A Wide-Format Wood Hood Shell Built for a Statement Kitchen

This Omega National Signature Straight range hood is a 48-inch decorative alder wood shell designed for wall-mount installations where the hood anchors the kitchen visually. It ships with a Sirius-compatible liner included, ready to receive a separately sourced ventilation insert once the finish work is done.

Key Features

• 48-inch width suits wide ranges and statement kitchen layouts where a standard hood would look undersized.
• Alder wood construction in a clear, unfinished state so it can be stained or painted to match the surrounding cabinetry.
• Signature Straight profile keeps lines clean and horizontal, complementing both modern and transitional cabinet designs.
• Sirius-compatible liner included so the shell is ready for a compatible ventilation insert without sourcing a separate liner.
• Wall-mount design at 22-7/8 inches tall and 19 inches deep, scaled for a prominent position above the range.
• Unfinished, not prefinished, giving full control over the final color, sheen, and species match.

Where This Shell Earns Its Place

A 48-inch hood commands attention, and this shell is designed to hold it. In a kitchen built around a wide professional-style range or a dual-fuel cooktop, a narrower hood reads as an afterthought. This shell spans the full footprint, and the straight profile keeps the silhouette architectural rather than decorative for its own sake. It works especially well on a wall run where upper cabinets flank the hood on both sides, letting the hood read as the centerpiece of the wall without competing with adjacent millwork.

Alder, Clear, and Ready for the Finisher

Alder is a fine-grained hardwood that accepts stain evenly and takes paint cleanly, which makes it a common choice when the hood needs to match painted cabinets or a custom stain profile. The clear grade minimizes knots and character marks, so the finished surface reads consistently whether it ends up in a light white kitchen or a deeper walnut-tone space. Because this shell is unfinished, the painter or finisher on the job controls the outcome, and the hood can be finished alongside the surrounding cabinetry for a seamless result.

Who Specifies This Shell

Designers and cabinet shops working on wide-format kitchens with 48-inch ranges or cooktops will find this shell sized to match. Kitchen installers who want the liner question already answered will appreciate that the Sirius-compatible liner ships with the shell, removing one sourcing step. Homeowners finishing a renovation at the custom end of the budget can have this shell finished to specification and installed as part of a cohesive millwork package. In every case, the ventilation insert is a separate selection chosen to match the cooktop output and the room's duct configuration.

Common Questions

The Shell That Sets the Tone for the Kitchen

At 48 inches wide in clear alder, this Omega National Signature Straight shell gives wide-range kitchens a hood that matches the scale of the room and finishes on the job alongside the rest of the cabinetry.