Best of the Week: 25 Cooker Hoods With Wow Factor
Bold cooker hoods play a starring role in contemporary kitchens. Here are 25 designs that pack a hefty punch
For years, disappearing cooker hoods were all the rage, but lately at Houzz we’ve noticed these kitchen essentials shouting loud and proud with bold designs and taking centrestage in many kitchens. If you’d prefer a cooker hood with a bit of oomph, feast your eyes on these 25 beauties. They’re no shrinking violets.
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2. Location: Melbourne, Australia
Designer: NProjects
Features: The black box of kitchen design.
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Designer: NProjects
Features: The black box of kitchen design.
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3. Location: Collingwood, Australia
Designer: Jasmine McClelland Design
Features: The coppery hue of these twin pillars introduces warmth to an otherwise cool colour scheme in this apartment’s kitchen…
Designer: Jasmine McClelland Design
Features: The coppery hue of these twin pillars introduces warmth to an otherwise cool colour scheme in this apartment’s kitchen…
4. Location: New Plymouth, New Zealand
Designer: Vogue Kitchens
Features: The planked and wire-brushed oak veneer of this cooker hood echoes the ceiling and cupboards…
Designer: Vogue Kitchens
Features: The planked and wire-brushed oak veneer of this cooker hood echoes the ceiling and cupboards…
…Here’s the same kitchen with the pantry closed off.
Read more about this Scandi-inspired kitchen with its concealed pantry
Read more about this Scandi-inspired kitchen with its concealed pantry
5. Location: Byron Bay, Australia
Designer: The Designory
Features: Sleek and minimal, this cooker hood graciously lets the colourful cabinetry share the limelight.
Designer: The Designory
Features: Sleek and minimal, this cooker hood graciously lets the colourful cabinetry share the limelight.
6. Location: Melbourne, Australia
Designer: Smith & Smith Kitchens
Features: Rustic exposed brick gives this farmhouse’s kitchen a historical feel, with a chimney- and flue-like cooker hood.
Designer: Smith & Smith Kitchens
Features: Rustic exposed brick gives this farmhouse’s kitchen a historical feel, with a chimney- and flue-like cooker hood.
7. Location: Geelong, Australia
Designer: Auhaus Architecture
Features: All that glitters may not be gold, but this custom-designed brass beauty is just as eye-catching.
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Designer: Auhaus Architecture
Features: All that glitters may not be gold, but this custom-designed brass beauty is just as eye-catching.
Read more about this unique home, which belongs to an artist and a concreter
8. Location: Sydney, Australia
Designer: Trio Style Co
Features: Even a subtle variation in colour – in this case the black of the cooker hood and the cupboards that flank it – can bring striking depth, especially when teamed with a difference in texture.
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Designer: Trio Style Co
Features: Even a subtle variation in colour – in this case the black of the cooker hood and the cupboards that flank it – can bring striking depth, especially when teamed with a difference in texture.
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9. Location: Brisbane, Australia
Designer: Element Property Group
Features: The black boldness of this cooker hood adds a vertical element to the horizontal strip lighting above and below the island bench, bringing balance to the space.
Designer: Element Property Group
Features: The black boldness of this cooker hood adds a vertical element to the horizontal strip lighting above and below the island bench, bringing balance to the space.
11. Location: Sydney, Australia
Designer: iSpace Solutions
Features: This symmetrical stone beauty doesn’t hog the limelight but still cuts an impressive figure.
Designer: iSpace Solutions
Features: This symmetrical stone beauty doesn’t hog the limelight but still cuts an impressive figure.
12. Location: Melbourne, Australia
Designer: Taylor Knights
Features: It’s the twin curved forms that add interest to this otherwise monochrome, minimalist kitchen.
Designer: Taylor Knights
Features: It’s the twin curved forms that add interest to this otherwise monochrome, minimalist kitchen.
13. Location: Austin, USA
Designer: Hugh Jefferson Randolph Architects
Features: Proof that pure, pared-back white can make a statement when surrounded by a sea of detail.
