

   I'm usually getting schooled here by folks like you...glad you liked that one (good to feel like I'm giving back).

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   dustinf | Dec 17, 2005 08:49pm | #2

   18" from the desk top.

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   jrnbj | Dec 17, 2005 10:37pm | #3

   Wherever you like it!!!!!!

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   mrfixitusa | Dec 17, 2005 10:55pm | #4

   The height of my computer monitor is about 21 "++++++++++++++++
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   basswood | Dec 18, 2005 03:09am | #5

   It depends on your desktop height (usually 30"). I would put wall cabinets more than 18" above the desktop...24" would be nice. I like to have some open wall space where I sit (for calender, whiteboard, etc.).

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   RJT | Dec 18, 2005 07:38am | #7

   ditto to what Piffin said, and in addition think twice about an upper cabinet. For me standards and open shelving works the best, it's too easy for things to get lost in an upper cabinet. I can put long shelf brackets on the bottom for a printer to hover above the computer, the paper on a shallower shelf above that, etc. As for the tangle of cords, I've given up trying to get cords organized. Got to live with it, just like mosquitoes when you go camping.

   As for undercabinet lighting over a computer, it will shine right in your eyes... you'll never use it and undercabinet lighting has a track record of over-heating.