Faux Copper Range Hood

 

Below You are looking at an old dated Island Range Hood / Hood Range (Whichever comes first!!!!)

It was a white eye sore in the middle of the kitchen.

The client wanted a new copper penny look so....

 

 

 

 

                                             In Faux we trusted

 

It was carefully prepped due to the heavy use of this vent

and now it looks like a shiny new penny.

It looks amazing, the picture doesn't do it justice.

 

 

But what if you prefer an older Abe Lincoln?

Here the existing kitchen cabinets are much darker and

need an anchor to tie it all together

 

 

 

       Prep, Sand, Clean  and Prime

 

 

You can go as dark and heavy as you prefer with the aging.

 

 

 Top coat, and Top coat

 

If it has a surface! It can be painted!



 

                                          

DIY Decorative Hood Range Vent

Look what we just built over the weekend!

Just kidding, but this beaut will serve as my inspiration for my kitchen.

 

 

 

We have a gas stove and need a stronger vent for my personal

Chef-Husband-Faux Finisher..(I can go on) to cook his fancy shmancy dishes.

 

Here is what I have to work with... small but it will work.

Buh-Bye microwave.

 

 

We ordered an exhaust vent with the appropriate dimensions

 and hair blowing C.F.M.'s 

We hired the best contractors, MCB-Repairs to install the new vent

 and air it to the outside.

And a very talented Carpenter with Carpenterama to build and frame in our vision.

 

The 2 existing doors were removed and the area was decoratively framed

 to cover and house the vent.

 

 After the contractors secured and built to suite,
we dressed it up with small scaled rope trim.

 

It's a simple design and It's taking shape.

 

We sanded and caulked then I combed the rats nest out of my hair.

 

 

It needs a little more action so we purchased a beautiful
small scaled wooden embellishment for the center.

We used liquid nails to adhere.

OK just hold it there for 30 more minutes babe..

 

Do you know what time it is ???

Prime time!

We used an adhesion primer and applied a thin even coat.

 

2 coats of the kitchen cabinet paint and......

 

 

 

Wait for it....

Wait for it....

  

 

  Bam!

 

 

 

We glazed the architectural features or the trim to match the rest of the cabinets

 

Glaze was applied heavily in all the grooves than wiped off.

 

 

 

Before                                                    After

 

 

 

I love to watch my Husband cook in this happy kitchen. 

 

 This look gives the kitchen an elegant feel.

 

hmmm...

Wouldn't a decorative tile look great behind the stove???

 

OH HONEY!!!!!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kitchen Makeover

Some may know that I'm a realtor and we recently purchased a house
that we are going to grow old and die in

In a Realtors years that's 3 - 5 yrs

At this point it's an addiction to remodel and sell

Let the games begin!!!!

This was our YELLOW oak kitchen and it's about to get a makeover

We wanted a modern french feel, not the bright white cabinets,

but a soft neutral off-white color with a charcoal gray detail glaze

 

This was our tile color before we stained it

It's not bad but we want to go with a grey color scheme

It's very "peachy" in color and it tends to stand out
 

Voila!!!!

 

This is the look we wanted and we achieved it

I love the fact we didn't have to demo the kitchen tile and break the bank

to get a look we wanted

We also added crown molding to finish the look

Whats a french look without the crown. no?

After we painted the cabinets the tile color didn't compliment the rest of the kitchen so I use a product called stain and seal.

I mixed a metallic silver with a ebony and created a nice translucent grey tone.

I cleaned and prepped the surface and applied the product right on the tile

NO PRIMING!!!

I then stippled it and use a very high grade commercial top coat

As you can see the grout took the stain darker

so it looks like a dark gray grout

We love it!!

Next you say ???? A DIY hood vent.

Stay tuned...