VMI 36"W Maple Bead Board Wall Mount Range Hood, Liner Sold Separately, FBBWH 36 M

VMI Bead Board Hood Shell For Cottage and Craftsman Kitchens

The VMI Bead Board Wall Mount Range Hood is a 36-inch-wide decorative maple wood shell that brings a classic bead board texture to the space above your range. It is the visible enclosure, not the ventilation unit. A liner and ventilation insert are selected and ordered separately to complete the installation.

Key Features

• Bead board panel surface gives the hood a cottage, farmhouse, or Craftsman character that flat-panel hoods do not.
• Maple construction takes stain and paint cleanly, making it a strong match for maple cabinet runs or a painted kitchen.
• Ready-to-finish so the shell arrives unfinished and accepts stain, paint, or a custom finish after delivery.
• 36-inch width, 42-inch height, and 20-1/2-inch depth fit a standard wall-mount position above the range.
• Wall-mount design installs against the wall above the cooktop rather than within the cabinetry.
• Liner sold separately, giving flexibility to pair the shell with the ventilation system that suits the cooktop and the duct run.

Where the Bead Board Hood Fits the Design

Bead board is a familiar detail in cottage kitchens, Craftsman bungalows, shaker-style renovations, and farmhouse builds where flat surfaces feel too plain and raised-panel profiles feel too formal. Running the same texture across cabinet doors, island sides, and the range hood ties the room together without forcing an identical profile. This shell brings that language directly above the cooktop, where a plain hood would otherwise interrupt the design.

At 36 inches wide, the shell aligns with a standard 36-inch range or cooktop position and keeps the proportions balanced with surrounding upper cabinets.

Maple, Unfinished, and Ready for the Shop

Maple is a close-grained hardwood that takes both paint and stain consistently. For a painted kitchen, maple's smooth surface minimizes grain show-through. For a stained finish, it accepts pigment evenly across the bead board channels and the flat face sections. Because the shell arrives ready-to-finish, the cabinet shop or installer applies the finish after delivery to match the surrounding cabinetry exactly, rather than working from a factory color that may not coordinate.

The unfinished state also means the hood can be touched up or refinished in place over time without mismatching a factory coating.

Who Orders This Shell and How It Gets Installed

Cabinet shops specifying a complete kitchen often source this shell alongside a compatible liner and ventilator so all three arrive together and the hood is finished and installed in a single sequence. Designers working on a renovation specify the shell early, since the bead board profile and the maple species need to be confirmed against the cabinet door style before cabinetry is ordered. Contractors handling the install confirm the liner and ventilator separately, then finish the shell to match the site conditions.

Because the liner is not included, this is also useful for a replacement scenario where an existing liner is already in place and only the decorative shell needs to be swapped.

Common Questions

A Decorative Shell That Finishes the Kitchen on Your Terms

The VMI Bead Board Hood in maple gives a kitchen a ready-to-finish wood enclosure with a texture that suits traditional and transitional styles, sized to sit above a 36-inch range and finished on site to match the cabinetry exactly.