My ideas
Hate this picture. BUT the idea is for the dining room table to be independent, not to have the wall space around the bay knockout serve as seating in any capacity. Under the windows should jut out into the room slightly enough to serve as a shallow cabinet of sorts, the top of which would be maybe 2 1/2 to 3 feet high - too tall for seating, but not buffet height exactly (still want full sized windows).
looks like a house
Q