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Looking Through The Glass

Looking Through The Glass

Improve Natural Lighting

A main benefit of using glass in building design is that it allows natural light to enter a space while distributing it throughout. This creates a soft, pleasant lighting that can improve mood & ambiance of any room and reduce the need for artificial light during the day.

What’s the difference between reflective glass vs. clear glass?

Clear glass and reflective glass have different functions and characteristics. 

Clear glass has higher translunceny & low solar reflectance; while reflective glass has a lower transparency & moderate to high solar reflectance.

What is glass reflection?

This refers to a coating on glass; a hue that is seen when light reflects from it.

For instance, a glass that absorbs green, yellow, and red wave lengths and reflects blue wave lengths will appear blue to the eye. Clear glass typically has a green hue to it. This is for all glass. So, when considering a shower glass – you might want an “optically clear” glass.

Optically clear glass has a clear hue to it. Which will showcase your title work better. This is good to know when selecting the correct glass for your home projects.

Glass offers an aesthetically and versital appearance. . . robust, and captures lighting exquisitely. Improves room ambiance, and can aestectically make a room feel bigger.

Dividing Glass” to Intensify the Look of Your House

Glass dividers have reconstructed the way space and lighting in our homes brings appeal. Beyond dividers fundamental role in partitioning a space, it serves as powerful design element that can dramatically change the appearance and usefulness of any room.

For example, if you have two separate rooms in your home and want to co-join them, or one big room that you want to divide into two, a glass divider is a dynamic resolution. The idea is to separate the rooms, but yet keep them connected by seeing through the glass.

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Wine Room with side access door – can create an open flare

Open-Concept Kitchen Separator

In modern homes these days, the kitchen isn’t just a place for cooking but also a common core area for socializing and family gatherings. A glass divider can seamlessly disconnect the kitchen from the living or dining space without distrubing the open-concept feel. A glass partition with a sliding door system can offer the flexibility of isolating cooking smells and noise while still allowing visual communication and light to flow between the open spaces.

Home Office Nook

Working from home has increased since 2020. Creating a distraction-free workspace within the home and has become an essential feature for entreprenuers. Frosted glass can insert a quiet corner in a larger room, providing privacy, appeal and focus for work or studying. The translucency maintains a connection with the rest of the home and ensures the area remains bright and energized by natural lighting.

 En-Suite Bathroom Elegance

Remodeling a master bedroom into a luxurious en-suite can be effortlessly achieved with the addition of a glass divider between the bedroom and bathroom.

Opt for a tinted glass, frosted glass or smoked glass for privacy while providing a sophisticated, spa-like quality to the space. This arrangement allows for natural light to permeate the bathroom, creating a sense of continuity between the two areas.

Indoor-Outdoor Living Expansion

Glass dividers can also intensify the connection between indoor and outdoor spaces.

Floor-to-ceiling glass panel dividers that open up to a patio or garden can extend living spaces, blending the indoors with the outdoors. This is particularly efficacious in homes with scenic views, where the divider acts as a transparent barrier that allows for open view for enjoying of the surrounding landscape.

Wine rooms and wine closets also offer a beautiful way to aestetically showcase your wine, your kitchen, or great room! Have you considered the empty space under a stairway to make into a small wine~cellar? The possibilities are endless, and glass options will open up the room and bring light into any space. Creating a captivating environment to entertain your guest.

Artistic Room Dividers

Beyond their useful application, glass dividers can serve as statement in their own right. Consider a divider featuring a glass that compliments your personal style or cultural heritage. Such a piece can serve as a visionary gateway in a living room or entryway; dividing a space or spaces without sacrificing artistic flare and value, or ones individuality.

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