Red Oak Hood Shell With a Straight Valance for a Cabinetry-Matched Kitchen

This Omega National accent range hood is a 36-inch-wide decorative wood shell in red oak, finished with a straight valance and sized to wall-mount above the cooktop. It ships with a Broan-compatible liner and arrives ready to accept stain or paint, so the hood can be matched to the surrounding cabinetry before installation.

Key Features

• Red oak construction brings a defined, open grain that takes stain readily and coordinates with red oak cabinetry.
• Straight valance profile gives the hood a clean, architectural line across the front face.
• 36 inches wide by 30 inches tall with a 6-3/16-inch depth for a low-profile fit against the wall.
• Broan-compatible liner included so the shell and liner arrive together, ready for a compatible Broan ventilation unit.
• Wall-mount design installs against the wall above the range rather than hanging from the ceiling.
• Ready-to-finish so stain, paint, or a custom topcoat can be applied to match the kitchen before hanging.

Built to Look Like It Belongs

The accent design attaches to the cabinets flanking the hood, so the finished installation reads as a continuous run of cabinetry rather than a standalone appliance hanging on the wall. That built-in, mantel-style result is the main reason designers and cabinet shops reach for this shell over an appliance-style hood. The straight valance keeps the front face flat and angular, which pairs well with contemporary and transitional door profiles that avoid ornate curves.

Because this is the decorative enclosure, it does not move air on its own. The included liner is designed to accept a compatible Broan ventilation unit, which is selected and ordered separately to match the cooktop output and the home's duct configuration.

Red Oak, Ready to Finish

Red oak has a pronounced, open grain pattern that reads well under a stain, and it is a common species in North American cabinetry runs, making color-matching straightforward for cabinet shops already working in red oak. The shell arrives unfinished, which means the finisher controls the stain tone, sealer, and topcoat to achieve an exact match to adjacent cabinet doors. Paint-grade projects can use this shell as well, though a painter's-grade maple or alder shell may reduce grain show-through on a fully painted surface.

A Good Fit for Renovation and New Construction Alike

This shell suits a kitchen where the hood is intended to disappear into the cabinetry design. At 36 inches wide, it covers a standard 30-inch or 36-inch range or cooktop with the visual weight a mantel-style hood requires. The low 6-3/16-inch depth keeps the shell close to the wall, which matters in tighter kitchens where hood projection can crowd the space above the range. Contractors and cabinet shops coordinating a full red oak kitchen will find the species match reduces finishing labor. Homeowners doing a single-hood renovation can treat this as the decorative woodwork portion of the project and source the ventilator separately based on their cooktop's BTU output and duct setup.

Common Questions

The Woodwork for a Hood That Reads as Cabinetry

When the design calls for a range hood that blends into a red oak kitchen rather than standing out as an appliance, this shell provides the species match, the straight valance profile, and the ready-to-finish surface to make that work.