SM Home shares the small shifts that make homes cooler, calmer, and kinder to the power bill — continuing the conversation started at the
Smart Summer Home Masterclass.
22 April 2026, MANILA, PHILIPPINES — There is a version of the Filipino summer that every household knows by heart. The electric fan that never stops spinning. The curtains drawn by noon. The rice cooker that runs twice a day. The quiet, ongoing negotiation between comfort and the monthly bill.
This year, SM Home is rewriting that summer. Following the Smart Summer Home Masterclass — which brought interior designer Raiza Poquiz (@studioraizapoquiz), lifestyle creator Rachel Kelly Davis (@haven_hnl), and food personality Geri Lamata (@babasbites) into conversation with a full house of Filipino homeowners — the brand is extending the takeaways into a practical, season-long guide to living well through peak heat.
The premise is simple: the smartest summer home isn’t the one with the loudest AC. It’s the one that’s been thought about. The right curtain in the right window. The right pillow for the kind of sleeper you are. The right pan for the meals you actually cook. Small, considered choices that add up to a home that feels lighter, runs cooler, and costs less to keep comfortable.
If there is one room that defines the Filipino summer, it is the bedroom at 2 a.m. The Royal Linen Smart Memory Foam Pillow (₱2,499) and the Royal Linen Cool Memory Foam Pillow (₱2,499) are built specifically for hot sleepers, with cooling gel layers and breathable covers that do the quiet, unglamorous work of keeping body temperature down through the night. Pair either with the Family Home Cooling Blanket (available in Twin, Full, Queen, and King from ₱2,899 to ₱4,599) — an ultra-fine microfiber blanket with moisture-wicking fabric — and the room stops working against you.
For the final ten degrees of difference, there are the windows. The Cashmere Full Blackout Curtain (₱1,599) and the Living Essentials Blackout Curtains (from ₱1,199) block light and insulate against the heat that pours through glass from mid-morning onward. In rooms where blackout feels heavy, the Royal Linen Supreme Sheer Curtain (₱599) lets light filter through while keeping the space breathable.
The summer kitchen, reconsidered
Filipino kitchens run hot even when the weather doesn’t. Every pot on a stove is a small heater; every oven cycle is an argument with the aircon. The fix isn’t to stop cooking — it’s to cook differently.
The Tefal Home Chef Smart Multi-Cooker (₱13,999), with 17 functions and up to 80% faster cooking, replaces multiple appliances with one quiet countertop unit. The Tefal Dual Easy Fry (₱15,999) lets families cook a full meal — mains and sides — in a single session, dishwasher safe basket and all. The Imarflex Microwave Oven (₱5,799) and the Midea Retro Digital Blue 20L (₱5,299) make weekday meals faster and lighter, with the Midea model retaining more nutrients and reducing up to 10% fat compared to frying.
For Filipino households who still want the ritual of the stovetop, the Imarflex Infrared Ceramic and Induction stove (₱6,999) cooks faster and smarter with precise heat control using 10 power and temperature settings, plus infrared cooking that works with any pot for easy everyday meals. The Hyundai Hot Pot and Grill (₱3,999) is a 2-in-1 workhorse for shared meals featuring adjustable heat control, non-stick plates, and a hassle-free, easy-to-clean design. And for lunchboxes that need to arrive warm — whether to the office or on a roadtrip — the Daewoo 1.5L Lunch Box (₱1,999) heats quickly with leak-proof compartments.
The case for the right fan
Before you reach for the AC remote, reach for airflow. A well-placed fan can drop the perceived temperature of a room by several degrees — and do it for a fraction of the wattage.
The Dowell Circulator Stand Fan (₱3,599) moves air through a full room with directional precision. The Daewoo 6-inch Tablefan with Remote (₱3,999) is the desk companion every work-from-home setup needs. For rooms where a traditional fan feels visually heavy,the Daewoo Bladeless Fan Cream (₱1,599) and the 3D Electric Fan Sky Scraper (₱3,599) deliver airflow in quieter, more architectural forms.
And when the heat truly peaks, the 3D Air Cooler Remote (₱5,599) and the Dowell White Air Cooler (₱8,299.75) offer an energy-efficient alternative to air conditioning — adding moisture to the air and cooling a space without the compressor load.
A cooler home isn’t an accident
What Christopher S. Ang, Vice-President for Marketing at SM Home, calls the through-line of the Smart Summer Home campaign is this: a cooler, lighter, more efficient home is the result of a hundred small decisions — not one big purchase. “The Filipino summer isn’t going anywhere,” he notes. “What can change is how we meet it. SM Home exists so that every household, at every budget, can find the pieces that make that meeting easier.”
The full Smart Summer Home edit — including cooling bedding, blackout and sheer curtains, energy-efficient appliances, and airflow solutions — is available now across all 78 SM Home branches nationwide and online. Customers are invited to Rediscover SM Home this season.
About SM Home
SM Home is the Philippines’ leading home retail destination, with 78 branches nationwide. Under the platform “For All Things Home,” SM Home curates an ever-evolving edit of furniture, appliances, decor, kitchenware, bed and bath, and living essentials from the world’s most trusted brands and the country’s most exciting local makers. From first apartments to forever homes, SM Home is where Filipino households come to build the spaces they live in — beautifully, practically, and on their own terms.
