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1. 
   DougU | Apr 05, 2007 07:08am | #1

   I always consider desk height at 30".

   Doug

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   Geoffrey | Apr 05, 2007 07:23am | #2

   The 80 plus year old desk to my left is 30" ......the 15-20 year old office table that I'm typing at right now is 32" ........take your pick! :)

                                                                       Geoff

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   JMadson | Apr 05, 2007 08:43am | #3

   If you want a non-standard desk height, make sure you can buy a non-standard chair to go with it.

   Otherwise the desk should be 30". 

   Ever get that feeling of being short when you sit at a booth at a really old restaurant and you sink down a little. 

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   RippySkippy | Apr 05, 2007 02:59pm | #4

   One of the most comfortable desks I've used was standard counter top height, with a bar stool that had a back. One base cabinet left out, for the my legs and when not used for a desk, it was the counter. Just a thought....

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   JDRHI | Apr 05, 2007 03:13pm | #5

   30" if used with a typical chair.

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   CapnMac | Apr 05, 2007 06:19pm | #6

   Most cabinet companies sell a 30-1/2" "vanity" height line, which will finish to around 32" above the floor.  The trick of that, is that they likely have either or both 18" or 21" deep end panels on those cabients, as those are common depths for vanity cabinets.

   That's not all bad, since you have a different counter-top height, so being able have that height "die" into the side of the 34-1/2" tall, 24' deep base cabinets.

   Now, personally, I've seen some of these desk areas in kitchens that were downright uncomfortable, because you wind up "lower" than the rest of the kitchen.  I've found for several people, a stand-up/bar-height "desk" set at 42" can be much more "friendly" in the kitchen.

   But, that's perception, and perceptions vary, as do kitchens.

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7. 
   Piffin | Apr 05, 2007 09:48pm | #7

   29.5" to 31"

   Crowd higher if using a pencil drawer or keyboard slide-out.

   Yes there are high draw units mess-produced.

    

    

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