Carolyn, If the TV is more-or-less centered, then a single support under the center should be OK in conjunction with 1"-thick shelves. If the arrangement you want for your cubicles has more than one support, then you should be pretty much home free with any reasonable arrangement. For a 24"-deep shelf, you're pretty much forced to go with sheet goods. (I once lived in a house built in the 1920's that had 24"-deep shelves made from solid redwood, but I don't think you can get that anymore ;).) I believe that "Applyply" plywood can be had in 1" thickness, although it's probably a special order. Baltic Birch plywood may also be available in 1", although I think it normally comes in 5'x5' sheets, so 72" may not be possible with BB. You possibly could laminate two pieces of 1/2" plywood to get to 1". If the TV is really 300+ lbs, you might want to go even a bit thicker than 1". Consult Sagulator to see what your specific weight, shelf material, and unsupported distance will do for you. Applyply is made in thicknesses up to 1-1/4", so there should be something there that will take care of you.

Here's my Rangecraft mounted 29" from my rangetop grates (about 30.25" from counter). It's 24" deep and 42" wide. It's hard to get a photo in my space that shows how it covered the front burners. The outside edge of the vent just barely covers front burner. I'm 5' 7.5" tall. DH is 6'. The only time I've hit the hood is when I'm wearing my extra tall cooking shoes, which I don't do often, and have my hair piled on my head in a big banana clip. Under these circumstances when I approach the rangetop from the corner of the hood, I sometimes hit my clip on the hood. My clip, not my head. If I approach straight on even in my tallest cooking shoes with big hair clip, I've never hit the hood. I don't recall DH ever hitting his head, nor do I recall anyone else in my kitchen hitting theirs. I wish the front interior of the hood covered the front burners. As it is now, I cook my smelliest, greasiest, smokiest stuff on the back center burner for better capture. If I try to do that on the front burners, some of the effluent still escapes the front of the hood because the capture part of the hood doesn't completely cover the burner. I remember reading that thread you linked when I was researching hoods. That was one of very few I read where people complained of hitting their head. From what I've read here over four years, most people don't have an issue with head banging.

I appreciate the input from CircusPeanut, Lascatx, Fori, Doraville, GizmoNike. Thanks so much. Lots of agony, sturm and drang until midnight, but have decided with DH that the cupboards will not be extra deep. It was a long and gentle argument I won't bore you with. But just remember as you read further that I am the "Queen of the Tablesettings." So...Now in the plans, there are two 20-inch pullout breadboards on that bank of lower cupboards to provide additional launching and "plunk space" and chopping/prep surface slightly lower than countertop and allowing stool use for long sitting if the boards are used for multi-cook occasions. One of them will have a direct view outside, perhaps centered on a bird feeder. The upper cupboards as I said previously will hold everyday drinking glasses, wine glasses, dishes, serving pieces on lower 2 shelves; less used but attractive glassware and serving pieces on upper two shelves; fronts are rough semi-translucent glass. The window separates the two doubledoor upper cupboards. The whole wall is designated in my plans as launching place for tablesetting and for a beverage/bar station and for sandwich making. In my G design, this is the top of the G. There is a lazy susan that turns the corner from top of G to side of G. Lazy susan will hold cereal and cracker boxes, hard liquor, canned appetizers and salsas, coffee and tea gear, teapot, canned beverages (we drink pop and juice only occasionally), auxiliary induction hotplate and electric warmer unit for serving, At the top of the G, the lower cupboard has two stacks of 3 symmetrical drawers about a yard wide each. The top drawer closest to refrig and dining room will contain everyday flatware and napkins and other yet-to-be-named stuff. There's a possibility that I can fit it with silvercloth dividers to hold a set of everyday silverplate flatware that currently is stored in a box. The other top drawer will have a) beer/wine openers, a couple paring knives, tea balls, hors d'ouvres- and cheese- serving gear b) candle-related and flower arranging gear (matches, candles, short candlesticks, "frogs," bobeches, shears). Two sets of deeper symmetrical drawers below will hold some of my china and the offseason dishes destined to be used on deck/patio in summer, which can be rotated upward to more accessible places in season. I have given up the idea of making a tablecloth drawer--there just isn't enough room, I fear. Instead, the horrible former front hall closet on the far side of the dining room will be outfitted with shelves to make a storage closet for vases, awkward silver serving pieces, and tablecloths hung from dowels or hangers. In a great article I read recently, another tablesetting maniac suspended her tablecloths from a closet rod and had permanent pin-on lables to indicate tablecloth size. I might be able to put two very wide table leaves in here also, rescuing them from under my bed storage now. I really wanted the deeper 27-inch drawers, but hey, Florantha, remember this mantra, "You can't have everything." I also tell myself when I get upset about all this, "If they had wanted perfection, they would have hired God." Breadboards rule!

We haven't installed the hood yet, but I have worked on the plan. I am thinking of a 22" deep hood built out from the wall by 7", for a total depth of 29". I did some geometry to arrive at a good combination of 1. non head banging 2. good smoke capture. The above would be a non-standard installation height however I think it would work best in our case. This is discussed in painful detail in my thread below. Something to be aware of is that the higher the hood is mounted, the louder it will sound. You could see how this works by lowering your head beside an operating hood. Here is a link that might be useful: super-quiet 600+ cfm range hood for condo This post was edited by feisty68 on Tue, Jul 8, 14 at 12:49