Vote--Wood vs. Stainless Range Hood
For the past 2 years, I've loved the idea of a stainless range hood with mirrored bands and rivets and thought I would make this a the focal point in my kitchen remodel. But, now that we are finally doing our kitchen renovation, I'm worried that this style is on its way out and that instead wooden hoods or accents of wood with more contemporary lines are replacing the stainless banded look.
I'm using white shaker style cabinetry painted either BM White Dove or BM Simply White. The pantry, which will be visible from the kitchen will be painted Sherwin Williams Cyberspace or BM Wrought Iron and the kitchen island will be stained in a light maple with subtle grey/natural undertones. We'll have quartz counters to mimic marble and oversized glass pendants with black metal finishes from Restoration Hardware.
I'm going for a modern farmhouse feel with a slight slant toward contemporary/transitional. Here are some sample photos of hoods that I like. I'd love feedback regarding which way people think the 2020's kitchen trends will be going. I've spent much of the "teens" thinking about this kitchen project and I now want to make sure that I don't stick with some old inspirations if the trend is moving into something new and fresh for the next decade. Thanks!
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Comments (6)A wood created hood with liner can be $1200 to several thousands more than it's equivalent standalone stainless hood. It all depends on how elaborate you want the surround to appear. It's harder to clean, and frankly, it will become dated far more quickly than the utilitarian and functional stainless will. A "mantle hood" is one of those trends that will go away and leave people with the "what was I thinking" just like harvest gold appliances or "Mediterranean style". That's my opinion, and that's worth every bit of what you paid me for it. ;) However, if you were one of my clients, I'd say the same thing and then say, "It's your kitchen. Get what you LOVE, as you'll be the one living and cooking in your kitchen. If your friends are so gauche as to point out that something you love and personally selected is no longer stylish, then they're not really your friends." I have a relative whose dream kitchen was orange oak cabinets, white tiled counters and backsplash, and brass everywhere. He just renovated his 1950 post war bungalow and that's what he put in. He's either terribly behind the curve or terribly ahead of it. He's happy either way!...See MoreGlass vs. Stainless steel Range hoods
Comments (6)I can't speak from experience, but we were recently faced with the same decision. I liked the way the glass looked becase it seemed to open up the space more, but we decided to go with the stainless because we too were worried about the dirt/grease on the glass. Our designer warned against the glass saying it will look terrible if it isn't totally clean. Also my DH went saw a glass model in a store and it was covered in dust (as usual in a store) and it looked terrible. The SS model in the same store looked fine - and I'm sure no one was cleaning those. (Now please know I do plan to clean my hood... just not often! ;) ) Hopefully the SS will look OK between cleanings too. Hope that helps- good luck!...See MoreEbay range hood VS AKDY range hood
Comments (8)The only difference I see is the filters at the bottom where the air goes thru, going up into the hood. One has mesh & the other is....I may be wrong on the name, but....baffles(?). I have no idea if that makes a difference in the filtering process or drawing the air up, or maybe the cleaning? I'd look into that & see if one is better than the other. Otherwise, go w/ the cheaper one! I've ordered many things on ebay & have yet to have a problem. Good luck!...See MoreRange hood suggestions? Island hood, stainless, 36"ish
Comments (17)I may have left out some words due to repetition. The number of square feet refers to the entry aperture of the hood. For example, a 36 x 24 hood aperture would be 6 square feet, and would require 6 x 90 = 360 CFM actual, likely needing a blower rated at 540 CFM. Pressure loss not only entails the ducting, but the baffles and the MUA path. Leaky walls are not exactly a free path for air. A leaky house may be sufficient for MUA in practice (given that the blower rating takes the pressure loss into account), but the OP may live where aggressive code enforcement will demand at least a damper in a duct to the outside. The rationale for 90 ft/min is based on ensuring entrainment into baffle gaps that typically are around 50% of the baffle area and have to deal with upward plume velocities of as much as 1.2 m/s. See also the table (Figure 4) on page 9 of the Greenheck Guide available here: https://www.tagengineering.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/KVSApplDesign_catalog.pdf The discussion leading to that table should prove useful for background information. In particular, the Greenheck method vs. the linear feet of hood edge (all the way around for an island hood) method is discussed. (Note commercial cooking rarely is true island type; even located in the middle of a kitchen the hood is connected to the cooktop via a back section. There may also be side skirts on the hood.) Last, let me point out that capture can fail under cross draft conditions, which are almost always worse for island/peninsula configurations than wall configurations....See More
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4 years agoThank you tartanmeup and Buehl. Our range will be a Thermador professional series 48" range. We'll have a stainless steel Sub Zero 42" french door refrigerator and Thermador wall ovens. Cabinets will be painted Benjamin Moore White Dove or Simply White. Pantry cabinets will be painted Sherwin Williams Cybperspace, a charcoal grey with blue undertones. Floors are red oak and will be refinished. I'm thinking of going lighter with a pickle finish to cut some of the pink that naturally comes from sanding red oak down. The island will potentially be black cypress or a maple finished in a light grey or a finish called lava stone. Finally, the faucets will be chrome and two oversized pendants will be glass and black/bronze metal "machinist" fixtures from Restoration Hardware. Here is a photo I'm using as my inspiration. I'm having the perimeter cabinets all white rather than white uppers and stained lowers, but this gives you a sense of the overall feel, minus the blackboard.
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