Which kitchen layout help

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Hi please help me from my dithering. We are doing a barn conversion - it is an amazing once of a life time project and we are going to live there forever I need help with which way round to put the island. The room is 6m2 and is a converted corn house with a vaulted ceiling. It will make a stunning kitchen I don't want to ruin it.

We are thinking of going for a DIY kitchen in either the norton or helmsley. Colour is either blue or light grey still trying to sort. I will try and put up a photo of the room.

Please help me with if I should go perpendicular or parallel with the tall units.

Perpendicular
Pros- can use a compact laminate which is cheaper
Hob and centre of island line up to the central beam and skylight.
Cons- smaller seating area takes up more of the room, blocks bifold doors (still 1.2 m behind seats)

Parallel
Pros- more seating, makes better use of the space- kitchen is more contained gives more feeling of space in the room.
Cons- more expensive, some units under the worksurface seating area. Have to use quartz- more expensive but could be a good thing as more hardwearing,

Thanks in advance- mumsnet has been a wealth of knowledge on all things home renovation, it has helped so much.

I'd go with parallel for table as it looks neater, is easier to get past from the rest of the house to the garden and no one has their back to the garden view. I guess you can move it though?

Not sure about dishwashers, we've got one and it's plenty, I'd rather have the extra storage. In our old kitchen it was in a corner and it meant the adjacent cupboard door got scratched (people opening the DW with the cupboard door not fully shut) and was always getting covered in splash marks.

Thanks @ExtremelyDelighted we can move the table but I have to set the lighting for the pendant lights

Thanks for the advice re dish washers

Ah that's tricky about the lighting. Personally I'd have pendants over a fixed island but wouldn't want to commit to a position for them over a table as I'm the sort of person that can't resist trying out different positions, or might push it back against the wall for a party or similar.