Woot. We did it. We found a stainlesss steel range hood on craigslist. It’s 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 definitely 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 didn’t look like it had been kept completely 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’ll be building a wood hood box around it, those scratches won’t matter at all. We actually love them for allowing us to afford such a fancy pants hood. Wait, you’re stuck on that part about the wood hood box thing, aren’t you?
We’re basically 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’s just say I spewed orange juice all over my computer when I caught a whiff of the cost (from here).
We’re not 100% sure on the actual hood-box shape (some are boxier and some have that little stem at the top) but we’ll keep you posted. Might just tape out a few shapes on the tile and see what we like.
Oh and as for the two pendant lights we’ll be adding over the peninsula, we hit up one of our favorite 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 couldn’t believe they had two of them in the same finish and everything. They’re currently $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’re going to make a huge statement in the kitchen, and considering that big box stores are currently selling similar stuff for $100+ each, we thought it was a great deal.
The finish that we chose may surprise you (or not, haha) but we actually 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’re huge fans of mixing metals as long as both types of metal occur a few times so it looks intentional (so there’s not one odd man out while the rest is a different finish, which can look kind of weirdly accidental). So we’ll be bringing in a few other dashes of the rich almost-black finish so it’s nice and balanced looking – especially with the mocha cork floors. We also love 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 just 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 probably intentionally forgetting to keep my blood pressure down. But we’re getting there! We’re 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 guys be dabbling in those areas lately? Any lucky craigslist or outlet scores lately?
Katherine says
Well played you guys. :) Congrats on the range hood, I’m intrigued to see what you’ll have going on!
Craigslist is actually part of my new year’s resolution to get the clutter out of my house… so far, we’re up about a $250 for kitchen stuff we hadn’t touched in 2 years (seriously, that was my criteria), past magazines we had in ginormous piles, and an oversized chair that just didn’t fit in the house. Which means… the $200 sectional we bought off CL was already paid for, woohoo!
YoungHouseLove says
Wahoo! I love that idea! That’s awesome.
xo,
s
Stefanie says
Oh sweet baby Jesus I LOVE LOVE LOVE those pendant lights. Can’t wait to see them in place.
Keep up the amazing work guys!
Karen J says
Love your craigslist find. I’m the seller that says “No thanks” when given the lower cash offer in person (but I *always* say price is FIRM in my craigslist posts). Hey, I’m trying to raise money for MY decorating dreams, right?
Good to see the mixed metals. I have struggled with this because we have ORB doorknobs and hinges but our kitchen is all stainless and our bathroom faucets are all chrome. I always wonder if it looks bad and should be fixed.
YoungHouseLove says
Haha- good for you! I definitely have paid full price- just gotta ask… haha.
xo,
s
Julie says
Looks great! I love finding the slightly imperfect and giving it a good home. Recently, we bought an 8 x 10 light gray 100% wool Pottery Barn rug for $150. I could have haggled, but it was so perfect for our room and such a good price, I thought it was fair.
Sure, shag isn’t great for toddlers or cats who puke on the regular, buuut, I still don’t regret my purchase.
I have a question about hardware—I noticed on your front door, you have black. Do you carry this throughout your house? I wanted to do black accents in our soon-to-be remodeled bathroom but my sister said we’d have to do that throughout the house. Do you agree??
YoungHouseLove says
Our exterior door knobs are all oil-rubbed bronze and I’d love to do the same to all the interior ones. I’ve definitely seen different knobs for different rooms or area of the house, so I believe you can also mix and match if you’d like!
xo,
s
Christine says
Love the pendants – I have the Shade of Light one over my sink and it is one of the best things about my kitchen. You may want to give the edison bulb a chance. In my kitchen it puts out a very warm light, and is actually more light than I orginally thought. Does that make sense? I thought the light would be more dim.
YoungHouseLove says
Thanks Christine! Good to know!
xo,
s
Jordan says
will you be using that pottery barn outlet pendant for over the sink (i believe it was mercury glass)?
