Excuse me, but that is an impractical impossible-to-clean ugly mess.

You're all entitled to your opinion, but this is totally up my aesthetic alley and I like how it looks!

But, you need a hood fan and that "mantle" is absolutely going to become a grease magnet, if it hasn't already, and the wood it's made of isn't really going to be clean-able well, if at all. So, I'd ditch that and figure out a way to put up a proper hood fan, which will probably require a re-configuration/re-do of at least part of the stonework.

I don't get all the fuss over don't put up a stone backplash. Just make sure you seal it. I really like the rustic red cabinets, BTW.

I think one needs to consider how one could safely and effectively capture Easy-Off or equivalent spray and following rinse that would be needed to deal with the irregularity of the surfaces. Or just use catering.

Really? C'mon now -- with proper ventilation the splash shouldn't be getting that dirty/greasy; if it does, I can't imagine it being difficult to spot-clean where needed - a bucket of hot soapy dishwater will get the job done.

The unit is properly vented

The appearance is fine, many people enjoy the rustic cabin look (whether the home is a rustic cabin, or a suburban home in a subdivision, or an apartment in a high rise). I think the OP achieved that look very well, and it appears to be a labor of love.

But I agree about the comments about cleaning. Not only for the stone behind the range and its thick grout lines, but even more, the cabinet doors' grooves. Those will be a trap for dust and grime, and there are so many of those grooves.

So, OP decides to do something different than the white-gray-quartz-gigantic footprint kitchen trend and he gets skewered? You guys are brutal. If he would have asked for opinions before the project that would have been the time and the place to mentioned grooved cabinets = more dusting, or did you plan for this that and the other. Not after the fact.

I don't care what you all say and I hope he doesn't, either -- because I LIKE IT, think it looks good, and still am not convinced stone is a no-no in a kitchen (and probably never will be). Yes it has some problems, but how about you all offer some constructive criticism and potential fixes instead up simply beating him up for his design choices.

There are better ways to get your point across without being so mean about it. Just saying! The kitchen is great for a rustic/country home and isn't an "ugly mess". So what if its harder to clean....it's his hood. Why are some of you so arrogantly mean about how you say things? smh

"Hes a drive by fishing for likes and attaboys. Not a forum participant."

That doesn't justify mean-spiritedness.

It's about time someone post a kitchen oozing with character. I would love to cook in that kitchen.

It is refreshing to see a kitchen that isn't void of color, texture, and imagination. A kitchen that doesn't look like everyone else's kitchen.

This is not really my style, but actually I like the overall feel. (Although I don’t like that there’s no room on either side of the range.). But I applaud the courage to be different. It’s a lovely large, homey space. A previous home of mine had a slate backsplash. That probably would have drawn much criticism about cleaning, dusting, etc. It was gorgeous and it worked for me - I never fry anything and I’m a neat and clean cook. Perhaps the OP is the same.

I don't mind the way it looks. It is impractical. There is no room on the sides for additional ingredients that need to be added to something cooking on the stove. So many times I have a spoon rest with either a large mixing spoon or spatula on the counter next to the range as well as other ingredients. Then there's times I need to put a lid down. And the sides and back of that will be a splattered mess and hard to clean. I just got done cleaning my stainless back splash of red sauce splatters. It's amazing how far those splatters go. It wouldn't work for me. It does look nice though.

Your kitchen rocks!

This is a log home/cabin? The last picture shows log wall in the next room. Warm, rustic kitchen :) A 48" range has plenty of its own landing space...lids, spatulas, oils etc can be placed on the wood topped griddle, I do that all the time with mine...even though I have plenty of countertop on both sides. I like the switch to the dark stone by the barstools.

Yes it is a log home in the Northwoods.   The design inspiration was very simple.   Create something different with a mix of materials and have some fun with it.

I've got a 48 inch range without a griddle. Looking at the OP's range with the double griddle and wood cover I would have to remove the wood cover to fit some of the pots/pans that I use. They would hit that wood. The wood cover looks like it is raised. I had a single griddle with wood cover on a 48 inch Wolf range in my previous house and the cover sat lower then the burners.

The kitchen is great. I love the aesthetic. I live in a log cabin as well. I just don't like the stone coming down onto the counters and don't like the cleanability aspect of the stone.

Gorgeous house John.

Im in the i love it, pro-stone/brick in kitchen, and sick of the mean and arrogant posters group. im nearly 20 years with gardenweb. i dont want to post my kitchen here because i know the kitchen bullies here will pick it apart. but i dont care i love my kitchen and am gearing up to ’finish’ it by putting in a brick backsplash :)

So those of you like John, keep sharing, there are still many out there that love to see your creativity and non-conformist design choices. its awesome, beautiful house. enjoy.

Gorgeous home John! Sad people always find something negative to focus on, ignore their comments...same people always too...

The house is beautiful!! I have a cedar log-sided home, I went with lots of green and wood for the interior. That rustic red you picked for the cabinets really is perfect for what you have.

"The unit is properly vented"

Actually, while the side stone columns helpfully perform as side skirts/curtains, making the entry aperture at the hood transition to the frontal area, it appears that the front burners are forward of a vertical line to the hood intake aperture front, and hence rising and expanding cooking plumes from pans on the front burners can easily escape capture if sufficiently energetic unless the hood flow rate is quite high -- high enough to divert 1.2 m/s plume content inward as it reaches the lintel.

The hood appears to be a VaH Magic Lung, and if so may be susceptible to significant flow reduction due to pressure losses in the ducting and in the MUA system. This will work against front burner capture performance. A test with hot pan containing peanut oil at the smoke point will reveal flow patterns without needing schlieren photography.

I think it looks great (but I'm not cleaning it). I like the little storage areas tucked into the side columns.

That house and everything in it would fit quite well up here in the Rocky Mountains