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Almost every modern dining is 30" (760mm) tall. And almost every modern chair has a seat that is 18" (457mm) off the floor. That 12" of difference allows space for the tabletop, the table’s aprons (if it has any) and the sitter’s legs.

Here's the problem with those standards: an 18" seat is too dang high for many sitters. My mother-in-law is about 5'2" (157cm), and every modern chair leaves her feet dangling over the floor like a schoolgirl in an adult chair.

After 10 minutes or so, the chair becomes incredibly uncomfortable as the blood supply to her legs is cut off by the seat, which is compressing her thighs. In the 1990s, I made her a small 4" (100mm)-tall footstool for her dining set that would support her feet.

The solution to this problem, however, is not to build footstools for everyone whose shins are too short.

Instead, the solution is to first lower the standard seat height of dining chairs by 3" (76mm) or so. This will allow shorter people to rest their feet on the floor like regular human beings and sit comfortably for hours. What will a 15" (380mm)-high chair feel like for a tall person? Just fine. Their thighs will be above the seat, and if they want to lower them a bit, they can move their feet forward.

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HopefulSSer wrote: ↑Mon Nov 11, 2024 10:10 pm A thought about table height (mentioned in the download)
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Almost every modern dining is 30" (760mm) tall. And almost every modern chair has a seat that is 18" (457mm) off the floor. That 12" of difference allows space for the tabletop, the table’s aprons (if it has any) and the sitter’s legs.

Here's the problem with those standards: an 18" seat is too dang high for many sitters. My mother-in-law is about 5'2" (157cm), and every modern chair leaves her feet dangling over the floor like a schoolgirl in an adult chair.

After 10 minutes or so, the chair becomes incredibly uncomfortable as the blood supply to her legs is cut off by the seat, which is compressing her thighs. In the 1990s, I made her a small 4" (100mm)-tall footstool for her dining set that would support her feet.

The solution to this problem, however, is not to build footstools for everyone whose shins are too short.

Instead, the solution is to first lower the standard seat height of dining chairs by 3" (76mm) or so. This will allow shorter people to rest their feet on the floor like regular human beings and sit comfortably for hours. What will a 15" (380mm)-high chair feel like for a tall person? Just fine. Their thighs will be above the seat, and if they want to lower them a bit, they can move their feet forward.

HopefulSSer wrote: ↑Mon Nov 11, 2024 10:10 pm A thought about table height (mentioned in the download)