My cutting table and ironing board are both fairly tall (I'm 5'6") and keep me from having to lean over (sure hate to cute at a dining room table which I did last week when cutting out flannel jammie pants for Christmas). But my sewing table is right at 31" and I still think it's too tall--my machine does not sit in it but on top--so that means the machine bed is at about 34" and my elbows are not at that 90 degrees--and my shoulders and neck know it! I plan to literally take a saw to it and cut it down over the winter! Do any of you ever set the machine on a higher surface and stand up to sew? I sometimes do on my cutting table--makes for a nice change for my body.