2010 Trends in Kitchens - How Rangehoods can help.

As the new year and new decade begins and the trends for the new year in kitchen design are discussed, it is a good time to talk rangehood design. I will be referencing the NKBA trends article and Susan Serra's article specifically and how rangehoods are applied to their 2010 design trends.

The NKBA mentions white cabinets and traditional styling as a continuing trend. With so many traditional rangehood styles and the ability to build in / integrate a rangehood, there are a lot of ventilation options that can easily accommodate this style trend.


(The Agio rangehood by Faber in a white traditional kitchen)

While discussing so many ventilation options to match up with traditional styling, you can also integrate your own personal style into the kitchen while still being "traditional" in style. Susan Serra mentions the trend of "tapping into one’s inner creativity, finding one’s personal expression." With so many rangehood styles: your personal tastes, style & interpretations can all be embraced. By using a built-in / insert rangehood, you can create a custom wood hood in your kitchen design that shows your own style and yet can still be functional because of the high quality rangehood inside. All while being traditional...


(A traditional custom wood hood with personal style - a Faber Inca Pro hood inside)

Susan Serra mentions chef's kitchens as a 2010 kitchen trend. A chef's kitchen with typically high end / higher heat cooking and usually wider appliances (36", 48" +) all requires higher cfm's (cubic feet per minute of air movement) to match the kind of BTU, grease, odor, steam, smoke output that is possible with these professional appliances. Additionally, a higher BTU output range also would benefit from a rangehood with plenty of capture area under the hood. Meaning the more semi-enclosed area below the grease filters, the more space that contaminants can "hang out" in before being sent thru the rangehood grease filters.


(There is at least 6 inches of material below the filters in this hood to capture contaminants)

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