Finding A Jenn-Air Hood Range On Sale From Craigslist: a house log
Woot. We did it. We found a stainlesss steel range hood on craigslist. It is an industrial strength pro JennAir one (valued at around $350) but we got it for… $60! Oh craigslist, I could kiss you on the mouth.
The listing said $65, but you know I did the old “how about sixty, we have cash?!” thing when we got there and looked it over… and… sold! It certainly appeared to be purchased but never used (it still had some of the white sticky peel-off stuff on the underside that new hoods have) – although it did not look like it had been kept fully protected while it was being stored (there are some scratches on the curved hood part). But those scratches are most likely the reason we got it for such a deal (in mint condition it could have been sold for at least $200). And since we will be building a wood hood box around it, those scratches will not matter at all. We in fact enjoy them for allowing us to afford such a fancy pants hood. Wait, you are stuck on that part about the wood hood box thing, are not you?
We are in short going to try to build a wood frame to attach to the wall and house our new $60 JennAir vent since we looked up some prices for wood hoods that are built by someone else…. and let us simply say I spewed orange juice all over my computer when I caught a whiff of the cost (from here).
We are not 100% sure on the actual hood-box shape (some are boxier and some have that little stem at the top) but we will keep you posted. Might simply tape out a few shapes on the tile and see what we like.
Oh and as for the two pendant lights we will be adding over the peninsula, we hit up one of our go-to local lighting outlets (The Decorating Outlet on Midlothian for any locals out there), where we found the exact same lights we had been ogling in this post about a month ago! We could not believe they had two of them in the same finish and everything. They are right now $129 here, but the outlet was selling them for $60 a pop. So for less than the cost of one ($120 total) we got two! We think they are going to make a large statement in the kitchen, and considering that big box stores are right now selling similar stuff for $100+ each, we thought it was a strong deal.
The finish that we chose may surprise you (or not, haha) but we in fact went with oil-rubbed bronze. Since there are already a ton of nickel/stainless accents in the kitchen (hardware, appliances, the industrial stools) we thought it might add up to a more layered/interesting look to pepper in some ORB. We are large fans of mixing metals as long as both types of metal occur a few times so it looks intentional (so there is not one odd man out while the rest is a distinct finish, which can look kind of weirdly accidental). So we will be bringing in a few other dashes of the rich nearly-black finish so it is pleasant and balanced looking – especially with the mocha cork floors. We also enjoy that the pendants are hugely visible through the large doorway to the dining room, since that room has things like an oil-rubbed bronze door knob, curtain rod, etc – so they should layer right into the mix.
Now we simply have to hang the pendants, wrestle that hood into place, build a custom wood range hood cover, add some floating shelves, finish the trim, lay some cork floors, install the dishwasher, and a few other things that my brain is likely intentionally forgetting to keep my blood pressure down. But we are getting there! We are like the blogging tortoises of kitchen renos. Picture us crawling along with little laptops tucked away in our shells. Oh and on the subject of hoods and lights, have you folks be dabbling in those areas lately? Any lucky craigslist or outlet scores lately?
