Repurposing an Old Stove Hood
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I’m excited to share our latest project in our kitchen renovation, the repurposing of an old stove hood to make a custom one.
Here is where we started in our small galley kitchen in January.
The stainless steel stove hood, which never worked, and the upper cabinets were removed and the soffit was knocked down.
Before we tackled the stove hood we built a brand new cabinet around the refrigerator, which gave us a ton of storage that we didn’t have before. You can read more about this project here.
Next we started our custom, DIY stove hood. The hood that came with the house never worked so we either had to fix it or replace it.
Instead of buying a new and expensive custom one, we ended up using the stainless steel hood as a base for our DIY hood. We took all the stainless off and reused the “guts”, which saved us some money. There were no instructions on how to do this but we figured it out and made it work.
After we reworked the hood we added sides and framed out the top. We’ll lose a bit of cabinet space here but it’s worth it to have a custom stove hood…that works!
Since the old hood wasn’t vented, we had to add ductwork to vent it outside.
Next we added the front panel.
The challenge for this project was to make a hood that angled out, instead of straight up to the ceiling, so figuring out the angles with the wood and getting it all to fit and look good was the tough part.
The molding also took a bit of time to work out. The hubs didn’t want to use nails or screws so we had to glue it.
The last step was to put a fresh coat of the same paint I used on all the cabinets, Benjamin Moore White Dove, Advance, Satin.
I love how it turned out! So much better than the stainless steel.
Make sure you check out the process of finishing up the custom range hood.
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Oh Girl, You are giving my ideas. I am not sure The Mister wants any more ideas 🙂
I know what you mean. When I start a conversation with “I have a great idea” he just rolls his eyes and grits his teeth. New projects are what Misters are for though, right? 😉
Thanks for sharing your creativity on the Thursday Blog Hop!
The hood looks great! I want to remove our over the range microwave and build a hood just like this.
Thanks Sherry. We talked about putting a microwave there instead, since we don’t have one, but the hubs doesn’t like them above a stove (I don’t understand his reasoning on this but that’s ok). Thanks so much for visiting.
It looks like it is going to be beautiful!
Thanks Pamela. I can’t wait until it’s all done.
I appreciate you stopping by.
Wow….love the stove hood…great, great job!….Have fun with the Mouse!…We used to live near the Mouse years ago!…
Thanks so much Shirley. We are back already but we had so much fun with the Mouse. Can’t wait to go back. We used to live near there too. 🙂
How fun to have so much more storage in the kitchen! Can’t wait to see what it looks like when it’s done.
xox
giedre
Thanks Giedre. We really need the storage too. You can never have too much. 😉
How creative you both are. I have always had white appliances except once in my 20s when I had a moment of madness and bought Harvest Gold. Enjoy Disney and Orlando. I haven’t been there in over 30 yrs and I live in Dayton Beach. LOL
Thanks Debbie. Wow, harvest gold…that would be something to have in this day and age. 😉
Disney is my favorite place to visit. When we lived in Florida, we went at least once a month. It’s been 4 years since our last visit so I was pretty excited. It’s really changed in the 30 years since you’ve been. You wouldn’t even recognize it. LOL
Happy, happy birthday to your hubby!
I have a SS range and I love. It was exactly what I wanted, but I really don’t want a SS fridge, although I don’t think a white one will look good. My current one is white and we will replacing it soon. I don’t like the way it looks so I guess it will be SS.
Kitchen is looking good!
Enjoy!!
Thanks so much MJ. I think hubs had a great birthday. Now we have to get back to the real world.
My ss fridge is just awful with fingerprints, much worse than my stove and dishwasher. I’ve told hubs that I can’t imagine what it would look like if we had kids going in and out of it everyday. Ugh.
Gorgeous hood, Kristi! My hubby built ours, too, and it’s my favorite feature in the kitchen. I know you’re going to love it…and no, I am not a fan of stainless steel. I have bisque appliances. I like everything to match and I like the appliances to fade away.
Thanks Kim. I love the look of your hood. I’m glad to hear that there are others who don’t like ss. I had bisque appliances in Florida and I liked them so much better than what I have now.
That really turned out great!! Absolutely ingenious 🙂
Have a great time on your trip and Happy Birthday to the “21 year old” hubby 😉
xo
Thanks so much Rue!