We made it. It’s happening. The kitchen renovation has officially kicked off and we’re starting with sharing our newest appliance (and the last one on our shopping list)–the range hood. You see, when we did our cosmetic kitchen revamp to tide us over until we could get started on this real one, we painted our bisque range hood (gag me) white. Obviously, we really needed a new one that wasn’t painted and that, more importantly, worked.
So while it has to work was our main objective, we also decided that getting a hood to go with our Kenmore range hanging out below would be a good idea. After scouring our Sears Outlet with no luck, we turned to ebay to see if we could get by without paying full price (about $230) for the hood we had our eyes on. Luckily, we did find it on ebay–new–for $150 and it arrived a few days later.
We love the sleek shape of the hood, and the fact that curves up instead of down, opens up a little more visual space underneath. It doesn’t come with bulbs for the lights–weird–just include the bulbs! We have ordered the bulbs and other than that, we are happy with it and it was a breeze to install.
Visually, the room already looks so much better. Unified–and a great way to get the remodel going. That (and that pot of stew you see on the stove) made for a very happy weekend.
are the hoods standard size? we have a similar setup as you guys do and I am wondering if you can just buy one off ebay without doing specific measurements? also, do you have a microwave? i just haven’t noticed it anywhere…
cool!! thanks for the info. was the hood easy to install?
Hoods are standard like ovens. MOST are 30″. And our microwave is actually in a cubby on the other side of the fridge.
I have that same range hood! Amazing how different things look. But no bulbs for me either. Where did you order them from?
Hey Dee,
We didn’t want to pay the astronomical price for the ones from Sears so we bought these bulbs:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0002BCJ6A/ref=oh_details_o01_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
They got here today and work perfectly!
This looks fantastic!
My last two kitchens didn’t have any sort of hood at all, my current one has a microwave-hood-combo which doesn’t leave us much space but I have really come to appreciate it. Except it’s really loud so I only turn it on at crucial moments. ;)
A Chef’s kitchen! What a difference! Lemme guess…. making Stone Soup?
Love the new hood! I also forced my husband to price out new appliances with me at Lowe’s on Saturday. I really want a double oven and it’s all your fault! ;)
Oh my goodness. Total game-changer. Honestly, I can’t even count how many times we profess our love for ours.