Designer: Hugh Jefferson Randolph Architects
Features: Proof that pure, pared-back white can make a statement when surrounded by a sea of detail.
14. Location: Melbourne, Australia
Designer: Architects EAT
Features: This clever ceiling-mounted cooker hood tops off this entire kitchen.
Read the story behind this apartment’s kitchen in a converted chocolate factory
Designer: Architects EAT
Features: This clever ceiling-mounted cooker hood tops off this entire kitchen.
Read the story behind this apartment’s kitchen in a converted chocolate factory
15. Location: Chicago, USA
Designer: KitchenLab | Rebekah Zaveloff Interiors
Features: Uninterrupted tiling adds subtlety to this scheme, while the angular shape piques it up.
Designer: KitchenLab | Rebekah Zaveloff Interiors
Features: Uninterrupted tiling adds subtlety to this scheme, while the angular shape piques it up.
16. Location: Atlanta, USA
Designer: Carter Kay Interiors
Features: There’s no mistaking which appliance plays the starring role in this Dutch colonial-inspired kitchen.
Designer: Carter Kay Interiors
Features: There’s no mistaking which appliance plays the starring role in this Dutch colonial-inspired kitchen.
17. Location: Philadelphia, USA
Designer: Sullivan Building & Design Group
Features: A cooker hood can add a point of difference with any design style, not just contemporary kitchens.
Designer: Sullivan Building & Design Group
Features: A cooker hood can add a point of difference with any design style, not just contemporary kitchens.
18. Location: St Louis, USA
Designer: Beck/Allen Cabinetry
Features: This regal cooker hood literally crowns this kitchen with its brass touches and bold, ceiling-hung form.
Designer: Beck/Allen Cabinetry
Features: This regal cooker hood literally crowns this kitchen with its brass touches and bold, ceiling-hung form.
20. Location: Melbourne, Australia
Designer: Kennedy Nolan
Features: Several bold features compete for attention in this kitchen, though thanks to the unifying black colour scheme, all are winners.
Designer: Kennedy Nolan
Features: Several bold features compete for attention in this kitchen, though thanks to the unifying black colour scheme, all are winners.
21. Location: Sydney, Australia
Designer: Bondi Kitchens
Features: Soft curves, coupled with a strong form, do all the talking here.
Designer: Bondi Kitchens
Features: Soft curves, coupled with a strong form, do all the talking here.
22. Location: Sydney, Australia
Designer: Alexandra Kidd Design
Features: The smooth warmth of the copper cooker hood coupled with the geometric edginess of the backsplash adds instant style.
See ‘before’ and ‘after’ images of this apartment and read about its redesign
Designer: Alexandra Kidd Design
Features: The smooth warmth of the copper cooker hood coupled with the geometric edginess of the backsplash adds instant style.
See ‘before’ and ‘after’ images of this apartment and read about its redesign
23. Location: Melbourne, Australia
Designer: Inside and Out Architectural Products
Features: Those industrial rivets in the wrought-iron cooker hood bring some oomph to this mostly monochrome kitchen.
Designer: Inside and Out Architectural Products
Features: Those industrial rivets in the wrought-iron cooker hood bring some oomph to this mostly monochrome kitchen.
24. Location: Sunshine Coast, Australia
Designer: Dall Designer Homes
Features: Bold lines all the way.
Designer: Dall Designer Homes
Features: Bold lines all the way.
25. Location: Brisbane, Australia
Designer: Kim Duffin for Sublime
Features: This flyover kitchen shelf is home to plants and a cooker hood – a surprisingly tranquil combination…
Designer: Kim Duffin for Sublime
Features: This flyover kitchen shelf is home to plants and a cooker hood – a surprisingly tranquil combination…
…Here’s a different angle.
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Designer: Broswick Builders
Features: Flanked by shelving, this design picks up on the charcoal tones in the cabinetry and brings them to the centre of attention.