Kitchen Design: To Hood or Not to Hood? (2 comments)

When we renovated our kitchen, one of our bigger decisions was how to handle the vent over our stove. We ended up going with a super cool stainless steel chimney hood. Aesthetically, it was an easy decision - it just looks right in our modern space.

Financially, though, it hurt a little - even with our architect's discount (which she kindly passed on to us), it was the single most expensive appliance in the kitchen - and that's saying a lot. Plus, choosing a chimney hood meant that we chose not to include storage over the stove.

Still, when we were chatting with some friends about to embark on a kitchen renovation of our own, we emphatically suggested that they get a hood of their own, budget be damned. After a couple of years, we still love our hood, both for its look and its function. It really does vent better than any other system we've used.

And that's important when I'm burning something on our grill pan.

So when the question is "to hood or not to hood," my answer is "HOOD!" Here's some inspiration:

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