DIY Venthood
Hey ya’ll!! Now that Will and I have been working on more house projects, and I know there are so many questions out there about what we’ve used and how we used it, I am putting it on my schedule to do this blog at least once or twice a week! You all know how bad I am about keeping up with it so you have to hold me to it! 😂 Also, for some reason, people are having trouble viewing my videos! So I’m hoping that I can make them work this time. I can see them, but so many are telling me that you can only hear them!🤔 So if you have that problem again, please let me know!
Now let’s get to the good stuff! That beautiful Vent hood that Will built for me!
First, you need to do some searching to see what you want! Of course Pinterest and Instagram are great places to look! I’ve seen others build them in different ways, to include right over the cabinet and microwave that is usually over the stove, since the vent is already there, and then they built a hinged door over the microwave to open and close it. Or, just over the cabinet so that they didn’t have to take down storage, but I decided that I wanted it all down and he just wanted to put in his own vent. Look at all your options and decide what’s best for you! Which leads me to a major question that I am getting! What did we do with the microwave? We ended up putting it in the corner nook of our kitchen where it’s not too noticeable! That was a major question in our minds too before we just did it!
I was also tempted to take down the cabinet to the left of the vent hood and add shelving, but then it would have looked a little weird with the layout and the cabinets on the other side. So, we made it work with what we have! I do miss our open shelving in the kitchen though that we had at our other house!😩
For wood, we went with pine, it is the least expensive and still beautiful stained! He planned it out on paper and then began building it up on the wall! Because we have crown molding up top, he couldn’t attach it to the wall without taking the molding down, and that we did not want to do! So he planned it to go up to the ceiling. We were a little bit worried about the support at first, but between the studs in the wall and the cabinets themselves to hold it up, we were good! Once he had the frame up on the wall, it was too tight for him to get all the wood all the way around, so he took it down from there and built up the rest!
During this time, he started working on the vent! Luckily he knows how to do electrical work! If you don’t, please get somebody who does to do that for you! We went to Lowe’s and bought the pieces for the vent and then he cut a hole through the wall, out to our garage! Now, all of the smell goes out there instead of just circulating through the microwave and into the house the way it did! He also installed a light underneath and ordered toggle switches from Amazon in order to turn everything off and on!
Here are some pics and video throughout the process! I will also link as much as I can for you! Let me know if you have any questions! My next blog is going to be our brick backsplash so stay tuned! 🙌🏻
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Stain: Early American
Top Coat: Mat Minwax Polycrylic
Wood and vent hood pieces are from @loweshomeimprovement
Toggle switches were ordered from Amazon! https://www.amazon.com/Twidec-Pre-soldered-Wires（Quality-Assurance-Years）KCD1-3-101-X/dp/B07SPY9H7Y/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Twidec%2F10Pcs+AC+6A%2F250V+10A%2F125V+SPST+2+Pins+2+Position+ON%2FOff+Car+Boat+Square+Black+Rocker+Switch+Toggle+with+Pre-soldered+Wires&qid=1613064900&sr=8-1
Wood Sizes Top block is 2 1x6s taken down to 1x4s
Bottom block is 2 1x6s
Inner frame from top to bottom that connect both blocks are 1x3s cut down to 1.5 x 1.5
Front pieces that connect and finish it all are 1x4s
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What color stain is your wood island?
All the wood is stained in Early American! 😊