My son used to help me cook in the kitchen - he is 190 cm, I am 175cm. I have an old-fashioned breakfast bar which is raised above the level of the kitchen benchtop. My son would stand at the raised section, I would stand at the lower section, it worked really well. An alternative might be to have a pull out step in the kick board spaces for your wife to stand on - I don't know if it would be high enough, but it might make things more comfortable. Speaking from the point of view of a tall woman, I will have my next kitchen cupboards and laundry raised at least 10 cm to make my life more comfortable - bending forward for any length of time is seriously UN comfortable!

Hi there, we just do a wipe down every day for cleanliness ( can still see some marks with this) and a wipe and buff once a week to look as new. We have red wine, turmeric, beetroot, coffee drips, grey ‘pencil’ scrapes from plates. Oils are pretty much a daily addition on our benches too, and as it is also our backsplash it gets tomato sauce, spatters etc from cooking. All disappear with the wipe and buff method except for the pencil type marks which I use another Enjo product called marble paste on then follow up with the usual routine. I think you may have to make the hard decision between the fresh concrete look or a stone that shows less marks in certain lights- choose whichever feature will make you the happiest in the long term. Either way you will love your new space.

Hi Wally, when your tops were made, all the corners and folds were welded and flushed, whereby making invisible joins. You could now get a Stainless Steel Fabricator back in to weld up these holes and then flush the welds and resurface the whole benchtop; bringing it back to its original condition and making the holes invisible. Hope this is of help to you. Malcolm

Full residential underbench drawers are better for you, less noise. Not many options though. Sub Zero has 610 and 760mm https://au.subzero-wolf.com/en/sub-zero/counter-refrigerator Fisher Paykel has 900mm (855 to be exact) https://www.fisherpaykel.com/au/kitchen/fridges-freezers/built-in-refrigeration/cooldrawer-multi-temperature-drawer.RB90S64MKIW1.html Both has customizeable front panel (I am sure sub zero can, f&p pretty sure you can do it, just like their dishdrawers) Going commercial, you have more range, built like a tank, and more noisy Adande is the top range drawers, Best available for commercials, they have double sided one as well, you can push and pull from either side Turboair / Polar is another option for more drawers. Williams / Skope only has the 2door - 3door - 4door type but they look very commercial, mostly stainless or glass door only.