Gone are the days of sculptural bells with which to include a disruptive and striking element in the kitchen. The trend now is to integrate the hood of work wrapped in a body of smooth plaster or even covered with some of the materials already included in the kitchen.
Although the trend seems to be aimed at hiding the hood, it can have the opposite effect and attract the eye (in addition to the fumes) at this point but in a more classic and discreet way. A trend that is possibly a consequence of opening the kitchen totally or partially to other rooms such as the living room or the kitchen.
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To make it stand out, the lines of the hood stand out from the upper cabinets and can be shorter (to save the cook’s head) and deeper, to better cover the fires. Something that also goes well with the increasingly popular gas fires in the kitchen.
The most minimalist and elegant version One of this trend is to design with the plaster with straight lines and without more texture than the final coating of plastic paint.
But the straight body of the hood too can be covered with some of the materials that already exist in the kitchen. In this case, a walnut veneer, like the sides and front of the island.
In this image it has been tiled like the dashboard to integrate it.
The intermediate option consists of make it smooth, but cover its lower part with a small plinth.
What do you think of this trend? Are you joining the construction bells?
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