Working on My Kitchen in the Philippines
April 14, 2009
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Posted by dmihalia
As I shared with you I will be adding a bigger kitchen on my house in Binan, Laguna soon. I hope to be able to travel there and keep an eye on the biggest part of the work. We already have a kitchen in the house minus kitchen cabinets and appliances so I guess it’s not really a kitchen yet. We have extra room on our lot around the carport. The kitchen will extend into the back portion of the carport and will feature a terrace on top for us to have parties and if we can find a decent outdoor gas grill
I was reading an article that R.T. Cunningham put on his site Untwisted Vortex entitled My Custom Kitchen-Cabinet, Cupboards, Counters, and Electricity. This article written a few months ago when he was building his own kitchen has helped me make some decisions about my own.
In his article he talks about having a modern kitchen or as best he can in the Philippines. He and his wife looked at many kitchen designs and made some decisions that my wife and I faced also. As far as the cabinets he decided to go with custom built solid wood cabinets and cupboards. The point was brought up about the corrosion of metal in the Philippines and I don’t think metal even came into our thoughts. As far the counter tops we will be going with tiled countertops vs granite due to the cost.
As far as appliances we are shooting for going with as much 220 volt appliances as we can such as microwave, refrigerator, and stove. We did send 4 balikbayan boxes full of brand new things such as rice cooker
We had an architect come out and give us an estimate and of course this would have been with the full blown best quality everything including granite counters and ceramic tiles
Categories: Philippines General
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Tags: 220 volt appliances, balikbayan boxes, ceramic tiles, corrosion of metal, cujstome kitchen, electricity, granite counters, kitchen, kitchen cabinets, kitchen counter, modern kitchen, moving to the philippines, Philippines, rice cookers, solid wood, steel cupboards, tiled counters
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RT already avoided comment on this advice. I’ll pass it on to you to do with as you wish.
Wood kitchen cabinets? One word. Anay.
The little buggers are the absolute scourge of Central Luzon. They will be very happy if you spend money on wood cabinets. You and your wife, however, may grow to regret the decission.
Stainless steel, to me, is the only way to go.
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Hi Dave
I’m thinking the same but the wife is set on wood. Still investigating this one.
hi Dan! I got into here from jpsimbulan site. If you were only in Cebu, my father-in-law could help you in your kitchen set-up. He’s into wood furniture and he has american and japanese clients. He’s not that expensive because he’s just a small-time player.
Anyway, as to the termites, you can purchase chemically-treated wood. It can last a decade or more. and by then, you can rebuild your new kitchen.
Hi ceblogger
Thanks for your comment. I think if we didn’t get a good deal on our land and relatives didn’t live next door Cebu was an option. But as for the kitchen it looks like we may have to get an architect involved.
I think if we didn’t get a good deal on our land and relatives didn’t live next door Cebu was an option. But as for the kitchen it looks like we may have to get an architect involved.
I agree it’s the best way to go
I would go with the stainless steel metal kitchen cabinets. If you’re set on wood, I would consider oak because its so durable and long lasting. I would also definitely get an architect involved to make sure the kitchen turns out exactly the way you want.
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I definetely did get a very good architect involved not necessarily because of what I want but more for structural affairs. The kitchen turned out smaller than I want but we had a couple of things not approved by the people who run the housing compound we live in. see our latest pics for some kitchen stuff.
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Ah grasshopper u say many thoughts. In such a pretty tropical land does one design and spend so much to live in a box? As a Kansan the opposite is the attraction. The difference the ambiance? Stay at home in your box and watch it snow out the window, live for 5mths out of a year. Go out and live all year now. You don’t store stuff in the Ph., you go to fresh market daily, you just keep the redhorse cold. Go to market>get beer/food>go prepare it>feed cats>terrace time…
Hi Greg
Couldn’t agree with you more. If you look at my albums you will see that the house is situated so that while working I have a clear view of this pretty tropical land and in the cool evenings and mornings I actually do work from the terrace. Believe me I don’t really spend much time in the kitchen but my wife does. Our home is very open as we would want it.