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I'm redoing my painting room and looking at getting a new table. I'm wondering if should get something taller or at an angle,as my current standard height table can make me sore after a while. Any suggestions on a good style of table to go with?

I've never owned one, but I do believe drafting tables are adjustable so you could try different heights and angles and make it more comfortable for you. Not sure if an angle will help though, since you wouldn't be able to have your paints on the table since they would slip down.

Could like at your chair as well, that could be more a problem then the table.

Something taller may very well prove more comfortable. I know that I, at least, want to brace my hands while painting, but also want my face relatively close the my work. Sometimes elbows on the table works, sometimes I need to brace my wrists. For those times, having a chest-high table instead of a stomach-high one would keep me from hunching over, which wreaks havoc on my back, shoulders, and/or neck after a while.

Detail-oriented craft workbenches (jewelers, watchmakers, carvers, etc.) are often taller than those of, say, an average woodworker or welder, for just that reason. If you can, try raising your current table on blocks or dropping your chair height (even kneeling, for a short time) to see if the elevated surface works for you. No sense buying a tall table if you end up having to just raise your chair to match before you're comfortable.

I agree that an angled surface sounds like it would just cause problems. We generally hold the pieces as we paint them and need a level surface for storing supplies. Do you also use the same area for modeling or will this be for painting, exclusively? I use my one table for everything, so I would also be concerned about stability. Even a cheap folding table can work fine for painting, but nothing is worse than trying to saw through a piece of plastic (let alone harder woods and metals) and having the whole table rock with each stroke.

The chair is important, too. I have a desk table I use for painting, and found that a yoga ball was lower than a desk chair, and the ball let me hip hinge, rather than bend from the lower back. Good luck!