Then we brought in the cabinets (we didn't bother with the ones along the exterior wall, just for the island) and arranged them according to our earlier plan. We had purchased some chairs for the island, so put a board extending to the intended overhang to give them a try.

We studied things a bit to make sure we had things where we were expecting them, then fit in a stove so we could start the measurements for the hood. There are shots of a lot of different angles, I could have culled them, but instead left them for your enjoyment.

With the accurate measurements for the hoods marked on the floor, we then began framing the structure to hold them. The structure had to be robust, the hoods weigh around 100 lbs each.

A picture of Don after he was brave enough to climb up the ladder.

The framing was probably over engineered, but it is spanning quite a distance and probably weighs close to a thousand pounds when all is said and done.

Starting to put the intermediate framing in, the parts to hold the actual hood assembly. Most of the time I could stand up, but I wound up on my hands and knees a few times, that sucked!

Not quite analysis paralysis, but we suddenly realized that we needed to plug in the hoods once they were installed, which wasn't going to happen until after almost everything else was complete, so had to devise a way to allow access to the inside of the structure for the installation and any maintenance.

Here are a couple of pictures after the exterior is on. The side you can see in the first picture has removable panels so we can get in after the hoods are installed to plug them in. The second shot is the other side, we have talked about putting something on that space, but for now we are going with the same color as the walls/ceiling in hopes that visually it disappears.