after we remodeled our kitchen, we learned that our ceilings were a few inches lower than 96". we had purchased and installed a ceiling mounted range hood, and because of the couples inches our ceilings are shy, the thing drives me crazy. the glass is just the right height that i don't see it, but smack my head on it many times.
i'm thinking the solution is install an undercabinet hood instead. my thought is to build a small box attached to the ceiling and then mount the hood to it like you normally would on a cabinet. i'm not sure what the box would look like, but am curious if anyone here has done such a thing and has input. or, input regardless.
i'm pretty handy and should be able to build just about anything.