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This VMI Upper Raised Panel Island Hood is a decorative cherry wood shell designed to crown a kitchen island, providing the architectural presence of a custom wood hood above the cooktop. At 48 inches wide, it is sized for a substantial island range and ships unfinished so it can be stained or painted to suit the kitchen. The liner and ventilation unit are selected and purchased separately.
An island hood is a different installation from a wall hood: it hangs from the ceiling in the open kitchen, visible from every angle, and it needs to read as a finished piece of furniture from all sides. The raised panel design on this VMI shell delivers that presence, with the traditional panel profile that works well against shaker, inset, and raised-panel cabinet doors. At 32-1/2 inches deep and 48 inches wide, it covers a standard island range while holding its own visually in a larger kitchen.
Cherry is a close-grained hardwood that accepts stain evenly and develops a warm amber tone over time with exposure to light. Because this shell ships unfinished, the finisher or cabinetmaker controls the final color, sheen, and grain treatment, making it straightforward to match an existing cherry cabinet set or to introduce cherry as an accent against painted cabinetry. The unfinished state also means the wood is clean and ready for any approved finishing system without stripping or prep work.
This shell fits a kitchen where the design calls for a substantial, custom-looking hood centered over an island. Kitchen designers and cabinet shops working on high-specification residential projects often use a shell like this to deliver a built-in result without the lead time of fully custom fabrication. Because the liner is sold separately, the ventilation package, liner size, CFM rating, and duct configuration are all chosen to match the actual cooktop and the room, rather than being fixed by the shell selection. The ventilation unit and liner are installed inside the shell to complete the functional assembly.
No. This product is the decorative cherry wood shell only. The liner and ventilation unit are sold separately and should be selected to match your cooktop output and duct layout.
It is an island top-mount hood, designed to hang from the ceiling above a freestanding island cooktop rather than attaching to a wall.
Yes. The shell ships unfinished, so it can be stained, painted, or finished in any approved system. Cherry's tight grain accepts paint well, though staining is the more common choice to show the natural wood character.
48 inches wide, 42-1/2 inches tall, and 32-1/2 inches deep.
When the kitchen design puts a cherry raised-panel hood at the center of the island, this VMI shell gives that look a real wood foundation, ready to be finished and fitted with the ventilation components the cooktop requires.