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Best of the Week: 25 Range Hoods With Wow Factor
Bold range hoods play a starring role in contemporary kitchens. Here are 25 designs that pack a hefty punch
For years, disappearing range hoods were all the rage, but lately at Houzz we’ve noticed these kitchen essentials shouting loud and proud with bold designs and taking centrestage in many kitchens. If you’d prefer a range hood with a bit of oomph, feast your eyes on these 25 beauties. They’re no shrinking violets.
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2. Location: Sydney, NSW
Designer: Alexandra Kidd Design
Features: The smooth warmth of the copper range hood coupled with the geometric edginess of the splashback adds instant style.
See ‘before’ and ‘after’ images of this apartment and read about its redesign
Designer: Alexandra Kidd Design
Features: The smooth warmth of the copper range hood coupled with the geometric edginess of the splashback adds instant style.
See ‘before’ and ‘after’ images of this apartment and read about its redesign
3. Location: Melbourne, Victoria
Designer: NProjects
Features: The black box of kitchen design.
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Designer: NProjects
Features: The black box of kitchen design.
Find a kitchen designer and renovator near you on Houzz to revitalise your cooking space
4. Location: New Plymouth, NZ
Designer: Vogue Kitchens
Features: The planked and wire-brushed oak veneer of this range hood echoes the ceiling and cupboards…
Designer: Vogue Kitchens
Features: The planked and wire-brushed oak veneer of this range hood echoes the ceiling and cupboards…
…Here’s the same kitchen with the pantry closed off.
Read more about this Scandi-inspired kitchen with its concealed pantry
Read more about this Scandi-inspired kitchen with its concealed pantry
5. Location: Byron Bay
Designer: The Designory
Features: Sleek and minimal, this range hood graciously lets the colourful cabinetry share the limelight.
Designer: The Designory
Features: Sleek and minimal, this range hood graciously lets the colourful cabinetry share the limelight.
6. Location: Melbourne, Victoria
Designer: Smith & Smith Kitchens
Features: Rustic exposed brick gives this farmhouse’s kitchen a historical feel, with a chimney- and flue-like range.
Designer: Smith & Smith Kitchens
Features: Rustic exposed brick gives this farmhouse’s kitchen a historical feel, with a chimney- and flue-like range.
7. Location: Collingwood, Victoria
Designer: Jasmine McClelland Design
Features: The coppery hue of these twin pillars introduces warmth to an otherwise cool colour scheme in this apartment’s kitchen…
Designer: Jasmine McClelland Design
Features: The coppery hue of these twin pillars introduces warmth to an otherwise cool colour scheme in this apartment’s kitchen…
…You deserve a closer look.
8. Location: Sydney, NSW
Designer: Trio Style Co
Features: Even a subtle variation in colour – in this case the black of the range hood and the cupboards that flank it – can bring striking depth, especially when teamed with a difference in texture.
Designer: Trio Style Co
Features: Even a subtle variation in colour – in this case the black of the range hood and the cupboards that flank it – can bring striking depth, especially when teamed with a difference in texture.
9. Location: Brisbane, Queensland
Designer: Element Property Group
Features: The black boldness of this range hood adds a vertical element to the horizontal strip lighting above and below the island bench, bringing balance to the space.
Designer: Element Property Group
Features: The black boldness of this range hood adds a vertical element to the horizontal strip lighting above and below the island bench, bringing balance to the space.
11. Location: Sydney, NSW
Designer: iSpace Solutions
Features: This symmetrical stone beauty doesn’t hog the limelight but still cuts an impressive figure.
Designer: iSpace Solutions
Features: This symmetrical stone beauty doesn’t hog the limelight but still cuts an impressive figure.
12. Location: Melbourne, Victoria
Designer: Taylor Knights
Features: It’s the twin curved forms that add interest to this otherwise monochrome, minimalist kitchen.
Designer: Taylor Knights
Features: It’s the twin curved forms that add interest to this otherwise monochrome, minimalist kitchen.
