I am pushing 5'2''. It is really a pain in the butt when I need to get something off of the top shelf in the kitchen cabinets. (sad short smiley).
LOL, your the size as my wife. She just calls me for the topshelf duty heh
And depending on who puts the dishes away they're either all on the bottom shelves or all on the top LOL
And I'm not a big fan of the bottom shelf either.