How high are your countertops? They look lower than 36”.

I think it is too big for the space and it does look like your counters are lower than average

Good catch..the counter is lower than it should be due to a problem between tile guy and cabinet installer. We are taking steps to raise the lower cabinets an inch in that area so they will be 36", but what a journey this has been. (The guys in the photo are especially tall, so that may make it look worse than 1".) We will raise the hood cabinet 2-3" higher than it is in the photo, which will be the maximum suggested height over the cooktop. Overall it just feels big since we only had a cabinet over the last stove, which was a down draft Jenn-Air. Thanks for the feedback so far.

I never think cabinet hood enclosures look good over a 30” range. It’s never proportional. That kind of cabinetry hood in that shape needs to be 42” wide over a 36” wide range or larger for it to look right. I’d switch it out for a stainless steel chimney hood. Would look much better.

However, if you must keep it, you are mistaken that the issue is the front-to-back depth. That measurement should be approx. 24” deep.

The distance from the cooktop to the bottom of a hood should be between 30” and 36“. In your case closer to the 36” distance will look better. Your own height does not matter for this distance.

I blame whoever designed that type of hood for a 30” range. You need a lighter, less ponderous look that you can get with a stainless steel hood.

Ideally, you want the hood opening to be bigger than the area where your pots are, as cooking smells and combustion products rise in an expanding plume and the hood can't magically shrink this plume by the time it gets there.

As a rule of thumb, that means your hood should be 36" wide and 24" deep when placed over a 30" range. But the details can vary depending on type of range, hood, and adjacent cabinets.

I personally prefer making the hood bigger and then raising it higher so that it doesn't obstruct my sight line. But that's just one possible configuration

Thanks all for your responses. We are now seriously thinking about scrapping the hood cabinet and going with stainless.

Here is a picture of the space for the hood and stove. Still deciding if the wood enclosure is still too heavy for the space? 30" stove and hood enclosure is 30" wide. We can hang it 30-36" above cooking surface.

IMO a good idea to switch to a nice stainless hood and I often use hoods the same size as a rang eand just up the CFM for better capture I do not think hood size has any relation to size of pot storage.BTW I would remove the cabinets on either side of the hood too.

Thanks for your perspective. Removing the cabinets is not an option as the backsplash is cut around them. So many things we would have done differently and we aren't even finished yet!