How to Build a Faux Range Hood With Storage

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One of the biggest trends right now are the big beautiful range hoods. You know the ones I’m talking about with the beautiful shiplap or other wood finishes. Just beautiful focal points in the space. Well I wanted one. Bad. But we have a microwave over our oven. And a small cabinet above that. But I came up with a solution that gave me the look I wanted without losing the microwave or functionality of the above cabinet! Check out how I built our faux range hood and how you can too!

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Isn’t it charming?! I love the warmth it adds to the space! And check out that beautiful island! Were you here when I added the shiplap and painted it grey?! If not check it out! What about when I scrapped all of the popcorn from the ceiling!? Here’s what the cabinet looked looked like before I began.

The first thing I did when I had this idea was draw it up on my phone.

I may not be a great artist… but it gave me an idea of what I was looking for! Then I got to work. I started by removing the cabinet doors. Then I added the bottom moulding piece that would be my bottom bracket/resting spot.

Then I cut a large sheet of plywood to size and added 1×3 trim pieces.

Once I had a framed out square I added a barn x on the face. I secured all of the 1x3s with wood glue then flipped it over and nailed it from behind.

Then I wood puttied the gaps and sanded when it dried.

Next, I checked to make sure it fit!

Once I was sure it fit, I stained and added the hinges. And then I held it back up to hang it and I realized I made a mistake. I did not account for the height difference for the door with the hinge. I kicked myself and sat on it a few days. Then I decided the easiest thing to do was to cut out a smidge of the crown moulding. This wasnt a big deal to me because we plan to gut the kitchen at some point and if I ended up hating it later on I could always just throw up some new trim! But I finally made it fit!