On the day before the wedding, you'll have a lot of things to do: Welcome bags to deliver, out-of-town guests to greet, maybe even a manicure-pedicure appointment with your bridesmaids. If the schedule is jam-packed that day, do you really need to have a wedding rehearsal? Or is it OK to skip it?
Some people like their nightstands to be lower than the bed. Range of Options. Most commercially made nightstands are between 24 and 28 inches tall, corresponding to the average mattress height of 25 inches. This nightstand height alleviates the need for people who are standing up to bend over when reaching for items. However, since mattresses can be as low as 18 inches on a platform bed or as high as 36 inches on a canopy bed, there is demand for a variety of nightstand dimensions.
The standard height for wall cabinets is to place the tops at 7 feet above the finished floor, or 84 inches. This is for normal cabinets, which are at most 30 inches tall. There are also 42 inch tall wall cabinets, which would be placed with their tops at 8 feet. This practice puts the bottom of the tallest cabinets at 54 inches above the finished floor. Since the normal height of a base cabinet plus counter top is around 36 inches, that leaves 18 inches of space.