7 Different Range Hood Styles to Inspire Your Kitchen Remodel

Dana King

When considering the impact of air quality and corresponding HVAC needs in your kitchen, here are 7 different range hood styles to inspire your next kitchen remodel.

What Goes into a Range Hood

Range hoods are composed of both the fan insert and the cover or shroud that goes around the insert. To learn more about fan inserts and how to select the right one, check out our post “Range Hood Inserts and How it Helps You Live Better at Home”.

Once you have determined the function of your fan insert, then you can decide how you want it to look! Here are 7 different range hood styles to consider and inspire:

1. Metal-Wrapped

A metal-wrapped range hood can have a variety of finishes and include metal straps and fasteners, as pictured in this white kitchen below.

This range hood was a custom designed and fabricated shroud, so the combination of metal finishes can vary greatly! This style of range hood can be paired well with Traditional, Transitional, Rustic, and even Industrial design styles, to name a few.

Some metal-wrapped range hoods come pre-fabricated with range hood inserts, like this white, matte range hood below. The design is simple, modern, and works well with almost every design style.

2. Stainless Chimney-Style

Stainless chimney-style range hoods appeal to many because of their clean, simple design.

Chimney style range hoods also are less visually ‘heavy’ and take up minimal space, while also coordinating well with a variety of styles, such as Modern, Contemporary, Mid-Century, and Transitional.

3. Wood-Wrapped

A range hood that is wood-wrapped is often made by custom cabinet-makers and skilled carpenters. They can have a variety of shapes, like these flared-out curved examples below.

Wood-wrapped range hood covers are best used when you want a painted or stained finish, and can incorporate trim profiles and crown profiles that coordinate with the cabinetry crown.

Design styles that work well with wood-wrapped range hoods are Traditional, Transitional, and Rustic.

4. Drywall-Wrapped

Range hoods that are wrapped in drywall often have a band of flat-stock wood trim along the bottom, in a finish that either blends in or contrasts. When a ‘plaster’ finish is desired for a range hood, drywall painted in a matte finish or ‘plaster-like’ finish can achieve this look, but with added durability.

Those who love Modern, Transitional, and European design styles often favor the minimalist look of drywall-wrapped range hoods.

5. Integrated (Flush)

When you want the functionality of a range hood but do not want to see it, an integrated or flush range hood is the best choice to achieve that goal.

The ‘Un-Kitchen’ design approach aims to connect the kitchen seamlessly to other living spaces, minimizing or obscuring any kitchen feature that is traditionally more visible, instead showcases architecture and quality materials. For this reason, it is advantageous to ‘hide’ the range hood insert directly into the ceiling or in this William Bernoudy modernist kitchen above, in the bulk-head.

When space is limited, as is often the case in historic homes, integrated linear venting in the ceiling permits more options when considering placement of a cooktop.

This mid-century modern kitchen above has the cooktop range on the far left bank of lower cabinets, allowing the homeowner to be cooking while facing and socializing with those seated on the other side of the peninsula.

6. Tile-Wrapped

The impact of a wall of tile is best achieved when there are no upper cabinets on either side of the range hood. Then, a tile-wrapped range hood brings continuity of texture and can be a great way to de-emphasize the visual impact a large range hood.

In the white kitchen above, the change in tile layout from horizontal staggered on the wall, to herringbone on the range hood, adds subtle texture and interest.

Beige tiles wrap the range hood in this neutral kitchen pictured below, with reclaimed wood trim along the bottom. The size of the range hood doesn’t overpower the room, and the materials used achieve a tone-on-tone palette allows the interesting design features of the island to remain the focal point.

7. Under-Cabinet

An under-cabinet range hood is pre-fabricated, and often the most affordable type of range hood. When working within the existing footprint of a kitchen, this type of hood maximizes storage, which is especially convenient when you have tall ceilings.

Typically this style of range hood only comes in a stainless steel finish, which can coordinate nicely with stainless steel appliances. Under-cabinet range hoods can work with a variety of design styles, and can be slim and unobtrusive, or larger and impactful like those pictured above and below.