Our #DIYHome's ground floor confined our living room, indoor kitchen, the breakfast nook/bar counter, the dining area, and the (future) built-in book nook under the staircase and a t&b. The space is compact but has an adequate source of fresh air coming in from the adjacent windows (from the dining area and breakfast nook/bar counter) and from the air-well door (connected in our cooking area). The ground floor is lofty with its 3.20-meter floor to ceiling height, but still, our #CasaPolonPH is missing a vital piece - we need something that will circulate the air. Instead of putting an air-conditioning system (not economical in terms of purchase, utility bill and maintenance), we opted to just place window in ideal locations (since the place is cooler than Manila and the neighborhood has a lot of blocks full of trees and plants), increase the floor-to-ceiling height (as mentioned above), install a built-in exhaust system (soon) and just get th...