6 Kitchen Upgrade Ideas for your Lumina Home

For every homeowner, the kitchen is one of the most important areas of their house and lot in the Philippines. Therefore, it is only right to keep it clean and properly maintained. If you're actively on the hunt for an affordable house and lot, making sure that your small kitchen area is designed and built for convenience is something that should not be overlooked.

If you think your existing kitchen needs a makeover, there are several factors to take into account first. In this article from Lumina Homes, a Philippine real estate developer of affordable house and lot for sale, we have rounded up a few recommendations for your next kitchen upgrade. From putting up a backsplash to investing in a tile flooring replacement, this guide will help you with your kitchen makeover plans this summer.

Factors to Consider When Deciding to Upgrade Your Kitchen

Before launching a major kitchen remodel, it is extremely important to prepare for the arduous task ahead and consider these two things mainly:

• How much you're willing to spend on the kitchen upgrade;

• Whether or not you intend to stay at your house and lot long enough to make a major upgrade worth your while.

Having said that, if you have plans on selling your house in a few years' time, a major kitchen renovation may not be cost-effective. Instead, you can make minor changes to improve your kitchen island's overall appearance and functionality without shelling out a substantial amount of money for the makeover costs alone. This way, you can still present your house to future tenants and buyers and market it as worthy of its listing price.

6 Kitchen Remodel Tips to Transform Your Kitchen

If you are willing to spend money and time on your pursuit of a kitchen transformation in your home, below are some remodeling tips to achieve a more functional and attractive-looking kitchen design inside your humble abode.

1. Repaint your cabinets

If you don't want to spend much by purchasing new cabinets, repainting your old but still functional cabinet space would work wonders. Gray cabinets make for a good neutral look, but you can also opt for a similar color palette such as light gray or greige (a combination of gray and beige). Additionally, you might want to remove the doors of your upper cabinets for open shelving and give it an airy appearance.

2. Invest in a quality faucet

If you are to overspend a little, it should be for the right product. Your faucet is inarguably the busiest in the kitchen. Hence, it is only right to invest in a quality and premium-branded faucet. Partner it with a farmhouse sink that should ideally be between 24 and 36 inches in size range. This is to make sure you're comfortable when doing the dishes or simply washing your hands in the sink. The most common sink size is between 30 to 33 inches.

3. Choose an aesthetic but functional kitchen backsplash

Kitchen backsplashes serve as an extension to your counter space and will protect your walls from damage caused by "splashes" as you cook and prepare food, hence the term. As such, you should incorporate a backsplash to protect your kitchen walls and prevent any potential damage that may develop.

A subway tile backsplash is a popular choice for its durability and style. But you can also opt for an unfussy marble backsplash to offer a stunning contrast to your gray cabinets overhead.

4. Light up your kitchen

For your kitchen's lighting fixture, you can choose from any of these three: recessed lights, under-cabinet lighting, and pendants.

Recessed lights (also called downlights) are those directly installed in a ceiling, making it a hidden energy source with a minimalist and stylish look for your kitchen area.

Under-cabinet lighting, meanwhile, are lights installed under a cabinet, hence the term. This provides task lighting directly to where you're working in the kitchen with comfy seating or stools.

Finally, pendant lights provide elegance and class to your kitchen area. With pendants, you can achieve good lighting and aesthetics.

5. Consider quartz countertops

Countertops serve as your workspace when preparing food. Quartz countertops are superior in beauty and functionality compared to granite countertops and marble countertops. You can also consider quartz even for your standalone kitchen island. Kitchen island countertops made of quartz are also easy to maintain, hygienic, and excellent for heavy-duty use.

6. Put stainless steel appliances for improved functionality

Vital to the success of the desired look for your kitchen are the items and objects you put into it that double as decorations. Good examples of these stainless steel kitchen appliances include ovens, pots and pans, refrigerators, and cutlery, among others. This creates more functionality for your entire kitchen while maintaining its pleasant appearance.

7. Consider replacing your boring-looking kitchen tiles

The height of upgrading your kitchen would be to go as far as replacing your kitchen tiles with newer, more stylish-looking flooring. This is especially true if cleaning tiles prove to be an exhausting and repetitive task because of your tile's poor quality. Hence, investing in durable floor tiles will prevent replacement prospects on top of providing an exquisite design.

Whether you're opting for budget-friendly kitchen upgrade hacks or going full-on in a major makeover for your home, you can refer to our recommendations above to achieve your kitchen remodeling goals.

If you're searching for an affordable house and lot, Lumina Homes is an excellent investment choice to attain your home goals. Upon purchase, you have the freedom to design your interiors to your own liking, which includes your kitchen area. You can incorporate what we've mentioned above to give your kitchen both the pleasant appearance and fantastic functionality it needs.

To give you an extra push, Lumina Homes projects nationwide are deliberately designed to provide convenience to homeowners by situating these communities near retail establishments, malls, schools, clinics, and churches, among others. This will help present and future Lumina homeowners in their day-to-day life.

What is more, we have amenities for every housing community nationwide, including, but not limited to, multipurpose halls, mini-gardens, playgrounds for kids, basketball courts, gazebos, and guarded entrances for the collective safety of Lumina residents.

For all your inquiries and concerns, send us a message through our website or social media channels. For valuable tips like this, you can freely browse through our pool of blogs. Invest in an affordable house and lot today and fulfill your homeownership dreams in a conveniently located Lumina community.