VMI 36"W Hickory Bead Board Wall Mount Range Hood, Liner Sold Separately, FBBWH 36 H

Hickory Bead Board Hood Shell for a Textured, Rustic Kitchen Statement

This VMI Bead Board Wall Mount Range Hood is a 36-inch decorative wood shell in hickory, designed to frame the cooktop area with natural character grain and a classic bead board panel face. It is a hood enclosure, not a ventilation unit: the liner and the ventilator that moves air are selected and ordered separately to suit the installation.

Key Features

• Hickory wood species delivers bold, contrasting grain patterns well suited to rustic, farmhouse, and craftsman kitchen styles.
• Bead board panel face adds horizontal texture and period detail that painted or stained smooth hoods do not offer.
• 36-inch width, 42-inch height, 20-1/2-inch depth sized for a standard 36-inch range or cooktop position.
• Wall mount design installs against the wall above the cooking surface.
• Ready to finish so stain, paint, or a clear coat can be applied after delivery to match the surrounding cabinetry.
• Liner sold separately allowing the appropriate liner and ventilator to be matched to the cooktop and duct configuration.

Where the Bead Board Face Makes the Difference

A smooth wood hood reads clean and contemporary. The bead board surface on this shell reads as intentional detail: the repeated vertical panel lines catch light differently across the day and give the hood face a depth that painted MDF cannot replicate. In a kitchen built around shaker doors, open shelving, or natural stone counters, that surface texture ties the hood into the room rather than leaving it as a plain box above the range. Hickory reinforces that character. Its grain is one of the most pronounced of the domestic species, with strong color variation between heartwood and sapwood that shows through stain and reads clearly even under a tinted topcoat.

Material and Finishing

The shell arrives unfinished, ready for the stain or paint color chosen to coordinate with the kitchen. Hickory is a dense, hard domestic species that accepts stain well, though its pronounced grain means pigment will pick up the figure rather than producing a uniform color field. A clear or tinted oil finish tends to show the natural contrast most fully; a heavy pigmented stain will moderate it. The hood body is solid wood construction and is sized at 36 inches wide, 42 inches tall, and 20-1/2 inches deep. Because the shell arrives unfinished, it can be finished on site to match a custom or stained cabinet finish that a factory-prefinished product could not meet.

Who This Hood Fits

This shell is the right choice for a cabinet shop or designer specifying a 36-inch wall-mount hood position in a hickory, natural wood, farmhouse, or craftsman kitchen where the hood is meant to read as a furniture piece rather than an appliance. Homeowners finishing a renovation who want the hood stained on site to match the cabinets exactly will also find the ready-to-finish state an advantage over a prefinished shell. Because the liner and ventilator are sold separately, the ventilation system can be sized to the cooktop's BTU output and the room's duct path independently of the decorative enclosure.

Common Questions

A Hood That Finishes Like Furniture

The 36-inch Hickory Bead Board Hood shell gives a wall-mount hood position a surface texture and natural grain that stained cabinetry demands, finished on site to the exact color the kitchen requires.