I would not extend the tile any farther. And I would find a way to cover the chimney.

The tile is fine as is.

You need a range hood flue cover in a similar metal finish to your actual appliance that is the right height for your chimney. They sell these at big box stores, and you can look for one made by the same company as your appliance.

I like the tile where it is.

I would make the hood chimney disappear as much as possible--maybe even drywall then tiling over it (in which case your tile WOULD have to go higher) because if it's too prominent, it'll fight with the ceiling beam.

I'd strongly consider removing all the crown molding -- it feels a very odd addition when it's 5 feet from the peak of the (moulding-less) ceiling...

@eam44 I do have a chimney cover, the top piece is in place it just has the protective covering on it and the bottom piece just wasn't on when I took the picture. I tried to find a piece of SS crown to match this GE chimney but I can't find one. I've decided to leave the tile as is.

Can you please post a picture further back with the lights on?

Ah. Well they do sell stainless steel crown molding. You could use it, or you could just leave the flue square, ending flush with the top of the wood crown molding. Up to you.

@eam44 can you please tell me where to buy the stainless crown moldings. I couldn’t find any that will work for this GE hood/chimney. I really don’t care for how it looks. It looks unfinished like an after though.

@acm: "I'd strongly consider removing all the crown molding"

I agree. A simple molding at the top (example) would look much better than this heavy, traditional molding far below the ceiling in a kitchen that's really quite modern.

-- amateur

Hi @P McG. It sounds like you are going to have to improvise. Check out Zline, which has a lot of crown molding for vent hoods. Something is bound to work, and they have a phone number you can call with questions about fit.

This is going to be a lot of work - you have to know the dimensions of your flue cover, and you might have to look up the dimensions of a lot of Zline flue covers to find a match. Or maybe they have great customer service and they can help you over the phone. I haven’t done this so I don’t know how exact the fit has to be, or how easy it might be to alter the crown, but you should be able to cut the metal with the right blade if you must.

If all else fails you could use your wood crown molding and paint it with Rustoleum stainless steel paint. But hopefully you will find something at Zline.

It just looks unfinished because it is unfinished. I don’t find your kitchen modern at all. I would finish the hood before messing with the molding.

Hi P,

Love your bright & clean kitchen!

Also, I am a fan of subway tile although on my screen your tile looks very faint, glassy (not matte) and almost disappears entirely, I don't even see any grout!

In addition, your chimney hood looks pretty small to scale now that I see the 2nd pic and of course doesn't go to the ceiling or has a flue cover.

For me it's the straight line per the cabinets/molding/range hood that's a bit jarring, and then it's not symmetrical with the ceiling beam.

But honestly, none of this would be a big enough deal for me personally to sink a lot of $$$ into.

Agree that much of this is simply because your kitchen is unfinished.

If I were to change anything it would be the straight horizontal line, inspiration pic.

@Janie Gibbs-BRING SOPHIE BACK Thank you! We've found some problems with this chimney and have decided returning it and getting something different will work better. I'm thinking of this stainless steel crown molding. I'm thinking of having line with the cabinet crown molding in the current position or possibly just above the cabinet molding.

If you go with the stainless, go above the white crown. i Wouldn’t line them up

Good decision. Do yourself a favor - if you are going to buy a new vent hood, buy a Zline or other hood that has crown molding designed to go with it.

@eam44 that's the plan Zline

@User I was planning to have it be the same height as the crown on the cabinets. Why should I not do that. If it stands higher than the cabinets it will draw attention to the fact it's not centered on the beam above it.

My son tried to photo shop a picture for me with the crown molding on the chimney. What do you think?

What do *I* think? I think your son needs to learn to do a miter! :P

What about laying a flat piece of shelving, cabinet color, hood chimney depth, across the top of the chimney spanning the gap between cabinets? (Extra points if you can line it up so the top is flush with the top of the crown.) You'd have to tile up to that, though. Now it's a shelf and you meant to do that.

@eam44 @Janie Gibbs-BRING SOPHIE BACK Here is the new range hood and chimney. This looks so much better and the crown really finishes it the way I was hoping it would. This is a much better range hood and for less money. I'm so happy I changed it and it works perfect with the tile line where it was. I'm very happy with the results.

Awesome. Enjoy!