It would be a very bad design. Chimney hoods are chimneys. If you want a cabinet, you want an under cabinet hood.

No, I'm not dying for a cabinet there. I just wondered if anyone has seen it done and if it could be an option. I don't want a cabinet that comes straight down to a hood like in those examples (even though I generally like the look of them) because the window would disappear.

I guess it is a weird idea! 😂 I thought it might be but you never know until you ask!

That’s OK! Weird ideas can sometimes be great. But I think the chimney hood would be fine without the cabinet in it. Or you could go for a bit of an alcove look.

Thanks eam44! We've been working on this kitchen for so long I've had some doozies believe me! Still, sometimes they've helped me to see what was most important even if the idea itself was bad and led to good ideas. I think because DH was wanting more cabinets I was wondering if it was possible to put it there if it wouldn't look ridiculous, but its not truly needed and its not the most important thing to me.

Early on when we first moved into the house I'd considered that alcove idea because the range was originally off to the side of the back counter and we had planned to work with the original layout, but after awhile we realized it was too awful and needed completely reworked. I don't know if you can tell from my picture, but the edge of the range is only 1.5 inches from the window frame, less if you count the trim that juts out, so a surround like that wouldn't be possible without covering the frame.

Closer view:

The old cabinets were built right up to the window on either side and there was a sort of awning built over it and it just completely blended with the cabinets and I hated it. I'd like to see the windows, which is why I thought the chimney hood would be nicest there rather than a cabinet hood that blended right into it.

A picture of the original kitchen cabinets built to window and range off to the side:

If the hood was like that, so that it looked like part of the cabinetry, rather than putting a small cabinet just at the top, and since you wouldn't be able to use the thing anyway, couldn't you just put a couple long matching cabinet doors over top so that they ended at that ledge-ish part of the hood?

Mamagoose, thanks for the visual! It actually doesn't look bad at all in that setup, but it did make me realize in mine there wouldn't be a matching cabinet to connect to, it would just end, so you wouldn't have the symmetry and the oddness would be more apparent. Yeah not a good idea. I think most of the upper-upper cabinets will be pretty useless actually but dh is set on it. It'll just be stuff we don't use often and would probably otherwise store in the basement. My thought if we did have a cabinet over the hood was to hide the duct which will have to go out to the side because it can't vent up (second floor) or straight back (a "sunroom" was built on the otherside of that window). Not sure how we're dealing with that yet.

Missi, I’m not sure i understand, you mean style the chimney like the cabinet doors?

I think this is what Missi is describing:

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I‘m easily distracted these days.

I think Forever is hoping for the openness of a chimney hood, with that graceful curve away from the window, but I do love the

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Sorry, I suck at describing things. What mama goose posted is what I was trying to say!

Exactly eam! Especially with DH wanting to go all the way to the ceilings and the other side of the window will basically be a filled wall I'm trying to keep all the openness I can. I'm planning on tiling around the window all the way to the ceiling to get all the brightness I can as well. The cabinet doors will be unstained cherry so I want to be careful not to end up with a dark crowded feel.

I think the inspiration pic doesn't really reflect Forever Now's problem, so Missi and I were focused on the chimney hood between two cabinets. I do like the hood (beside the window) in the first pic eam posted.

Mama _goose you're right. That picture just had the high ceilings and the divider on the upper cabinets that helped me explain what I meant. Your picture helped me visualize a lot too.

Thank you for pointing out eam's first picture. When I first saw it I didn't realize it was right up to the window frame since it was painted white. It does look nice but it's also the only thing on that wall but windows and there is a contrast to the frame. It does have me thinking though. We'd planned to do a wood hood cover perhaps if the hood was a different brighter material then it could be a "square" hood like that. I wonder if a white hood would work though with the natural wood cabinets and darker appliances (which if I could afford to I'd replace but they're too new)? Time to look for more pictures!

Well this is interesting with the shiplap it kind of blends with the tiled wall.

Using your kitchen pic and a chimney hood, I'm thinking that the reveal needs to be the same on each side of the hood (actually no reveal), with no cabinet above. This is not exact:

@mama goose_gw zn6OH that’s great! When you get a chance can you take a look at my layout?

Forever, I love wood and white paint juxtaposed. It’s so fresh and bright.

The picture eam just posted above is one of my favorite kitchens. It's beautiful.

mama_goose - Thank you again! Definitely no cabinet above, I can see that now. LOL A part of me doesn't even want upper cabinets, but I do think we need a tiny bit more storage. If I can convince DH I"d like to do mullion window cabinet doors (they'd have to be a more opaque glass) just to lighten it up more. The chimney hood really does help it not look so crowded by opening up that area above the range more. That will be a super long chimney though!

eam - Originally I wanted white cabinets because our kitchen just doesn't get enough light. All kinds of windows but the areas outside those windows are all covered. DH was determined to build the cabinets himself, so I decided to go with natural wood because I have been hesitant about how well a DIY paint job would do, but I have considered doing the upper cabinets white more than once. The tricky part in our set-up would be that the pantry and surround around the fridge would butt up against the lower cabinets so I just wasn't sure that would look good. That picture is awesome, but there is a definite separation between the upper and lower cabinets, in our kitchen they blend together, so I'm not sure that would look good.

This was one of my original inspiration pictures. I love the way the shiny white tile makes the wood window trim pop! My window isn't so nice but I'd still like to get that contrast, which means needing to have some space around the window.

My plan is to do a white tile over all the exposed wall to the ceiling help brighten up the kitchen since there will be so much wood. A lot like in this photo:

I do like this picture with the white hood. Maybe that would work. Instead of the window on both sides you'd have a cherry cabinet on one side and a window on the other. I don't know. I can say posting all these pictures that I can't wait until I actually have doors, drawer fronts and side panels on things. My kitchen is so much more functional than it was at only half finished and I'm so grateful we've made it to this point now that I'm home all the time, but I can't wait to see some of the finishing touches, they still feel so far away!

If you would prefer no upper cabinets, you could wrap the corner with open shelves.

Mama_goose, as beautiful as that would be I know my limits. They would be a greasy, dusty mess that I didn't clean often enough!

I do daydream about it sometimes though...