Hi Alida,
I just got a hood from Futuro Futuro and I'm absolutely loving it, for what it's worth. This line of hoods is paintable and the wood trim is stainable/paintable, so you could make it whatever color might blend in best with your walls and/or cabinets:
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Click the pic and scroll down to go to the other styles that you might like, some are more colonial in style.

I have somewhat of a similar set up without any uppers. I have one 12 inch cabinet next to my corner, then the range and then another 12 inch cabinet. Yours will be 12 inches more to the left. Maybe this picture can help you visualize???

Have you thought about putting in a 12 inch base on the one side and a 24 inch drawer on the other. If you need more inches, most super susans come in a 33 inches. The corner cabinets hold almost my entire set of pots, pans and bakeware while the 12 inch bases hold mixers, blenders and food processors and trays. Maybe you could get away with that and it would seem less crowded???

I have posted a link to one of my favorite kitchen on FKB. You can see her cabinet on the counter at the end and visualize your range 12 inches from it.

Here is a link that might be useful: atkillerys kitchen

Hoisting self up on counters to reach the 2ond shelf! Been there, done that. I reached the point and no longer do, now it is "can you reach this for me?" --- I have no uppers on the range wall and initially bought the matching DCS hood to my range. It overpowered my kit. I ended up with a Kobe hood that works well and doesn't overpower. If you do a search on this forum for "Blue kit and afraid" you can see a picture of mine, the red kit. It isn't one of the pretty ones like above posters but it works.

How about a wood hood that mimics the shape of a SS hood chimney hood (the ones that are sort of triangular on the bottom & then a straight chimney up to the ceiling). It wouldn't be as massive as the rectangular ones. I saw one recently (but I don't remember where) that was on a wall by itself and it looked very nice.

How it would look w/the hutches, I don't know. But, if you had some design elements in both (like some kind of trim) it might look fine.

how about downdraft ventilation.. then you dont have to worry about the hood :-)

course you gotta worry about getting a new range.. but that end up being more fun!

Hi all,
Thanks for the replies!

Circuspeanut, Those are lovely hoods. The smallest is 36" though. And while my range is 30" and i know (from GW) it's desirable to have a hood that is wider than the cooktop, I think I need to stay at 30" for the hood. Besides, i'm just not that good a cook. Two burners at a time is my normal limit. With three going on special occasions, I'm pretty much in over my head!

Cleo, yes I did think about shifting the range to the right, but I'm really afraid that downsizing the pots&pans drawer will be bad. MY KD and I were really careful about the amount, type and location of storage needed especially with no uppers) and the super susan is already spoken for! Your mantle hood is lovely BTW. Thanks for the picture. It does help me visualize.

Buehl, I haven't seen one like that. That's kind of why I was considering a glass canopy hood. I thought that maybe if the stainless "chimney" part was too modern, maybe I could have my contractor box it in and paint it? If anyone has a picture or link to the hood type Beuhl mentions i'd love to see it.

Favabeans - I could do that but then DH would probably kill me and I wouldn't get to enjoy my finally remodeled kitchen! LOL! The range is the only thing that's staying. PO's bought it just before we purchased the house. It' a dacor duel fuel, "pro style", in stainless. It has taken me a full two years to figure out how to use three of the oven modes, there are still two that I haven't a clue how to use. The newest models are probably way smarter than I am!

Hi Alida-
I am having the exact same problem. I have a similar set up with an upper cabinet to the left of the range and the need for a wall mounted hood.

I have been in my kitchen for 6 mo and still can't decide what to do. My kitchen is more modern, so something in glass would probably be ok, but I'm one of those people who is always looking for something different, so I'm trying to find a unique solution to the problem.

Please let me know what you decide. I've linked a picture, so maybe it will give you an idea of your space. Good luck

Bump...any progress, Alida? I have the same problem, and am looking for more ideas...

Heyker,

In the end I chose the curved glass hood. It's partially installed now (the main unit part is up but the duct cover and glass are not on yet.) I hope I'm going to like it! While I looked at a lot of other options, this seemed like the best choice. Everything else I liked seemed to overpower the hutch cabinet I don't have photos yet but I will post once the rest of the unit is installed. My contractor has said it would be fairly simple to box in the chimney part and paint it if I'd like. I am planning on hanging a fairly traditional painting on the wall space over the P&P drawer stack. I'm also thinking of a solid marble backsplash behind the stove, but cut in a sort of "bell shaped" pattern. In other words, the marble would follow the curves of the glass and flare out as it descends to range, ultimately being 6" or 8" wider than the range at the bottom. I'm not doing any other backsplashes, so I thought this might give me a little more coverage near the stove and dress up the hood a little.

If anyone else has opinions I'm always open to them. I'm always grateful when someone saves me from myself!!

Here's a link to the hood....

Here is a link that might be useful: Kobe Glass hood