We are working on an open concept kitchen and dining room remodel. The dining area looks out to a lake with an 8 foot sliding patio door. We have a 3 foot wall to the left of the patio door. We are waffling on whether to do the traditional approach and center a table on the patio door or put a bench (built in or not) against the left side of the room such that the table only blocks the non-sliding portion of the door. We are also waffling on doing a counter height table or not. The concern of centering the table on the patio door is that the table blocks the view (even more so if counter height) and people have to walk around the table to get to the door. The concern with the bench is will it look weird to have the table and the associated dining light off to the side.