13. Location: Austin, USA
Designer: Hugh Jefferson Randolph Architects
Features: Proof that pure, pared-back white can make a statement when surrounded by a sea of detail.
Designer: Hugh Jefferson Randolph Architects
Features: Proof that pure, pared-back white can make a statement when surrounded by a sea of detail.
14. Location: Melbourne, Victoria
Designer: Architects EAT
Features: This clever ceiling-mounted range hood tops off this entire kitchen.
Read the story behind this apartment’s kitchen in a converted chocolate factory
Designer: Architects EAT
Features: This clever ceiling-mounted range hood tops off this entire kitchen.
Read the story behind this apartment’s kitchen in a converted chocolate factory
15. Location: Chicago, USA
Designer: KitchenLab | Rebekah Zaveloff Interiors
Features: Uninterrupted tiling adds subtlety to this scheme, while the angular shape piques it up.
Designer: KitchenLab | Rebekah Zaveloff Interiors
Features: Uninterrupted tiling adds subtlety to this scheme, while the angular shape piques it up.
16. Location: Atlanta, USA
Designer: Carter Kay Interiors
Features: There’s no mistaking which appliance plays the starring role in this Dutch colonial-inspired kitchen.
Designer: Carter Kay Interiors
Features: There’s no mistaking which appliance plays the starring role in this Dutch colonial-inspired kitchen.
17. Location: Philadelphia, USA
Designer: Sullivan Building & Design Group
Features: A range hood can add a point of difference with any design style, not just contemporary kitchens.
Designer: Sullivan Building & Design Group
Features: A range hood can add a point of difference with any design style, not just contemporary kitchens.
18. Location: St Louis, USA
Designer:
Mitchell Wall Architecture and Design
Features: This regal range hood literally crowns this kitchen with its brass touches and bold, ceiling-hung form.
Designer:
Mitchell Wall Architecture and Design
Features: This regal range hood literally crowns this kitchen with its brass touches and bold, ceiling-hung form.
20. Location: Melbourne, Victoria
Designer: Kennedy Nolan
Features: Several bold features compete for attention in this kitchen, though thanks to the unifying black colour scheme, all are winners.
Designer: Kennedy Nolan
Features: Several bold features compete for attention in this kitchen, though thanks to the unifying black colour scheme, all are winners.
21. Location: Sydney, NSW
Designer: Bondi Kitchens
Features: Soft curves, coupled with a strong form, do all the talking here.
Designer: Bondi Kitchens
Features: Soft curves, coupled with a strong form, do all the talking here.
22. Location: Auckland, NZ
Designer: Broswick Builders
Features: Flanked by shelving, this design picks up on the charcoal tones in the cabinetry and brings them to the centre of attention.
Designer: Broswick Builders
Features: Flanked by shelving, this design picks up on the charcoal tones in the cabinetry and brings them to the centre of attention.
23. Location: Melbourne, Victoria
Designer: Inside and Out Architectural Products
Features: Those industrial rivets in the wrought-iron range hood bring some oomph to this mostly monochrome kitchen.
Designer: Inside and Out Architectural Products
Features: Those industrial rivets in the wrought-iron range hood bring some oomph to this mostly monochrome kitchen.
24. Location: Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Designer: Dall Designer Homes
Features: Bold lines all the way.
Designer: Dall Designer Homes
Features: Bold lines all the way.
25. Location: Brisbane, Queensland
Designer: Kim Duffin for Sublime
Features: This flyover kitchen shelf is home to plants and a range hood – a surprisingly tranquil combination…
Designer: Kim Duffin for Sublime
Features: This flyover kitchen shelf is home to plants and a range hood – a surprisingly tranquil combination…
…Here’s a different angle.
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Designer: Auhaus Architecture
Features: All that glitters may not be gold, but this custom-designed brass beauty is just as eye-catching.
Read more about this unique home, which belongs to an artist and a concreter