ʻO ka papaʻaina he mea nui ia no nā kānaka i ke ola o kēlā me kēia lā. Inā neʻe ʻoe i hale hou a hoʻololi paha i kahi papaʻaina hou ma ka home, pono ʻoe e kūʻai hou i hoʻokahi. Mai noʻonoʻo ʻoe ʻo ka mea nui loa e koho i kahi papaʻaina ʻo ia kona "waiwai maka". ʻO ke koho ʻana i kahi papaʻaina kūpono e noʻonoʻo i ka helu o nā lālā o ka ʻohana, ka lumi home, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe.  

ʻO ka mua, ke ʻano a me ka nui o ka papa ʻaina:

Pono e noʻonoʻo ʻia ka nui o ka hale e paʻa i kahi papaʻaina. Inā he lumi ʻaina kaʻawale, hiki iā ʻoe ke koho i kahi papaʻaina nani. Inā kaupalena ʻia ka wahi, hiki iā ʻoe ke koho i kahi papa ʻaina ʻaina ʻāʻī a i ʻole kahi papa ʻaina ʻāpana liʻiliʻi. Eia kekahi, ʻoi aku ka kiʻekiʻe o ke kiʻekiʻe o ka papa ʻaina ma mua o ke kiʻekiʻe o ka noho ʻaina, e like me kēia ala, hiki i nā noho ke waiho i lalo o ka papaʻaina. He mea maikaʻi ia e mālama i ka wahi a kau i nā noho hou aʻe. ʻO ka ʻōlelo maʻamau, inā he ʻuʻuku nā lālā o kou ʻohana, ʻo kahi pākaukau liʻiliʻi a i ʻole papaʻaina huinahā he mau koho maikaʻi no ʻoe. Ke loaʻa iā ʻoe nā lālā hou aʻe e ʻai i ka ʻaina ahiahi, hiki iā ʻoe ke koho i ka pākaukau ʻaina ʻāʻī a i ʻole ka papa ʻaina oval.

ʻO ka lua, e hoʻohālikelike me kou ʻano home:

Pono e koho ʻia ka papa ʻaina e like me ke ʻano o kāu lumi. Inā makemakeʻoe e hoʻonani i kou home i kahiʻano hoʻonani, a lailaʻo ka papaʻainaʻaina Europa maʻamau ka koho maikaʻi loa; inā maʻalahi ke kaila lumi, e hoʻāʻo i ke ʻano minimalist hou o ka countertop aniani.

ʻO ke kolu, nā mea like ʻole o nā papa ʻaina:

ʻO ka mea maʻamau ka papa ʻaina aniani, papa ʻaina MDF, papa ʻaina lāʻau paʻa, papa ʻaina pōhaku etc.

ʻO ka papaʻaina kīʻaha aniani: ikaika ka pale wela o ka papa ʻaina aniani. ʻAʻole pilikia ke kau ʻana i nā mea wela ma luna. He maʻalahi hoʻi ke ʻano hoʻomaʻemaʻe, ʻaʻole ia e hoʻopilikia ʻia e ka ea o loko, ʻaʻole e hoʻopōʻino ʻia ma muli o ka haʻahaʻa kūpono ʻole. Eia nō naʻe, pono e hoʻohana pono i ka pale ʻana iā ia iho. Hiki iā ia ke uhi ʻia me kahi membrane pahū-hōʻoia palekana kiʻekiʻe ma luna o kona ʻili.

ʻO ka papa ʻaina lāʻau paʻa: ʻO ka papa ʻaina lāʻau paʻa i hana ʻia me ka lāʻau paʻa e like me ka mea nui. Ma lalo o nā kūlana maʻamau, ʻo nā lako lāʻau paʻa me ke kaʻina hana maikaʻi e hoʻomau i ke ʻano kūlohelohe o ka lāʻau, ʻaʻole e hoʻohui hou i kahi uhi ʻino, kūlohelohe a olakino, kūpaʻa a paʻa. Eia nō naʻe, maʻalahi ka papa ʻaina lāʻau paʻa e ʻohi a maʻalahi i ke ahi. Eia kekahi, hoʻohana ka papa ʻaina lāʻau paʻa i ka lāʻau maoli a ʻaʻole haʻahaʻa ke kumukūʻai. Eia kekahi, no ka mea palupalu ka mea lāʻau paʻa a ʻaʻole hiki ke ʻike ʻia i ka lā, pilikia ka mālama ʻana.

Eia nō naʻe, i ke koho ʻana i ka papa ʻaina no kou home, pono e noʻonoʻo nā mea i luna.