I don't think you're missing any options, since the majority of hoods are made from metal (usually steel), and the only wood hoods I had come across are custom ones, which cost an arm & a leg.
Hm, didn't even know Futuro had a Âwooden selection, I thought they were all about stainless steel & glass? Thanks, I'll check it out.

Actually, contrary to william612, you're missing the most important option.

Most folks looking for a "wood or drywall look" in a hood will build a custom hood surround out of whatever material they like--wood, stone, drywall, copper, whatever--and then put a hood liner inside it. That gives you 100% freedom to get the exact look you want, and then pick a liner from any of dozens of sources.

As to cost, of course it varies. If you choose a hand-hammered copper hood surround, as a friend of mine did recently, then bring $$. On the other hand, a simple wooden surround can be built by your cabinetmaker for not a ton of money. Even with the addition of the hood liner, your total costs may not exceed those of an off the shelf unit by much.

As always, the best option is to search this Forum for threads on ventilation and hoods. There is an abundance of information.

I've been looking into a lot of stuff, it just seems like getting a carpenter to build it will be pricier than the futuro futuro (it's about 1300 which is for the whole thing) IT seems that liners and the actual ventilation cost about 7-900 am I in the ballpark?
Which only leaves $400, do you think that would be realistic? I hate to confuse the contractors when I am getting quotes if it won't even be possible price-wise. I can get the FF with only a 3-5 day turnaround, so I guess one option would be to find out how much a blower costs and then deal with it after I've chosen a contractor. . .

It depends on what you want. To estimate price you really need to get quote from cabinetmaker and/or contractor, and then add a liner with the appropriate specs (how big, what construction, what type of blower, what cfm capacity blower, size of ductwork etc etc). There's definitely some decisionmaking involved. If you're happy with the Futuro, it's hard to argue for another option, though I didn't see any performance specs in the link you listed so I can't comment on performance.

You could also put a hood liner inside a cabinet from your cabinet supplier or have a shell constructed out of panels that match your cabinets.

You don't have to spend a lot for wood:

Here is a link that might be useful: wood hoods

Those are cool--I didn't know there was anything like that!

I'm surprised they have incandescent bulbs, though.

hey writersblock, this is exactly the kind of thing I was afraid I might be missing. Googling wood hoods and things like that doesn't seem to have brought up all the options, for example I stumbled onto the futuro futuro ones completely randomly looking for something alltogether different (not even related to hoods). thanks.

Yeah, I don't know why they are so hard to find. Actually, a lot of custom builders use these, which is how I first found them--a friend with a very upscale house has one, and it's very nice.

fori, I don't think I'd necessarily go for their ventilators, though, if you can duct. I have to recirculate, so it doesn't much matter for me, but I think you can get better guts for similar prices elsewhere.

A timely discussion. My mother is looking to eliminate the skylight over her island cooktop (a gas Thermador) and install a proper hood. I think wood will look better than stainless in her all-white-appliance and white-cabinet kitchen and have encouraged her to discuss it with her contractor.