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This VMI Decorative Keystone Royal Series hood is a 42-inch maple wood shell designed to frame the cooktop area in a wall-mount installation, ready to accept the stain or paint finish the kitchen calls for. The liner that seats the ventilation unit is sold separately.
A 42-inch shell covers a wider range of cooktop configurations than a standard 30-inch or 36-inch hood, making it a natural fit for 36-inch or larger ranges where the hood should extend beyond the cooktop edge on both sides. The Keystone Royal Series proportions are built for kitchens where the hood is meant to read as a design anchor rather than a background detail. A wider hood over a longer run of cabinetry keeps the scale balanced and the sight lines consistent across the wall.
Maple is a close-grained hardwood with a consistent surface that accepts stain predictably, without the blotching that can appear in more open-grained species. That makes it a practical choice when the goal is a specific stain color that needs to match the adjacent cabinet doors. Because this shell arrives unfinished, the final color is applied in the field after installation, so the finish is mixed and applied at the same time as the surrounding cabinetry rather than arriving pre-matched from a factory. Painting is also an option for a painted-kitchen environment.
Cabinet shops and designers specifying a custom-look kitchen with a larger range or cooktop will find the 42-inch maple shell a workable starting point for a hood that integrates with the finish schedule on the rest of the cabinets. Contractors installing in a kitchen where the hood needs to be finished on site to match an existing stain will benefit from arriving with an unfinished shell rather than a pre-finished one that may not match. The liner and ventilation unit are chosen separately, which lets each component be matched to the cooktop output and installation conditions independently.
No. This SKU is the decorative wood shell only. The liner is sold separately, and the ventilation unit is selected independently to suit the cooktop and the installation.
Yes. Because it arrives unfinished, it can receive paint or stain applied in the field. Maple's close grain makes it suitable for either finish.
A 42-inch shell is typically specified over a 36-inch or larger range or cooktop, where the hood extends several inches past the cooking surface on each side for effective capture and visual balance.
This shell is designed for wall-mount installation, positioned against the wall above the cooking surface.
Specify this 42-inch maple shell when the installation calls for a finished-on-site wood hood that scales to a larger range, integrates with the cabinet finish schedule, and accepts the liner and ventilation unit suited to the job.