Dining table or kitchen counters nearest the window??

[Maveta]

If you could choose which would you prefer:

1. cooking/washing up etc with no view except the rest of the kitchen but a view (windows/door opening onto very small balcony/terrace overlooking gardens) from your dining table

or

1. the other way around i.e. view from the kitchen counter/sink/stove and eat in the part of the kitchen that has no view?

[blithedance]

I think view to eat is good but it's so hard to get away from the sink-in-front-of-the-window convention. I am having the same dilemma.

Instead of the window you could have some cool wall mounted plate and spice racks so everything you need for preparation is to hand.

[Ponders]

But you spend a lot more time (on your own) at the counter/sink/stove. When you're at the table you have your lovely family to look at - who needs a view then?