After a long night making dinner, your back feels like you've been toiling away planting potatoes in a field instead of just cutting them on your bamboo chopping board. Life is tough.
Consider...
Designing your kitchen bench height specifically to be a comfortable height for you, rather than just accepting the typical kitchen bench height. Benches are usually 900mm high, but that only caters for a person of average height. And there's a good chance that you aren't the average height.
If you're on the taller side, a kitchen bench may be more comfortable at 930mm - 950mm. Similarly, if gravity is not your friend, you may want to consider dropping the bench height below 900mm. Consider visiting a showroom to get a feel for what works best for you.
If you and your partner are on opposite ends of the height spectrum and share the cooking equally, consider designing the bench to be taller rather than shorter. A shorter person can always step up on a stool or step and keep a straight back, but a taller person can't do the reverse.
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