I do not see a vent hole . I have never had a 31' stove but most will say the hood should be 12" larger than the cooktopso 42" seems perfect. I am more confused as to the 2 cabinets one on each side that are different .

The hood should be 36" wide. The previous comment by Patricia Colwell that says "most will say 12" larger than the cooktop" is NOT correct. The hood should be 6" wider than the cooktop.

That is a cooktop in the photo, not a "stove". Your cooktop is considered a standard 30" width, despite an extra inch you mentioned - that is comprised of the trim around it. Given how cramped the area is with no counter to the left, and the angled cabinetry to the right, you do not want to have a 42" hood. A 36" hood is what is called for there.

I also want to know where the exhaust duct is.

@royhobbs Yes, it is a cooktop 30“, the exhaust duct will have to be cut out, its remodel and we used to have vent under the cabinet. You dont think that 51” space is too big for 36” hood? Thank you!

@patricia colwell we will have to cut the hole in the ceiling for the vent.

The kitchen has two toned cabinets thats why there is different cabinets on each side. Thank you!

@royhobbs is correct. A 42” vent hood would go over a 36” cooktop/rangetop or stove. A 30” cooktop as you have, requires a 36” hood, no more.

I’ll ask the same question as Roy and Patricia…where is the exhaust duct/hole?

Edited to add…I see you’ve answered the vent hole question.😊

Btw, here’s my 42” hood over a 36” rangetop.

Imagine how out of scale a 42” hood would look, over a 30” cooktop.

"You dont think that 51” space is too big for 36” hood?"

As I said above, the area looks cramped as it is - even with no hood there. You don't want a big overpowering hood. You need some space around the hood to give some relief from the wall of cabinetry on either side. You do not have the adjacent counter space that would have balanced it out. Frankly, I would not do a wood hood there. That's going to be a lot of cabinetry. I would have a stainless steel hood and provide some metallic counterpoint and a lighter feeling than more cabinetry. That is my viewpoint.

The wider and deeper the better. Bigger hoods are much more efficient at capturing fumes, assuming a correctly sized blower. 42 is certainly not overdoing it.

While @rwiegand and I disagree, what you can do is make mock-ups of the hoods in both widths. Get some cardboard from shipping boxes and cut them out to the sizes of the hoods, tape them to the wall there and see how each size looks that way.

Even a decent 30" hood will be adequate, although 36 is better. Roy's suggestion on seeing what looks better is good. Even if you do it in photo shop.

We just did some super quick mock ups of the hoods like @royhobbs suggested. What do you all think? We had a hard time with the 42”cardboard to stay in place especially on the sides.

You should look at how much air the two hoods would draw -- there's some point at which so much air is pulled that it requires a make-up-air system so that you don't fill your house with fumes from your furnace. 42" might be on the MUA side. That's kind of $$$, so worth factoring into your choice!

I think something that spans the wole space with thevent inside sort of like this not so heavy but it also would tie the 2 colors of cabinets together

It rather depends if you have to run the vent up or out the back as to how large the hood needs to be in terms of height.

All is opinion in the end. But in design, one decision virtually always begets another.

You didn't consider the whole in the planning phase, or your KD didn't and you ended up with trim panels on cabinet sides.

Unless you want to redo the skin sides to plain? You need space around that hood.

Nothing in cabinet finish white or stain is going to look good, and while I respect Bev F above? The look becomes rather forced and disjointed. Sorry and yes it is opinion of one....: )

There really is no great way to tie the white and stain together, the crown will be an issue of oddity.

Doing a stainless chimney allows a break AND LINK to the finishes, and therefore looks quite intentional : ) vs. oopsie we didn't think about that.

I think the hoods shown in BeverlyFLAdeziner's pics are too heavy and blocky. Their proportions are not good for that space because that space is already cramped. What Jan Moyer showed is a much better fit, and the space around that hood that Jan Moyer showed has welcome breathing room from the heavy cabinetry encompassing both sides. Not only will stainless steel be brighter and lighter than a wood hood, but it pairs well with the refrigerator next to it.

Thank you Jan Moyer and Roy Hobbs for all your suggestion. rereally appreciate it. Im having a hard time deciding on this hood. I always wanted a wooden hood but realizing that the stailess steel one will be a better fit. We already had a hood that arrived with the cabinets but the hood was different shade and we returned it and decided to get it elsewhere. I like that style of the hood but the stain was disaster.

This is the picture of the returned hood. I like that shape and shiplap style. Just not that stain.

Following up my previous comment, as I said I like the hood that Jan Moyer showed. But that style of hood is going to be custom and very expensive. A more standard chimney hood is easily found, non-custom, and at several price points. Here are some photos. Note the pyramid shape is a much preferred shape for a hood rather than a flat one that is often seen in the chimney style.

Are all of your other appliances SS or white? Hard to tell in the picture.

@thinkdesignlive we have stainless steel and white, fridge is ss and ovens are white, eventually all will be ss

We are considering this hood, it comes unfinished prepared for staining. I was planning to stain it to the shade of our floors, maybe little darker. I know the ss hood would fit better here but still trying to see my options. I already have the new vent that goes inside the hood. I kept it after we returner the original hood.

If you had all white cabs maybe, but with the alternating white/wood cabs i think you have enough going on and adding in a different busy wood is going to look bad. i’d do a simple 36” stainless hood.

I’m also in the camp of a simple SS hood.

My sketch was not to be taken literally for shape, just material!

I'll add another reason for stainless ( jmho)

A flat induction cook surface is certainly efficient , but it is NOT a presence visually, there's no wow to it whatsoever. It can’t stand up to any stained looming hood above it, even @ only 36 inches

and it will feel like an elephant atop an ant?: )

Go shopping for a stainless- any shape chimney you like! You will LOVE it once installed