In reply to SarahDavid.

Luckily we already had it vented outside!

-John

Anyway, all of the openness in your kitchen is inspiring my wife and I to look at how we cram things into cabinets, so much so that we aren’t sure what’s going to fall out when we open the doors, and certainly enough that we generally don’t know what’s behind the stuff precariously perched within sight once opened. We were trying to figure out how to best make use of the tall cabinet above our microwave/range hood last night (to make more room in the other cabinets for baby food and baby dishes!). Almost none of the storage up there was well thought out. I was wishing we had a simple range hood, high enough that my 6′ self could cook comfortably without having to stoop to see the stovetop controls. Our microwave/hood, sadly, doesn’t vent outside. It just circulates greasy air through a charcoal filter. I was very disgusted to find a greasy film on all of the glassware we were keeping on the top shelves of our cabinets!

Did you already have a vent going to the outside, or did you have to crack that code, too?

In reply to elizabeth.

Yes, we’ll be back with those details asap (aka: tomorrow)!

xo,
s

In reply to Pamela.

The stud marked at 5 was too far to the right for the hood to catch it, (it would have overlapped the countertop too much and hung off-center) so we scooched it in a bit and used heavy duty anchors on that side. Hope it helps!

xo,
s