My old range hood sounded like a jet engine taking off every time I cooked bacon. The thing was so loud that my kids would leave the kitchen, and honestly, I don’t blame them. It also did absolutely nothing to actually get rid of cooking smells – my whole house would reek of fish for…
My old range hood was garbage. Loud, ugly, and completely useless at actually removing smoke. When I burned dinner, the whole house knew about it for hours. So when we gutted our kitchen last year, I figured I’d just grab whatever looked decent at Home Depot. Then my contractor mentioned this local guy who builds…
When we redid our kitchen three years ago, I spent weeks agonizing over cabinet colors and countertop materials. The range hood? I literally ordered it the night before the installer was coming. Big mistake. It’s this ugly stainless steel box that clashes with everything and makes weird noises when it’s on high. Every time I…
Okay, let me tell you what happens to literally everyone renovating their kitchen. You spend weeks picking out the perfect countertops, you argue with your partner about white cabinets versus gray, and you research appliances until your eyes bleed. Then your contractor goes, “What about the range hood?” and you’re like, “Oh crap, I forgot…
My kitchen renovation stopped dead when the contractor asked, “So, what kind of range hood?” I stared at him like he’d asked me to explain quantum physics. Turns out, after obsessing over countertops and backsplashes for months, I’d never given two thoughts to the thing that would keep my kitchen from smelling like last night’s…
Your range hood is probably the last thing you think about when planning a kitchen, but it’s one of the first things people notice when they walk in. It sits right there at eye level, taking up a huge chunk of visual real estate above what’s usually the busiest part of your kitchen. Yet most…
The moment I knew my cooking life had changed forever wasn’t when I made my first perfect soufflé or finally nailed a tricky béchamel. It was a Tuesday night, making plain chicken breasts for my kids’ dinner. After twenty years of apologizing for dry, uneven results, I placed two perfectly cooked pieces on their plates…
I nearly dropped my wine glass when my brother unveiled his new range last Thanksgiving. “You spent how much?” I whispered while our family bustled around us. He just smiled, running his hand along the control panel like it was the dashboard of a vintage Ferrari. “You don’t understand yet,” he said. “But you will…
I never thought I’d become the person who gets excited about kitchen ventilation, yet here I am, staring up at range hoods whenever I visit friends’ homes. This obsession started during my recent kitchen renovation when my contractor asked, “So, what kind of statement do you want your hood to make?” Statement? I thought it…
I stood in my neighbor’s recently renovated kitchen, glass of wine in hand, nodding politely as she walked me through her material selections. Then I saw it – a dramatically curved copper hood that seemed to float above her range. It wasn’t just functional; it was mesmerizing. Suddenly I understood how ventilation, of all things,…