This is where you get the pro who knows her cabinet line to do the work. Unless you have a spec book and understand cabinet installations.

I designed and built our hood out of Yorktowne pieces and cabinets. Just be sure to think about the moldings and remember to count the amount of space moldings need to return into the wall or adjoining cabinet. I chose to use a straight mantel piece because the curved pieces were not available. I had a spec book and since we installed our cabinetry ourselves we had excellent woodworking skills - and patience!

Here is a link that might be useful: yorktowne hood from pieces

nkkp- great job.

I'm trying to do the same thing with Shrock cabinets for a 36" slide-in cooktop.

Any help advice would be welcome.

Here is a link that might be useful: [hood I'd like created[(https://www.houzz.com/photos/christian-rice-architects-inc-traditional-kitchen-san-diego-phvw-vp~34849)

NKKP-Thank you for the information!!! Kitchen is gorgeous and the hood is exactly what I want. What Yorktowne cabinet did you pick and what componets did you use to build the hood?

Thanks for the compliments! We used the Belmont door style, in cherry, sorbel finish. We had a number of different pieces we used to build the hood. The sides are 9" cabinets with skins that cover back to the wall (there is a frame behind it to pull it out from the wall). The center section is a wainscoat piece (24x36 maybe). We used extra filler pieces ripped in 1/2 (down to 1 1/2") to build a frame for the center section to sit upon. The frame of the center section screwed into the side 9" cabinets and the panel is removeable to access the vent hood (we used industrial velrco to attach it). The mantel was built out of 1x8 with various trim pieces attached. The biggest challenge was underneath - getting it to fit with our hood. That was trial and error- design and build at the same time! There are also two small 9" cabinets at the very bottom (under the corbels). I had the depth reduced on them to 9" and ordered a plain slab door for those. The plan is to cut the slab door and make it an inset door so we won't see the seam where the current door overlays the cabinet. We ordered the corbels from another company and stained them ourselves. We didn't like the styles or the prices of the corbels offered by yorktowne.

The single biggest factor in determining my hood size was the size of the vent hood - it was 42" and fits within the center section- that dictated the basic start size. In retrospect, I would have ordered the 9" cabients at the top deeper instead of building a frame to pull them off of the wall. It was a real PITA to do, and the extra depth would be handy for storing odd size baking/cake pans etc.

We did a simular thing in our bathroom under the tub. We built a frame and used cabinet doors across the area.

I don't have all of the exact measurements with me right now but if you need more details or pictures just let me know.

Nancy