Hi Eleena. I am going to see if I can dig up some of my old "building out the hood" pix for you. The materials are, I believe, plywood, chicken wire, and plaster---lots of plaster...I will go dig now.:)

First off I aplogize for all different sizes of pictures, not sure what's going on. :(

Okay so here is the first step, builders built a plywood box frame with dimensions guided by the soon to be installed hood:

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2. "Chicken wire"--for lack of a better word--box wrapped with this wire, with some kind of black paper underneath. Wire is to provide something for the plaster to "grab on to":

3. applied plaster---3 coats---took forever to dry...

Finished product:

Corbels were pre-made and bought separately. They, too, are made out of plaster.

HTH!!!!

Oh, yes, thank you very much!!!

This is exactly what I needed to know.

I cannot believe you documented every step!

Did you do this with other parts of the kitchen?

I so very impressed.

No problem. I happened to take pictures of the process because someone here on GW was asking about the step-by-step process, so I decided to document it for them and quite frankly wasn't sure, myself, how the whole thing was going to unfold...:) I am very happy with it.

BTW, was it expensive to build this structure, if you don;t mind me asking?

I have brick walls around my cooking area and I am wondering if I would be better off taking them down or plastering over them.

It seems that all I need to do is attach the "chicken wire" and apply 3 coats of plaster. I like the look but if it means $$$$, I may have to reconsider.

Sorry, I truly have no idea about cost. My guess is that the labor is the most expensive part as it takes someone who KNOWS how to work with plaster.