Chris

Hammered copper range hoods have been a rage in kitchen design for some time, and for good reason - The warmth and textured sheen of patinaed copper adds beauty and elegance to any space.

However, “living finishes” like copper patina are notoriously difficult to care for; one spill or splash and the finish is back to pink copper, usually not the desired result.

We offer the smart alternative, capturing the essence of living metal with no more required care than the paint job on a garaged Bentley…

Our metallic rangehood finishes never need polishing, and they will look the same twenty years from now as they do today. We pride ourselves on innovation, and these new metallic finishes are a huge leap forward in the design of custom metal range hoods.

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Chris

Here’s a range hood for the true connoisseur. Going far beyond the basic hammered copper or bronze range hood, we’re showing we mean business when it comes to art in the kitchen with this metal range hood. What hood could go better above the Diva de Provence range in a bold Tuscan kitchen design? Or fit better under your mahogany cabinets above that Aga range you cook on every day? Our metal artistic range hoods continue to push the envelope of art and design…

For our take on Botticelli’s classical masterpiece, we’ve shifted the referents to reflect a changed era. Gone are the personified zephyrs of the wind and the welcoming seasonal goddess, replaced with architectural motifs reflecting wind and fruitful land. The goddess who floats to shore on the sexualized scallop shell is now Fortuna, the goddess responsible for luck, wealth. good taste, and fortune. Colors were added with our signature finish technique, selected for their thematic unity as well as their place in an artistic kitchen design.
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Chris

While this hood could go into any kitchen above any range, the cream color was matched to La Cornue’s ivory color offering, and the dimensions, pattern, and trim of this hood were designed to match the elegance of the CornuFé.

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Chris

Season’s Greetings from CLP Design!

We pulled out some rather unusual stops for this showpiece hood - The frame is plasma-cut with rough veins, allowing two halogen bulbs mounted inside to shine right through for that “twinkling stars” effect, a result of the lights flashing though the fine cuts in the frame. The treatment was borrowed from Chris’s experiments with “patina art”; the frame carefully patinaed and stabilized to give that classic, aged feel. Perfect for any culinary celebration!

Chris

Expanding our pallette of customizable options, we are exploring pressed steel appliques which can be built onto the frames of any of our range hoods. For this mock-up, we took images of a longhorn steer, bear, and wolf and applied them over a cross-hatch pattern. Options for custom range hoods range from classic Americana to Greco-Roman goddesses with any number of stops in between. We will be working on ways to make these options standard within our range hood builder, but feel free to inquire about anything you might be interested in.