YoungHouseLove says
I’m not sure since that has mercury glass and silver hardware- but there are plenty of places we can hang that if not! Will keep you posted!
xo,
s
Megan says
Found a hollow core door at my local Restore for $10. Looking forward to making 4+ floating shelves from it… Roughly $2 or less per shelf! Excited about that!
YoungHouseLove says
Wahoo!
xo,
s
shannon says
“Wait, you’re stuck on that part about the wood hood box thing, aren’t you?”
hahaha. i laughed out loud at this because i was reading all the while thinking “what kind of hood box are they talking about?” now i understand!
LOVE those lights you picked out!
Meaghan says
Oh my gosh, I adore your pendants!
You must just love that you can enjoy and oggle your kitchen while you are sitting at the dining table.
And what a statement your home is going to make when entering through your front door. I just love it!
Tammy says
Here is my craigslist score (and horror story): I was able to get brand new cork flooring for my entire kitchen for an unbelievable price for $100. Total steal. After I left the people who sold it to me started to text me and harrass me for over a month. I won’t go into the details, but please always take someone with you when you buy!
YoungHouseLove says
Yikes!!! Scary! I would report them, like call the local cops or something!
xo,
s
Sabrina says
I love the hood-in-progress! Greg at The Petch House just built a box around a somewhat similar hood innards. Victorian on a budget isn’t easy!
YoungHouseLove says
Wahoo! Such a cool project!
xo,
s
Teresa @ wherelovemeetslife says
I cannot imagine anyone shelling out that kind of cash for a wooden box only meant to be seen and not used. wow.
I love Craigslist, except it isn’t as grand where I live… we need a bigger city closer to find the really cool deals.
Jordan G @ The Happy Homebodies says
WOW, what an awesome Craigslist find! I love the lights you bought, too.
I went to West Elm this weekend with a friend, and they were having a mega sale. I walked out with the extra long curtains for $20/each (down from $70/each) and she scored a leather occasional chair for $200 (down from $600). We were both happy campers!
http://www.thehappyhomebodies.com/2012/01/west-elm-curtain-bargain.html
YoungHouseLove says
Wahoo! Congrats!
xo,
s
MJ says
I think you should only put shelving on the left side of the hood. I think it would be too crowded, you have less room and it would not match the right side.just a thought…the kitchen is looking great!
YoungHouseLove says
We definitely just course correct as we go, so if we decide to change where we put the shelves we’ll keep ya posted!
xo,
s
Courtney says
Nice Score! Can’t wait to see the wooden hood construction details.
Kerry says
Definitely love the lights!!!!
Jennifer says
craigslist is awesome!!! we are in the cleaning out/selling mode right now, but when you’re looking for something it’s equally sweet :) great find!
Victoria says
I am so glad you chose the bronze pendants! They are going to look great. And oh my, I didn’t realize how much a wood range hood costs…I can’t wait to see the end result!
Karen @ bellacarina.com says
Wow! What a steal! This past summer we were able to score a patio umbrella (which are oddly VERY expensive brand new) for $25! The actual umbrella had some mold on it (Southwest Ohio is always damp in the summer), but it was nothing a little bottle of spray bleach couldn’t fix. And our dog got some much needed reprieve from the sun!
Holly says
OMG…love, love, love the Craigslist! And Good will too. I have gotten some amazing furniture on the super cheap through both. I have to share some pics sometime. My best find so far…a huge, all wood split double doors armoire at Goodwill for $45 dollars. It huge and beautiful. The best part – I got it home and discovered it was a Pier One piece. Was probably $500 or more to begin with and I got it for less than $50. It’s obvious they didn’t realize the real value when they priced it, since the sell some less substantial items for that price quite often. Anyway, love it…love finding great deals on furniture. Something about the score and how it makes you feel!
Can’t wait to see the hood and it wood box house in place. Definitely quite the score you guys!
Allyn says
Everybody loves a good spit take.
