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Design advice - New Chimney Wall Hood - what to do with crown molding?

2 months ago

Kitchen remodel. New 54in Wall Chimney style hood. Upper cabinets on that wall do NOT butt up against the hood. There is 9in of clearance on both sides between the uppers and the widest part of the hood--by design. Duct will run up through the ceiling. Cabinets to ceiling with crown molding. Wall will have tile backsplash up to ceiling behind/around hood and under cabinets.

What I'm struggling with is where should I place crown? Should I have the crown return around the top sides of the upper cabinets and die into the wall/ceiling, or should I have the crown continue on and butt up against the sides of the duct cover? Trying to decide what will look best aesthetically and finding it tough to find good pictures of both options.

Thoughts here? Thanks in advance.

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millworkman
2 months ago
Pictures?
darbuka
2 months ago
Post photos.
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Lyn Nielson
2 months ago
there are a couple of options, but a pix of your hood and cabinets would help.

how far away from the wall is the hood? How large is the crown you'll be using?
Bruce Mac
Original Author
2 months ago
last modified: 2 months ago
Sorry, don't have any real photos yet, but I have an old drawing that at least gives perspective on what I'm trying to convey. Worth mentioning the hood in the picture is not right. Our hood is 36in wide on top as is the duct cover all the way to the ceiling. Bottom of hood is 54in. Also probably worth mentioning we have no desire to try to cram more upper cabinets in that space as we have 18ft of cabinets on the opposite wall. Ceilings are 9ft and not 100% sure of dims on crown, but it will be in the ~6in range to match the rest of the house. Cabinets shown are not correct height. They'll run nearly to ceiling and close the small gap with crown.
artemis78
2 months ago
I'd just let the crown return along the edge of the cabinet and die into the wall. Unless you plan to run crown along the ceiling edge throughout the room, it will look odd to run it to the duct chimney IMO--and you can avoid the issue all together by only running it along the cabinets. That's how our kitchen is done with 9' ceilings and it honestly never crossed my mind to run trim along the entire ceiling edge--but some houses do have crown that is done that way, so if you're trying to match that, it might change things.
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Patricia Colwell Consulting
2 months ago
I would tile up to the ceiling on the wall the hood is on and let the crown die across the side of the cabinets into the wall
HU-918119203
2 months ago
It sounds like there will be a continuous band of crown across the top of the wall and cabinets. In that case, I would end the crown on the sides of the hood. I wouldn't bring the crown around the front of the hood, which I've seen done. Tiling up the ceiling is a good alternative though, and would make the open space between hood and cabinets look more finished.
DeWayne
2 months ago
The bottom of the hood is at 54" AFF????? Because that is WAY too low. It should be at 66"-72" AFF, which is 30"-36" above the cooktop. Who is saying it will be at 54"?
Fori
2 months ago
last modified: 2 months ago
Just crown the cabinets. Treat the crown as a part of the cabs--no cabinet? No crown. (Like shown in your drawing)
artemis78
2 months ago
@DeWayne it's 54" wide, not high. Looks like ~35" above the cooktop based on the plans if the ceilings are 9'.
Bruce Mac
Original Author
2 months ago
Thanks all. Appreciate the comments and feedback. Will post up pics once cokes together next month.

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