Floating shelves next to 36 inch hood? Yes or No?
I have two options here- I can put two floating shelves on each side of the hood. The floating shelves will be 15 inches long (my husband and GC thinks they will look disproportionate and small next to a 36 inch hood)-
The other option is doing 15 inch cabinets on both sides of the hood -
The drawings are rough versions prepared on Lowe's kitchen planning tool. So ignore the design details for now. The ceiling is 9ft. Island looks skinny in the second picture, it isn't this skinny, so ignore that too.
Thoughts?
P.S. - I cant remove the window, neither can I change the layout. So no suggestions on that please. :)
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Indecisiveness
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PROBeth H. :
3 years agolast modified: 3 years agoyou could avoid this dilemma if you opted for a custom vent hood. it's not that much to have made
all of these have small shelving like you want, but w/the vent hood it balances out the look
or, do cabinets like this right up to the hood.
I like this one w/the glass doors
this look looks better on a larger wall
If you like this, omit the one cabinet on that side and do large shelves on the right
while this looks nice, the vent is far too high to do an good
Priyanka
3 years agolast modified: 3 years ago- PRO
Beth H. :
3 years ago Priyanka
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Beth H. :
3 years agolast modified: 3 years agodoes any place else in the room have shiplap? shiplap tends to be more of a country style look. (see above pic w/the glass doors)
I mean, I don't see your kitchen as being overly mcm. Looks like gray shaker cabs? or are they white?
in any case, mcm doesn't really come into play here
this is mcm
these last two are similar to your stove wall w/an off-set window.
In fact, this set up is exactly like yours. look at the one wall w/no cabs and the vent like you want. I like the larger window too.
Seems to me like you have adequate storage. is that one upper cabinet going to make or break it for you??How wide is the island? can you put storage on the overhang side?
where's the micro?
what are those tall cabinets on the left side?
Priyanka
3 years agolast modified: 3 years agoNo shiplap anywhere else in the house.
So the cabinets next to the hood are 15 inches each. Then to the right of the hood, there is a bigger 27-inch cabinet. I can live without 15inch cabinets, compromising on the 27 inches will be hard.
The island is 81 inches long and 30 inches wide.
The microwave is left of the fridge. More pictures to clear some confusion-
The 36 inch wide cabinets to the left of the window are my pantry cabinets.
When I said MCM, I meant in terms of our furniture. Our house is more of a craftsmen style house, pure MCM non-shaker cabinets may not have fit in well, just our thought.Priyanka
3 years ago- PRO
Beth H. :
3 years agolast modified: 3 years ago81" and 30" deep on the island? whoa. that's pretty thin. you can't do a 36"?
are you doing an overhang?
An overhang on an island of that size needs to be max 1/3 of the depth. so, 10" is it.
can't you go a little deeper on the island and have some storage on the other side?
you could go w/the shiplap on the hood if you prefer, but honestly, not sure you'd like the look. I'd save the shiplap for an actual wall treatment of some type, but jazz it up.
tozmo1
3 years agoI have never understood why a vent hood should be a focal point. If you need cabinets, do cabinets with a very low profile hood. Here's mine (ignore measurements, that was for something else).
cat_ky
3 years agoherbflavor
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