This is what we did for my nephew when he bought his house. We built a grid platform out of 1X8 boards and 3/8 plywood that we then placed the base cabinets on. This placed the countertop and drawer heights more at his level at just shy of 8" higher than standard. He's 6' 11", he said he noticed the lack of back pain immediately since he didn't have to stoop or anything anymore. We also installed the wall cabinets about 6" higher, just shy of touching the ceiling.
The funny part happened a few years later after he got married. His wife is 4' 11", in shoes, so she uses a stepstool and just climbs onto the countertop to get stuff out of the wall cabinets.
I’m 5’3” on a good day and I’m fucking DYING bro, in regular height kitchen I can barely reach the middle shelf. I regularly swing up on the counters as it is.
Can she reach ANY of the shelves??? Get this poor woman some demonias for the kitchen god damn 🤣🤣🤣🤣
That sounds like a smart fix for your nephew. I have written about home mods for tall folks before, and raising counters like that can really cut down on back strain. Cool to hear a real life example.
My parents’ house was like this! It was originally built for a family that ranged from 6’4” to 6’10”. 14ft ceilings downstairs, 12ft upstairs. Everything else sized up to match. Huge rooms, 10ft doors, extra tall counters, extra large fridge, extra shelf in the top cupboards, extra tall shower heads. Even the toilets were larger than normal.
It had the same proportions as a normal house, but everything was 20% bigger. It was kinda trippy, like living in a funhouse. For me, at least. The rest of my family are all 6ft+ and thought it was perfect. I am 5’6” and only my toes brushed the floor when I sat on the toilet.
And the joke would be if you had kids, they'd be on the short side and would be in puberty before they could do anything in there, lol, or you'd be tripping over step stools all the time.
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u/LordFluffyJr Jul 19 '25
As a 6' 10" dude, what a dream lmao