DIY | KITCHEN
Create a concealed cooker hood with this easy DIY
When we started house hunting in 2023, we’d just had our daughter and were by no means anticipating starting a huge renovation project. I think my words were ‘I’ll paint and do flooring but I don’t want to be ripping out a kitchen.’ Little did I know, after months of browsing Rightmove and scrolling straight past our house thinking ‘no way,’ we’d eventually view it and both immediately see it’s potential.
Join us as we learn new skills, rope in family and friends to help, get creative and turn this old house into our family home - on a budget!
One of the key parts of our renovation - the kitchen dining space. I’ve been scrolling Pinterest for months looking at all these stunning kitchens with beautiful built in cooker hoods, but they were just totally out of budget. I was determined there was a way we could create this look for less, so after a few video calls with my dad and a bunch of drawings, we managed to do it, and you can too!
The Design
The design was essentially two frames, one smaller than the other and then another two batons sloping between them to create the frame.
Problem #1
The wiring to the oven
Problem #2
we bought the wrong cooker hood! This DIY wasn’t something I had thought about when we purchased all the appliances, so we bought a hood with the buttons on the front instead of underneath. So first up was to figure out how we could conceal the buttons but still make them useable.
