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The VMI Emperor Series 36-inch wall-mount range hood is a decorative maple wood shell designed to frame the cooktop area and coordinate with surrounding cabinetry. It ships ready to finish, so stain or paint can be applied on-site to match the kitchen. The liner is sold separately.
A finished range hood is typically three parts: the decorative wood shell, the liner that sits inside it, and the ventilation unit that actually moves air. This SKU is the shell. It provides the visual mass and the architectural presence above the cooktop, in maple, at 36 inches wide. The liner and ventilator are chosen and purchased separately, which means the ventilation can be sized to the specific cooktop output and duct path without being locked into a bundled unit.
Wall-mount placement keeps the hood visible against the wall, making the wood species and the finish quality front and center in the kitchen. Maple's tight, even grain reads well under both stain and paint, and the unfinished surface gives the shop or installer full control over the final color match.
Maple is a common choice for kitchen cabinetry because it machines cleanly and holds a finish well. As a hood shell material, it offers the same advantage: the surface is consistent enough to take a painted finish without telegraphing grain, and it accepts stain evenly when the goal is a natural wood look. Because this shell ships unfinished, the finish schedule can be matched to the rest of the kitchen woodwork rather than working around a pre-applied color. At 42 inches tall and 21-1/4 inches deep, the shell has enough visual presence to anchor the wall without overpowering a standard ceiling height.
Cabinet shops building out a full kitchen package often specify the hood shell as part of the cabinet order, finishing it in-house alongside the door and drawer fronts so the color is a true match. Designers working on a custom or semi-custom kitchen use the ready-to-finish shell to stay flexible on finish direction until late in the project. Contractors sourcing for an install can pair the shell with a liner and ventilator sized to the homeowner's cooktop, sourcing the three components as a coordinated set rather than a single bundled SKU.
No. This is the decorative maple wood shell only. The liner is sold separately, and the ventilation unit is a separate purchase as well. The three components are typically specified and sourced together but are ordered individually.
The shell ships unfinished and is intended to be stained, painted, or sealed before final installation. Finishing it alongside the surrounding cabinetry ensures a consistent color match.
The shell is 36 inches wide, which typically suits a 30-inch or 36-inch cooktop in a wall-mount layout. The ventilation capacity is determined by the liner and ventilator selected separately, not by the shell itself.
Yes. Maple's tight grain makes it a good paint-grade surface, and because the shell is supplied unfinished, it can be primed and painted to any color as part of the finishing schedule.
Specify this 36-inch Emperor Series shell when the project calls for a wall-mount wood hood in maple, finished on-site to match the cabinetry, with the liner and ventilator selected separately for the cooktop.