Built an outdoor kitchen last summer. Spent a fortune on the grill, got beautiful countertops, nice cabinets. Then realized I had no idea what I was doing with the range hood. Turns out you can’t just stick any kitchen range hood outside and hope for the best. Learned that the hard way after pricing out…
You’re about to drop serious money on a custom copper range hood, and someone just asked you: “Natural patina or sealed?” And you’re standing there like… what’s the difference, and why does it matter? It matters a lot, actually. This decision will completely change how your hood looks a year from now. Let me break…
When we renovated our kitchen, I spent months looking at range hoods. My husband thought I was being ridiculous until he saw how much they cost. Then he started paying attention too. We narrowed it down to copper or stainless steel, both gorgeous but completely different to actually live with. I talked to everyone I…
My mom always said the kitchen was the heart of the home, but I never really got it until I moved into my first house. The kitchen was decent—nice cabinets, solid appliances—but something felt off. It took me months to figure out what was bugging me. Turns out, it was that ugly, builder-grade range hood…
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…