I have the Capital 30" 5 burner, all-gas, with self-clean. Capital's customer service is prompt, and I love the look of this range. Oh, and that center high-power burner is outstanding! Even with the slight BTU loss I get by using propane, it's awesome. The ONLY quibble I have is that the four regular burners are difficult to use with small pots, as the flame is too far to the outside edge. One small burner would be nice. I'm guessing the DCS is the same as they are practically twins, but I don't know about burners on the Delonghi.

You know, I agree with you that the island perpendicular to the window wall doesn't feel as right as the island parallel to the window wall. Interesting. I stopped and thought about why that would be. My first thought was that, with the island perpendicular to the window wall, the end of the island closest to the living room now feels as if it's intruding into the walkway between the kitchen and living room. Even though the island ends in line with the side of the fridge closest to the living room, the island still feels as if it's intruding. However, when I look at the island parallel to the window, I also think the end of the island closest to the dining room feels as if it is intruding into the dining room. Even though the island ends in line with the side of the perimeter cabinet closest to the dining room, the island still feels as if it's intruding. So when you're standing in the living room, you like the perpendicular-to-the-window-wall island orientation less (because the island feels as if it's intruding towards you). And when you're standing in the dining room, you'll like the parallel-to-the-window-wall island orientation less (because the island feels as if it's intruding towards you). Given all that, I actually think this shape island (posted earlier upthread) feels the best from both perspectives: That is because the island is completely and clearly inside the invisible borders of the kitchen as delineated by the side of the fridge closest to the living room and the side of the perimeter cabinet closest to the dining room. A square (ish) island doesn't even touch the borders -- it's well inside them by a foot or two, making it impossible for the island to feel as if it's intruding into another room. This home layout is so open that it lacks some of the normal cues (walls/doorways/floor changes) marking where the kitchen ends and another room begins. So in this island's case, a setback from the technical kitchen border helps to clarify things. The island's definitely in the kitchen and only in the kitchen. Here is an edited version that stops the island a foot or two short of the borders in both directions: I'd recommend having seating just on the living room side of the island. Seating on the dining room side puts those chairs back to back with dining room chairs, and I always think that looks/functions a bit oddly.

Beckington, I can't speak to the GE range as I have a GE elec wall oven and a gas range top. However, my wall oven has the steam clean function as well as the old fashioned self clean. From my experience, the steam clean is worthless. The regular self clean works very well. The oven keeps even temperatures, it does have WiFi connectivity which I never hooked up. I don't know if you can assume the oven in the range works the same as the wall oven. One might think they are using the same technology but who knows. Maybe a call to GE could answer your question. Inga

Stumbled across this and wanted to add that 3 years later, this post remains accurate. There are two really good options in the Cincinnati…Windows Direct with the Sunrise Restorations and Windows Plus with the Soft-lite essentials. I was comfortable with both but in the end more comfortable with Windows Plus and with their cost 20% lower (and for triple pane vice double pane) it was the right decision for us…but it was not an easy decision. I would encourage anyone in the area to meet with both companies and skip the rest! There is still no Okna dealer in the area which makes these the 2 best vinyl windows and associated with 2 good installers.