I so wish we had a hood! Our open shelving around our stove gets all sorts of funky since we don’t. Seriously. I kind of want to gag sometimes. Oh the drawbacks of renting…
Sarah says
nice score on the hood! Can’t wait to see the finished product.
elaine says
wonderful! What a great score! I love the direction you are going… and love CL. Currently stalking it waiting for my a ‘new’ “big boy bed” for my little one’s bedroom redo. I hope I get as lucky as you guys did. Oh, and LOVE the lights. Awesome.
raeann says
you saying you’re the tortoises of kitchen design reminds me of the slowskys – my favorite comcast commercials ever!
you come push it. push it real good. (reference here, in case you have no idea what i’m talking about! – sorry, this is the only video i could find of it)
http://creativeliquid.blogspot.com/2009/09/slowskys-you-come-push-it-lol.html
YoungHouseLove says
Hahaha- we love the Slowskys!
xo,
s
Kate says
I feel your pain on the custom hood cost. Yesterday I called around to get pricing for a custom width baseboard vent register and about dropped the phone when I was told it would be close to $200 plus shipping with a 4-week turnaround. That’s for ONE register, and I need THREE. Yikes. Back to the drawing board for a more affordable solution…
Can’t wait to see those lights up–they’re awesome.
YoungHouseLove says
Oh man, that stinks! Hope you come up with something way cheaper!
xo,
s
priscilla says
From a blog I read, this guy just built a simple wood hood.
http://petchhouse.blogspot.com/2011/12/thar-she-blows.html
YoungHouseLove says
Oh yes I love that post!
xo,
s
Catherine says
I loooooove a good CL find! Nicely done, Petersiks!
Staci says
Wichita craigslist is just a graveyard for many flowery grandma couches. So no, we do not shop on craiglsit much.
LOVE the pendants. ORB was a good choice–makes them look more hefty and purposeful than the lighter color does…
Melissa @ HOUSEography says
We DIY’d our stove hood very similar to the one you like! Of course you saw it in person when you crashed our house, but here’s a recent post I did about it because I get a lot of questions about where it came from –
http://www.houseography.net/2012/01/our-diy-stove-hood.html
YoungHouseLove says
Oh yes it was love at first sight when I laid eyes on yours! Such a cool project!
xo,
s
Natalie Muurisepp says
OMgoodness…this post just made me randomly go check craigslist. Cross your fingers we have a huge 1950’s 40 inch range we would love to replace with this
http://boston.craigslist.org/sob/app/2806025903.html
YoungHouseLove says
Wahooo! Fingers crossed.
xo,
s
Natalie Muurisepp says
(i put a comment up and only wanted reply to mine but I am getting all)
YoungHouseLove says
So sorry about that- not sure why, but I’d just unsubscribe and try resubscribing to see if it’s less glitchy!
xo,
s
Natalie Muurisepp says
WE GOT IT! $650 with delivery. New would be close to $2000!
YoungHouseLove says
Wahoo!!
xo,
s
Callie says
Thanks soo much Sherry for answering my question on yesterday’s post about mixing metals and even following it up here!! I love that you are mixing metals and looove your pendants – what a steal, they are gorgeous! Maybe I’ll be brave enough to mix metals too and try to make it look intentional and layered :D And building a wood range hood – love it!! You guys come up with great ideas! (So many exclamation points haha :) )
YoungHouseLove says
Aw, glad to help Callie.
xo,
s
iwannabeKATE! says
I’m loving the pendants — the industrial lightbulb look is great!
In other news, Gadling (great travel blog) just named Richmond America’s most underrated city! Woop woop! Had to share with you guys :)
http://www.gadling.com/2012/01/24/richmond-americas-most-underrated-city/
YoungHouseLove says
Wahoooo! It’s the best city ever!!!! We love it here.
xo,
s
Sassy Apple says
Things are twice as good when you get a steal/deal :) On a totally random note, have you thought of turning that glass bottle on your dining room table into an aquarium? A Beta doesn’t need much room, you could put pretty glass rocks at the bottom and I think Clara would ‘lurv’ it. Don’t you like unsolicited suggestions???
YoungHouseLove says
Haha- could be fun!
xo,
s
me says
I’d love a post on how you ALWAYS seem to find such deals. I know you are frugal, but how much time/research goes into finding a hood for $60 or light fixtures for more than 1/2 off your inspiration pictures? How and where do you find them and do you have any kind of process? Details!
