VMI 36"W Maple Decorative Curved Series Wall Mount Range Hood, Liner Sold Separately - FDWHDC 36 M

Curved Maple Profile, Ready for a Custom Finish

This VMI Decorative Curved Series wall-mount range hood is a 36-inch-wide maple wood shell that brings a soft, curved profile above the cooktop. It ships unfinished so the wood can be stained or painted to coordinate with the surrounding cabinetry, and it is designed to work with a compatible ventilation liner ordered separately.

Key Features

• Curved decorative profile gives the hood a rounded, furniture-style silhouette that works with both traditional and transitional kitchen designs.
• Solid maple construction accepts stain, paint, or a clear topcoat to match the kitchen's finish scheme.
• 36-inch width suits standard 36-inch cooktop and range installations.
• Wall-mount configuration installs against the wall above the cooking surface.
• Unfinished, ready-to-finish surface lets the finisher apply the stain or paint on site for a seamless match.
• Liner sold separately so the ventilation insert can be specified to match the actual cooktop and airflow requirements.

Where the Curved Shell Fits

The curved silhouette on this shell reads as cabinetry rather than an appliance, which suits kitchens where the hood is meant to blend into the run of upper cabinets rather than stand apart as a focal point. It works particularly well in layouts where a softer roofline on the hood echoes arched cabinet details, raised-panel doors, or decorative valances elsewhere in the room. At 36 inches wide, the shell aligns with a standard 36-inch range or cooktop, and the wall-mount position keeps it flush to the wall for a clean finish.

Maple and the Ready-to-Finish Advantage

Maple is a close-grained hardwood that takes stain evenly and holds paint well, which makes it a practical choice for a hood shell that needs to match a specific cabinetry finish. Because this shell ships unfinished, the finisher controls the color. A site-applied stain can be pulled from the same batch used on the cabinet doors, and a painted finish can be matched to the wall color or cabinet paint without the guesswork of factory-finished samples. The 42-inch height and 20-1/2-inch depth give the shell a proportional presence above the range without crowding the space between the cooktop and upper cabinets.

Who Specifies This Shell

Cabinet shops and designers who build custom kitchens typically reach for a ready-to-finish maple shell when the project calls for a unified look across all the wood surfaces. The curved series suits a client who wants the hood to feel like furniture: rounded, warm, and finished to match the room rather than delivered in a stock color. Contractors sourcing for a remodel can hold the finish decision until the cabinet doors are sprayed, then coat the hood shell in the same session. Because the liner and ventilator are selected separately, the airflow can be sized to the cooktop without being constrained by the decorative shell choice.

Common Questions

The Shell That Lets the Finish Do the Work

Specify this curved maple shell when the design calls for a hood that disappears into the cabinetry, finished on site to an exact match and paired with the ventilator that suits the cooktop.