Hmmm...

Originally, the kitchen's gas range used a downdraft hood for exhaust.  If you're not familiar with downdraft hoods the general consensus is that they don't work very well.  We are installing a common overhead hood over our range.  The problem we came across was creating ventilation for this hood to the exterior of the home.  Unfortunately, the best solution was to take the exhaust "tubes" (for lack of a better word) upstairs and vent them to the exterior in our MASTER BEDROOM.  Ugh.  So here's what the "tube" originally looked like.

Hi, I'm huge and awkward.

No seriously, look how close to the ceiling it is.

 Fortunately, our HVAC sub fitted the tube with an "elbow."  That's the accordion piece in the photo below that's fitted on the tube.  It allows the tube to lay really tight against the wall.  What we're thinking of doing is having our amazing local carpenter/custom cabinetry guy build a shelving unit around the tube.  It will completely hide this dumb tube (I'll get over it.) and also provide shelving for books, photos, etc.  We are meeting with Andy (carpenter) tomorrow to go over some templates.  Fingers crossed we come up with a great solution!

So. Awkward.