YoungHouseLove says
Hah, I usually leave the craigslist window open if I’m looking for something so it reminds me to refresh my search every day or two (in this case I was just searching for “range hood”). Sometimes I’ll find something right away and sometimes that window stays open for a few weeks until I hopefully find what I need or decide to build it/find it somewhere else. As for the pendant lights, we drop by that lighting outlet probably once a month. It’s near other errands that we run (food shopping, etc) so dropping in every so often seems to work since things like that are always hit or miss (we probably only find something that we love once ever four visits or so).
xo,
s
maureen @ This (Kinda) Old House says
Wow! That will look so nice! And $4000 for a WOODEN hood??? That is outrageous! But, they bank on people not wanting to bother to DIY stuff, I guess. I am really looking forward to seeing how you guys make one! How gorgeous it will look against that tile.
Tracy says
Ooooh, I love that first hood (and the range beneath it too, for that matter). Love. I bet you guys could build that in a snap.
HouseVintage says
Love the pendants! I recently had a lighting score myself when I found a vintage enamel barn light shade for $5.00 at a flea market. It needs some rewiring and paint, but it was a total steal!
Amy K says
Love the kitchen so far! Can’t wait for the final reveal.
We are remodeling our kitchen and although I love the look of clear glass pendants and Edison bulbs, I find I stare at them and burn my eyes. But I’m a weirdo :-)
Also, we got tremendous deals at http://www.greendemolitions.org in PA.
Diana @ Boy + Girl says
Craigslist is amazing! I can’t wait to see your master carpenter husband build the wood hood box! He’s come a long way! And I love the pendants! They’ll look great!
-Diana
jennifer says
No! I can never find anything I am looking for on CL?! I can sell stuff, but never have much luck finding (and we are in the same city!) but I believe my problem is waiting until I want it to go looking. So if I don’t see it on CL, I make my way to wherever to get it…I guess I need to plan better!!
Nice score!
Jessika says
Ha! Those are the same style pendants as I’m trying to get my husband sold on! They’re just so NEAT! You’ll have to share whether the lighbulb is too shiny (his words) because of not having a more muted shade.
YoungHouseLove says
Will do! Haha.
xo,
s
Wendy says
You guys are amazing with your deal hunting abilities. I’m seriously impressed!
Kristen says
I can’t wait to see what you guys do with this hood, I have a microwave as a hood. I’ll be drooling over whatever you guys come up with, I’m sure!
Bridgette says
Not for me. I’m currently re-doing some picture frames and figuring out my gallery wall thngy. About time.
Such a good deal on the hood and smart to build one. 3400 bucks is brutal!!
Ally says
We just bought 2 VERY similar light fixtures for our mini-hallway reno (paint, wainscoting, etc)…we have really tall ceilings and I can’t wait to see them in action! Love, LOVE the Edison style light bulbs too!
Your kitchen is looking beautiful….love all the choices you’ve made…but then again I always do!! :)
Patti says
Score! I’ve sold a bunch of stuff on CL for a steal but I’ve never gotten a steal for myself. I guess the trick is to check every day.
Katie @ Epistle says
I love the pendants! I’m excited to see you tackle the hood. It makes me think my husband and I can tackle projects like that when we’re not renting someday.
I’m holding my breath for your kitchen floors to be put in. For some reason I think those will be the game changer…
Wrenaria says
Those lights are GORGEOUS! And congrats on the hood deal. Gotta love Craigslist.
Emma says
$3,400-$4,400 for a wood hood box? Crikey that’s expensive!! Can’t wait to see what you kids come up with. I {heart} CL – just picked up a $40 Lane cedar chest with an upholstered top last night. I plan to paint it white and reupholster it. Good luck with the hood!
YoungHouseLove says
Aw, that sounds so sweet!
xo,
s
Molly says
Craigslist is THE BEST! Do you have the iPhone app? It shows a little picture next to each listing and makes it tons easier to browse. I found a mid-century dresser for our guest room for $65 a few weeks ago. It’s in great shape and I’m happy!
YoungHouseLove says
Ooh I don’t have it, will have to check it out!
xo,
s