Our walk-in robe has the shelf at 2 m. One part of it has a single rod at about 1.95 m, the other part has two rods, about 1 m apart, so at about 0.95 m and 1.95 m from the floor. We have shoe racks below the single rod. So, for things like shirts and blouses, you need a meter or a bit of clearance; for coats and dresses, quite a bit more. If you organize your wardrobe to keep shorter items on one side, I'd have thought you'd have room for shoe drawers below them. Depending on how you plan to use the shelf, you might want to think about raising it (ours is used to store suitcases and out of season clothes, so we don't need daily access and getting a stepladder out occasionally to get things stored up there isn't a hassle. Obviously, it would be if you were using it on a daily basis). Hope this helps.

900mm is still 'standard' however I quite often do 950mm for my clients. It is not a difference that will stand out as wrong, and is really more in proportion with the heights of people today. Some things to consider / look out for with the increased bench height: - often the joiner might try to put the extra 50mm into the kickrails as it is cheaper & easier for them. This DOES look disproportionate so I would definitely recommend paying the extra $ to put the height into the cabinets instead. - If you are having a free-standing stove not all of them are able to be adjusted tall enough to suit a 950mm benchtop, so check the specs carefully. You may end up needing to build a plinth for the stove to go on. - Be sure to ask for a filler to go above your dishwasher, otherwise you will end up with a sizeable gap between the top of the dishwasher & the underside of the benchtop. - The distance between any overhead cabinets & the stove top is dictated by standards, so an increase of 50mm in the bench height will result in the overhead cabinets (if you are having any) also being 50mm higher.

Hmmm, best way to check I think is measure your existing vanities where you currently live, and decide whether you would be comfortable bending to where 880. My family is rather tall and we specially had all our our benchtops at 920. May I ask if your kitchen benchtop, where sink is to be, is also going to be low? While you may be able to live with your vanities being lower, I think having to work at that kitchen height would prove a pain.

install at a height to suit yourself...consider a comfortable dining chair seating height (between 50cm and 60cm)...so much easier for supervising kids and safely getting in and out by sitting on the edge and swinging legs around rather than stepping down into a low bath that risks tripping on the edge