I can't believe you are getting to pick!! hahaahaah
    My old bench is in front of the window because it was the logical 
place to put it.
The window is about a foot above the bench surface?

   I am not saying I laid it out that way, but I have "made do" for 
decades and it hasn't hurt me much. heehehe
I do have lots of stuff on the window sill. Ha
   My most used drivers, awls, bits and chisels.

Real important to me was fitting the "filler strip" to tightly fit the 
uneven concrete wall behind the bench.
   Super inconvenient trying to fish out stuff that fell off behind the 
bench.
Took me a few years to break down and fit one.

http://users.snowcrest.net/kitty/sgrandstaff/images/shop%20pix/oldbench4.jpg
yours scott

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