I'll tell you a little more about the range hood cover. It was constructed entirely from scraps and left-overs and though Holly showed it can be done by a girl, this girl left the sawing to the man of the house. First I showed him Holly's wonderful instructions, and also showed him another cover constructed using those same instructions to give him proof it could be done. And done quite beautifully. He studied the situation and scratched his head for a few minutes then got down to work.
He removed the hood. This required turning off the power at the breaker, turning a few screws and unplugging a couple of wires.
This left a big ugly hole above my stove.
Notice the lovely wallpaper that was back there and where I stopped painting the cabinets. He didn't make that big hole in the sheet rock. I guess the guys who put the range hood in when the house was built did that.
He took the hood out to his shop and cut off the portion that sticks out using this really cool air powered cutting tool. We didn't have any sparks like Rebecca, Nathaniel and their friend Dwayne but we did get a neat curly piece of metal. This tool cut through that metal like butter.
Then he ground down the sharp edges.
He put the stubby hood back in place.
Then using L brackets he screwed a wooden cornice to the face of the hood.
I'm very sorry I didn't get a picture of the next couple of steps, but this is the basic frame work. To this he added a board that is the face of the cover and attached the trim pieces to that board. The top trim is some chair rail that was removed during another project. The bottom got some left-over rope trim from like was used on the bottom of the cabinets. The beadboard is wallpaper scraps I had left from when I did the bar.
The light and fan are still functioning and easily accessible, just hidden from view.
Looks fabulous!
Posted by: Julie | October 07, 2009 at 03:01 PM
You're very blessed to have such a TALENTED and patient Hubs.
Posted by: Coleen | October 07, 2009 at 03:37 PM
wow...really nice!
Posted by: Nina | October 07, 2009 at 03:48 PM
How awesome! I love it!
Have a great day.
Posted by: Donnelly | October 07, 2009 at 05:26 PM
Very nice and very custom. Your hubby did a great job.Don't you love it when they are on board with our decor ideas.
Posted by: Cheryl | October 07, 2009 at 05:58 PM
wonderful.
Posted by: Bridgette | October 07, 2009 at 07:19 PM
Yeah. I'll be showing my mister this post. Turned out so well!
Posted by: cindy | October 07, 2009 at 07:57 PM
Love it Autum! Mitch is sure handy.
Posted by: Faith | October 07, 2009 at 09:20 PM
Autum,
Your kitchen looks great and Mitch did a fabulous job with the hood cover and the moulding.
I see Miss Bayleigh is helping, too.
You are one blessed lady to have such helpers.
Peace.
Posted by: Lynne in NC | October 07, 2009 at 09:37 PM
Wow - I can't believe what a difference that makes. It looks really nice, Autum. Hmmm... now I'm wondering how handy my husband is...
Posted by: Rachel | October 07, 2009 at 11:18 PM
That is amazing! I love the molding too. How do you get to the controls on the hood though?
Posted by: Jessica | October 07, 2009 at 11:35 PM
And where does the fan vent? I love it!!!
Posted by: becky | October 08, 2009 at 11:32 AM
I think your version looks better than the other versions you linked too! Lovely!
Posted by: Misha | October 08, 2009 at 12:20 PM
That is beautiful! Great job!
Thanks so much for adding your fun projects to the DIY Show Off burlap love post!
I'm new to your blog - I want to go check out more!
TGIF!
Posted by: Roeshel | October 09, 2009 at 09:23 PM
Wow! I love it. I've been wanting to do a custom hood, so this gives me some great inspiration. Thanks for your helpful comments on my site. I have looked into painting the counters, but I'm afraid they won't hold up very well. Maybe I'll get the guts to try it (or at least test it out.) Thanks!
Posted by: Miss Mustard Seed | October 10, 2009 at 10:10 PM
That is gorgeous! What a fabulous idea! And, a wonderful husband to make it for you.
Posted by: Kim | October 12, 2009 at 10:59 AM
All that hard work sure paid off! It looks amazing! I love visiting your site. You are so inspiring! For that reason, I have passed on the Blog De Oro award to your blog. You can check out the post on my blog: http://lanalulucreations.blogspot.com/2009/10/my-first-blog-award.html. To accept the award, just copy the image, paste it in a blog post, and select the 10 blogs you think should receive it next. Thanks for your inspiration! Keep it up!
Posted by: Lana Lulu | October 12, 2009 at 02:14 PM
LOOKS GREAT!!!! I soooo wish we would have had that sweet air powered tool your hubby had! Then maybe I could have done it all on my own instead of begging the boys for help! They are never thrilled when I ask them to help with my various projects lol!
Do you mind telling me what brand that neat tool is and what exactly it is called? I want one!!! Also what did he sand the edges down with?
Thanks!!
Posted by: Rebecca | October 23, 2009 at 04:43 AM