I have a box out behind my stove and it has a shelf. I put my olive oil (in a nice bottle) my pepper grinder and some other containers with kosher salt in them. Here is the link to my kitchen but you will need to scroll down to see the knick knacks.

Here is a link that might be useful: Box out behind stove

Thanks Willowdecor. My shelf is on the wood hood cabinet so it should hold maybe vases, or small artwork, just not sure....so if anyone else has pictures, please post!!

Thanks.

Bump :-)

This pic was taken pre-clutter..... Now, I have lots of candles on the ledge behind the range, plus my garlic pot.

Hi Allnew,
I have a big hood (too big for the room actually) with a shelf. I'm not sure if it's similar to what you're looking for. I just threw some things up there that I had around the house. I wasn't sure if I wanted to keep it casual or more formal and symmetrical. I've noticed some kitchens with framed prints on the shelf or a few groupings of things like oil cruets or baskets, decorative candle holders, etc. I chose to keep mine casual, anything else would have required that I spend money so.....
I'm sure I'll change these things out someday when I come across something I like better but I haven't really had a chance to look.
The best pics I have of the hood area are in the link. I tried to find them in my photobucket account but they're buried. Based on your question, is it safe to assume you're almost finished your kitchen???????

Here is a link that might be useful: my finished kitchen pics

Hoods? Did anyone say Hood Eye Candy? Or has some GW
once said Hood Porn?

Here are a few favorites. I hope they help you with your
knic, knacs.
~boxer

Hoods

Tianon Hood by Francoise

Gwyneed Valley

Camille Garro

Revival Kitchen

Corner Stone Builder

Gurte Kitchen

Burman Cab

Chris Russell of Boston Area Cabinet maker

Newlywed diaries blog

Between naps on the porch blog

Brooke Giannetti

YES, YES, YYYYEEEEEESSSSSSS....
I have more hood porn.
Hope these help, if not I will post more later.
I am off to my book club. And I sure wish it were
a book on kitchens. : ) Be back later.
~boxer

beautiful!

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Thanks everyone....It gives me great ideas! That was some GREAT hood porn! LOL

Nicknacks? "Nicknacks"?? Hey, you gotta get with the program. Here on the GW, we call them ...

Collections.

Color Accents.

Ceramics.

Baskets.

Art.

Collectibles.

Antiques.

Vases (pronounced "vah'-zez").

Mementos.

Plaques.

Porcelain.

First Editions.

Signed Pieces.

Finds.

Displays.

Memorabilia.

Select Vintage Pieces.

Wedding Presents.

A One-of-a-Kind.

Grandmother's Wedding Presents.

Portraits.

Treasures.

Or in my case, Beat-up Regency silverplate.

Watch your language. We don't got any stinkin' "nicknacks."

Lol Florantha, do we "put up" or do we "accessorize"?

Allnew, this thread turned out great! Lots of eye-candy. I had to will myself not to buy another kitchen magazine at the supermarket this afternoon, now I'm getting my TKO fix after all.

Florantha - I just put myself in time-out for 6 minutes :-)

Keep the hood porn coming - its great to see all the pictures!

I'm calling my stuff revisiting my childhood. Grandma bought it, mom threw it out, I bought it back.

Hmm. revisiting - I have a deep pie dish that is pretty and seldom used that would sit well on such a shelf. Washing it before each use would be only five minutes a year. I do NOT like the idea of dried flowers over a cooktop. Impossible to get grease off, and so so flammable. I do have a set of glass jars with a good seal, they would look nice filled with contrasting color. Oats, or thistle birdseed, or dried red pepper.

Trying again...

shame shame shame on me, not for the hood porn but for the
dreaded K and K word.

For my punishment... Here is more hood porn.
~boxerpups

Galzed Kitchen Cabinets

CLX kitchens

Vintage Brick

Jeanstoofferdesigns

Decor Happy Blog

Coreasotrope

Precision Cabinet Trim

Thanks Boxerpups....each one got better and better. Now I'm looking at my hood, and it looks so plain b/c it's empty. I guess a good excuse to do more shopping....I hear Home Goods in my future today :-)

Gah! I just KNEW I shouldn't have cut that enormous horse head out of my budget ...

Here's mine. It's a temporary set-up, but I just needed *something* up there. Since we don't get a traditional fall in New Orleans, I just needed something that reminds me of autumn and harvest.

And yes, that's brass. And, yes, I need better lighting for pictures!

circus_peanut, I'm sure that now that you have had your taste suitably upgraded, you can find the money for another horse head, or moose, or ... well, the options boggle the mind! You go, girl!
___

Sorry I omitted these items in my definitive k-k synonym list above. Please add:

Taxidermy Masterpieces

Old Master Bronzes

Science Fair Projects

Lighting Devices

Botanical Displays

Pre-Columbian Bric-a-Brac

Sacred Vesselarian Shrine Pieces

Cremation Urns

Artifacts

[St Paul Dispatch-Pioneer Press, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, New Orleans Times Picayune and New York Times, please copy.]

But circus_peanut, you'd need a small field of grass on your harvest table for the enormous horse head. I guess it bends down to graze occasionally.

Aaah Florantha, despite your utter brilliance, you missed the best one of all:

Unfinished Project

Not to change the subject, but grlwprls we need more pics! I actually thought about your space last night and wondered how it was coming. The one pic looks amazing.

grl -- couldn't my horse head make do with some wizened old apples? I've got plenty of those knocking about the place --

I think the horse head needs a bump. Thanks for the laugh.