My choices in order would be: 1) exposed ductwork; 2) boxed in with sheetrock and painted the same color as the rest of the kitchen; 3) what you have.

Well, it looks enormous, but so does the inspiration pic. Keep going, you can’t panic mid project!

Trust the drawing. If you like the drawing, you will like tall hood. The wood your installer's holding is gorgeous!

I’m loving the original plan! Keep going!!!!!

I think it will work! You backsplash is great, but having all wall same color would work better ( like in drawing)

Holy smokes this is going to be gorgeous! Please post back with updates as construction progresses. And I know we’d all love to see pics from other points in the room.

I hate tell you this but the wood will get greasey and how do you propose to clean it why at least just do it to the top of then vent hole at lest then you can clean it . IMO a really nice stainless hood is always the best choice max CFM good qualiy and easy to keep clean . I have done 2 wood hoods for insisatnt clients and both are not happy with how the wood gets yucky no matter how good the hood is .

It looks like you duct out the back so it doesn't need to go to the ceiling. This is a kitchen with 12' ceilings and a square hood.

Thank you for your advice and the inspiration pics. My one concern with cutting the hood down is that there are stairs (to the right of the hood as you are facing the stove). Is it going to look wonky to see the top of the hood as you descend the stairs?

Here is a pic of the cabinets opposite the hood:

Why the different tiles? It makes it look like you couldn't get enough of one color to complete the kitchen. You already have two cabinet colors and two counter colors. I would pick one tile color to unify the space.

Seeing this other pic--I think your original hood is going to look amazing. It's definitely a statement but I think it totally works. Your house looks bright and airy (and those views!). The hood seems to be in line with other parts of the house, not forced. If you cut it down and can see it from above, that will cause cleaning issues because sticky dust will collect.

More tall hoods...

Love the idea of having the hood match the walls like the photo above and then having a band around the hood that transitions into shelves on either side. This will be done in the next couple months…I’ll update with pics. Thank you!

It's beautiful! One thought, I think you need to have tall (taller than "normal") cabinetry to balance the hood, like in your inspo pic.

“Is it going to look wonky to see the top of the hood as you descend the stairs?”

Nope. That is an opportunity for a special piece of art or detail.