HOOD TASTE IN THE KITCHEN - WALL MOUNT STAINLESS RANGE HOODS!

This kitchen above with its scalloped stainless steel range hood caught my eye. I had never seen metal hood with a scalloped edge. So interesting really.

Anyhoooo...got me thinking about style and design for wall mounted stainless steel hoods that go above ranges, ovens, stove tops for venting purposes..

To be honest (since I clearly have no filter on this blog), I started to think of titles for the post before I really started thinking about hoods. I have a tendency sometimes (more often than not) to use not so creative alliteration or puns or plays on words in my post titles. I write out something that I think is funny and get a good little chuckle at it and then publish the stories. For this post I was having a bit of a mental road block with the title though. Normally I just type out the first thing that comes to mind and I publish with no fear...not looking back...knowing that I have a post title issue and that other bloggers would turn their nose up and say, "Her titles are really long and really not that funny". Oh well...yooohoooo...LOL...what's a girl to do?

Still on the topic of post titles (if you can believe it)...

So today, I started my somewhat comedic journey to this post title with this first title...here it comes...wait...ready...okay...drum roll...and..."Hoodie Style"...tah dah...I know it fell kind of flat for me too when I wrote it out. So I scratched that one clearly. Then I thought about using "Hood-tastic" for this blog post title but that didn't really make sense either. And then the litany of not so good post titles continued: "Hi Hood Looking"; "Hood for Thought"; "Your Guess is as Hood as Mine"; "So Far So Hood"; "Hoody Two-Shoes"; "Honest to Hoodness"; "To Hood to be True"; "It Hood be Worse"; "I Hood if I Could" and so on and so on. I ended up the "Hood Taste"...it is no better or no worse than my other bad titles...but it is the one I'm running with today. Hope you can find some bit of humor in the title or maybe there is someone out there who actually thinks my titles are okay? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? I digress (as usual)...apologies!

Anyhoooo...post title aside...back to interior design...

I do like a nice stainless steel hood. I like the way the metal over a cook top can add a bit of gleam and shimmer to kitchen design.

Here are a few very different kitchens where stainless hoods "steal" the show! LOL!

A custom scalloped stainless steel hood wall mounted onto white subway tiles over a vintage looking white range in a modern country style kitchen. (above)

A classic stainless vent compliments the cobalt blue cabinets and the stainless steel  range . (above)

Sleek t-shaped modern hoods work with the design of these contemporary kitchens. (above and below)

Larger hoods can stand alone or be mounted on the wall surrounded by cabinets. (above and below)

A tapered stainless steel hood adds a bit of design flair to this traditional corn flower blue kitchen. (above)

Hope you have a good day!

Happy Tuesday!

xo
Coco

Photos: Rehkamp Larson; Arent Pyk; Douglas Friedman; Casa Bella; Michael Robinson Photography; House Beautiful

THIS OR THAT: STAINLESS STEEL KITCHEN CABINETS!

Kitchen 1

Stainless steel kitchen aren't for everyone...but if you are looking for a sleek modern glistening place to do your cooking, then stainless could be just the answer.

In my imaginary 6th home (an apartment in some fabulous city somewhere) I might try a completely stainless look...I might. I have other ideas of the kitchens in imaginary homes 1-5. I may though throw caution to the wind and do this all metallic look in house number 6. In my real home, I have white glass front cabinets. Note to self: need to get started on imaginary homes so that I can get to number 6 and try a stainless look.

Let's take a look at a few stainless kitchens in today's THIS OR THAT...which one do you prefer?

Kitchen 2 - Stainless cabinets, appliances, backsplash, pot rack and floating shelves!

Kitchen 3 - Stainless with black counters. (above)

Kitchen 4 - Open kitchen island with stainless steel cabinet fronts. (above)

Kitchen 5 - A super small kitchen with stainless steel bottom cabinets and floating shelves. (above)

Would you ever want a stainless steel kitchen in your home?  Why or why not?

Which of these metal kitchens do you like the best?  I think I'm liking Kitchen 1 and Kitchen 2 the best.  I like the reeded glass in the upper cabinets of Kitchen 1.  For some reason, Kitchen 2 doesn't seem to overwhelmingly metallic so I like that one too.

Please vote in the comments section below.  I would love to hear which of these modern metal kitchens you like best.

Happy Monday!

xo
Coco


Photos: Rehkamp Larson Architects; Harper's Bazaar; St. Charles of New York; Kenneth Probst; Cottages & Gardens

SMART DESIGN: THE MOLECULAR TABLE!

Casamidy - Molecular Console Table - $1950 (metal and glass console table)

Okay...my Casamidy crush continues...this time in the form of a collection of tables.

You might ask..."Coco...what in the world is a Casamidy crush?".  Appalled, I would reply in a rather snooty tone, "You don't know. How could you NOT know what a Casamidy Crush is...oh my?"  And then, you would probably think, "What is wrong with Coco?  Why is she talking with that funny affected lock jaw accent and clenching her teeth while she talks.  Bizarre."

Anyhoooo....simply put a Casamidy crush is a crush one might have on everything made by the Mexico based furniture design company, Casamidy, that is run by Ann Marie Midy and Jorge Almada..

Today, I bring you their latest - the Molecular Table series.  The tables have metal bases and glass tops.  The metal is an intricate design...almost maze like...based on a German scientific model of a molecule!  So smart...literally and figuratively speaking!

The Molecular coffee table with a gold leaf finish on a cover patio. (above)

The Molecular Coffee Table with silver leaf finish - $1450 (above)

Jorge sent me this image of the German science molecule model that the tables' design was inspired by. (above)

The tables come in nickel plate, gold leaf, silver leaf and lacquer over metal finishes.  There is also a side table with a square glass top.

I love them.  I think they would work well in a traditional home juxtaposed against some classic furniture pieces as well as in an ultra modern space. A great new take on design.  Well done...again...Jorge and Ann-Marie!

What do you think about this smart table?  Could you use a statement piece like this in your home? If so, where...if not, let us know why?

Happy Thursday!

xo
Coco

SMART DESIGN: CLEVER TRICKS OF THE DESIGN TRADE!

A stainless steel wall in a bright Seattle kitchen is the perfect place for those magnates you usually see on refrigerator doors! (above)

I was on the website of interior designer Laura Bohn...searching through her portfolio when I came across these three images. Cute fun innovative design ideas.  I like the idea of taking a material or finish that has typically been seen one way and using it differently.  Here are three SMART DESIGNS!  Take a look!

Chalkboard paint is used every  where these days but I've never seen it used on a fireplace surround...way to warm up the setting with some nice words! (above)

Okay...I have never seen this before...commercial metal shelving - a cart with wheels -  repurposed  into a  bath sink base! (above)

What do you think of these clever design ideas?  Like or dislike?  Can you imagine using any in your home?

I like the stainless steel wall the best I think!

Happy Monday!

xo
Coco

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